Ednah Kurgat

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Distance
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Eldoret, Kenya
Prev School:
Biwott Ng'Elel Tarit Secondary School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
1,500 - 4:33.85
Mile - 4:50.82 (Indoor)
3K - 9:32.67 (Indoor School Record)
5K - 15:47.89 (Indoor School Record); 15:48.63 (Outdoor School Record)
10K - 34:38.75

NCAA Division I All-America Honors (3)
2015 Cross Country - 12th
2016 Indoor 5K - 9th (2nd team)
2016 Outdoor 5K - 4th

Big South Individual Titles (4)
2015 Indoor 3K
2016 Indoor Mile
2016 Indoor 3K
2016 Outdoor 10K

All-Big South Honors (8)
2015 Indoor Mile - 3rd
2015 Indoor 3K - 1st
2015 Outdoor 5K - 2nd
2015 Outdoor 10K - 2nd
2015 Cross Country - 2nd
2016 Indoor Mile - 1st
2016 Indoor 3K - 1st
2016 Outdoor 10K - 1st

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 12^th-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