2015 Cross Country Roster
Ednah Kurgat
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Kenya
- Prev School:
- Biwott Ng'Elel Tarit Secondary School
Cross Country Personal Bests
5K: 17:11.1 (School Record)
Sept. 26, 2015 - Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational
Earlysville, Va.
6K: 20:06.7 (School Record)
Nov. 21, 2015 - NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship
Louisville, Ky.
Big South Cross Country Championship (5K)
2015 (Spartanburg, S.C.): 2nd place, 17:12.97 (All-Big South)
NCAA Southeast Regional Championship (6K)
2015 (Earlysville, Va.): 2nd place, 20:28.3 (All-Region)
NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship (6K)
2015 (Louisville, Ky.): 12th place, 20:06.7 (All-American)
Top Track Times at Liberty
1,500: 4:33.85
Mile: 4:50.82
3K: 9:32.67
5K: 15:47.89
10K: 34:38.75
2016 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Named Big South Female Student-Athlete of the Year for all sports
• Voted Big South Women's Runner of the Year, spanning cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field
• Placed fourth in the 5K at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship, earning first team All-America honors
• First Lady Flame ever to become an All-American in NCAA Division I cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field during the same athletic year
• Qualified for her first NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship in the women's 5K, after placing second in her heat at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet
• Broke the Liberty and Big South Conference outdoor women's 5K records at 15:48.63, April 15 at the Mt. SAC Relays in Norwalk, Calif.
• Big South women's 10K champion
• Tabbed Big South Women's Track Athlete of the Week on April 20, thanks to her effort at the Mt. SAC Relays
2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Earned second team All-America honors with a ninth-place finish in the women's 5K at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championship
• Shattered her own Liberty and Big South Conference women's 5K records with her 15:47.89 clocking at the Husky Classic, Feb. 12 in Seattle, Wash.
• Big South women's mile (personal-best 4:50.82) and 3K (school-record 9:32.67) champion, winning both races out of the slow heat
• Big South Women's Track Athlete of the Week on Feb. 17, thanks to her record-breaking performance at the Husky Classic
2015 Cross Country (Fr.)
• Liberty's first NCAA Division I All-American in women's cross country, thanks to her 12th-place finish at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship
• Ran a program-record 6K time of 20:06.7 at the NCAA national meet to place fifth among freshmen and post the highest placement ever by a Liberty freshman at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (men or women)
• Placed second at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship, the best-ever regional finish by a Lady Flame
• Big South individual runner-up, earning Big South Freshman of the Year honors with the fastest 5K time (17:12.97) ever clocked by a Lady Flame at the conference meet
• Pre-Nationals black race runner-up
• Ran a Liberty 5K-record time of 17:11.1 for seventh place at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational
• Opened her collegiate cross country career with a victory at the UVa Duals
• Two-time ECAC Division I Women's Rookie of the Week (Oct. 21 and Nov. 4)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team member
2015 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Big South Women's Freshman of the Year
• Big South runner-up in both the 5K and 10K
• Ran the 10K at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet
• Clocked the No. 2 5K time in program history (16:34.74 at the Jesse Owens Track & Field Classic), the No. 3 10K effort (34:38.75 at the Raleigh Relays) and the No. 8 1,500 time (4:33.85 at the Highlander Invitational)
2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• After enrolling at Liberty in January 2015, made an immediate impact
• Big South Women's Freshman of the Year
• Two-time Big South Women's Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 28, Feb. 11)
• ECAC Division I South Rookie of the Week (March 4)
• Big South 3K champion and third-place finisher in the mile
• Came in third in the ECAC 5K final
• Set a Liberty and Big South indoor 5K record with her winning time of 16:28.29 during her debut at the event at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup
• Clocked the No. 2 3K time in program history (9:44.26) at the Hokie Invitational and the No. 6 mile time in Liberty annals (4:54.15) at the Samford Invitational
Prep
• Graduated from Biwott Ng'Elel Tarit Secondary School
Personal
• Daughter of Kipsang and Pauline Kurgat
• Biology major
• Birthday is June 15
