Felix Kandie

Class:
Senior
Position:
Distance
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Eldoret, Kenya
Prev School:
Simotwo High School

TFRRS Profile (Track)

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World Athletics Profile

NCAA Division I All-America Honors (2)

2019 Outdoor Steeplechase - 13th (Second Team)

2021 Outdoor Steeplechase - 9th (Second Team)

ASUN Individual Titles (4)

2019 Outdoor Steeplechase

2021 Indoor 5K

2021 Outdoor Steeplechase

2022 Outdoor Steeplechase

All-ASUN Honors (12)

2018 Cross Country - 11th

2019 Indoor Mile - 2nd

2019 Outdoor Steeplechase - 1st

2019 Cross Country - 2nd

2020 Indoor 3K - 3rd

2020 Indoor 5K - 2nd

2021 Indoor 5K - 1st

Spring 2021 Cross Country - 12th

2021 Outdoor Steeplechase - 1st

Fall 2021 Cross Country - 6th

2022 Indoor 5K - 3rd

2022 Outdoor Steeplechase - 1st

Fall 2021 Cross Country (R-Sr.)

• Broke 31 minutes in the 10K for the first time (30:52.9) at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship, where he placed 59th

• Liberty’s top finisher at the ASUN Championship, coming in sixth for his fourth career All-ASUN honor

• Ran his first sub-24:00 8K (23:55.5) to place a team-best 59^th at the FSU XC Invite/Pre-Nationals

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)

• Made the NCAA steeplechase national final for the first time, placing ninth for second team All-America honors

• Lowered his own Liberty and ASUN steeplechase record twice, including an 8:40.23 clocking for second place at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet and an 8:32.95 performance in the NCAA semifinal round

• Successfully defended his ASUN steeplechase title from 2019 and placed fourth in the 5K

• Lowered his personal bests in the 1,500 (3:47.62 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier) and 5K (14:07.77 at the Sound Running College Invite). The latter performance earned ASUN Men's Track Athlete of the Week honors.

• VaSID First Team All-State honoree (distance)

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)

• His lone indoor race was an ASUN title in the 5K, where he edged Bellarmine's Reid Masterson by 0.04 seconds for the victory

• VaSID Second Team All-State honoree (distance)

Spring 2021 Cross Country (R-Jr.)

• Placed third on the team and 12^th overall at the ASUN Championship, earning his third career All-ASUN honor (second team) for cross country

• Posted a season-best 8K time of 25:23.7 at the FSU Winter XC Classic for 98^th overall and third on the team

2020 Outdoor Track & Field

• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus

2020 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)

• ASUN 5K runner-up (season-best 14:17.55) and third-place finisher in the 3K

• The ASUN meet marked his only competition of the season, as he was injured during the first part of the year.

• Named to 2011-20 ASUN Men's Track & Field All-Decade Team

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Cross Country (R-So.)

• Liberty's No. 1 runner in all six races, including his runner-up showing at the ASUN meet which earned first team all-conference honors

• Came in 42^nd at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships

• Opened his season with back-to-back victories at the Liberty Challenge and FGCU Invitational

• Placed an impressive third at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational, the best-ever individual finish by a Flame at the event

• Improved his 8K personal best to 24:06.1 at the Pre-National Invitational

• Four-time ASUN Men's Runner of the Week (Sept. 4, Sept. 11, Oct. 2, Oct. 23)

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)

• NCAA national qualifier in the steeplechase and finished 13^th, one spot away from making the final

• Qualified for the national meet with a then school and ASUN Conference-record steeplechase time of 8:42.43 at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet in just the third 3K steeplechase of his life

• ASUN steeplechase champion (meet-record 9:04.76) and fifth-place finisher at 1,500 meters

• ASUN Men's Track Athlete of the Week on April 24, following an 8:55.06 effort and second-place finish in his 3K steeplechase debut at the Virginia Challenge

• Came in second overall (first collegiate) in the FSU Relays 2K steeplechase in 5:40.83

• Lowered his 5K personal best to 14:36.14 at the Raleigh Relays

2019 Indoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)

• IC4A third-place finisher with a 3K personal-best time of 8:09.28

• Ran a Liberty freshman-record time of 4:09.57 for second place in the ASUN mile final

• Two-time ASUN Freshman of the Week (Jan. 30 and Feb. 13), thanks to a runner-up showing in the Liberty Kickoff mile (4:09.59) and a victory in the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 3K (8:16.44)

2018 Cross Country (R-Fr.)

• Placed 11^th at the ASUN meet, earning second team All-ASUN and ASUN All-Freshman team honors

• Crossed the line 61^st at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship

• Opened his season with a trio of top-10 finishes, including fourth at the Virginia Tech Invitational, sixth at the Iona College Meet of Champions and second at the Queen City Invite

• Ran a personal-best 8K time of 24:16 at the Queen City Invite

2018 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)

• Big South 1,500 sixth-place finisher and took 10^th place in the 5K

• Dropped his 1,500 time from 4:03.18 at the season-opening CSU Spring Break Invitational to 3:52.01 in the Big South final less than two months later

• Top 5K clocking was 14:58.74 at the Raleigh Relays

• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

2017-18 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)

• Did not compete in any races for Liberty and was redshirted

• Competing unattached, placed sixth in the Liberty Elite Invitational 3K in 8:36.60

2017 Cross Country (Fr.)

• Competed in just two races before his season was halted prematurely due to injury

• Finished sixth in his Flames debut at the Liberty Big South Preview

• Raced to a season-best 8K time of 25:20 at the Paul Short Run

Prep

• Graduated from Simotwo High School

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