2022 Outdoor Track Roster

Edwin Kipruto

  • Position Middle Distance / Long Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Iten, Kenya
  • Highschool Konyit Primary School
  • Major Agriculture

Biography

Personal Records
Mark Date Event
Cross Country
5K 19:52.7 9/11/21 Delaware State Cross Country Invite
6K 20:05.9 9/13/19 William & Mary Invitational
8K 26:55.7 9/21/19 Maryland Eastern Shore Invitational
10K 34:19.9 11/15/19 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional
Indoor Track
Mile 4:34.68 2/9/19 Eastern Shore Multies & Combined
3,000 9:11.26 2/15/20 Monmouth University Winter Collegiate Invitational
5,000 16:00.15 2/23/19 MEAC Indoor Championship
Outdoor Track
1,500 4:11.93 4/20/19 Morgan State Legacy
Mile 4:42.63 3/16/19 Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
5,000 15:50.46 4/13/19 Eastern Shore Challenge
10,000 33:25.07 5/4/19 MEAC Outdoor Championships
3,000 Steeple 10:01.72 5/4/19 MEAC Outdoor Championships
800 2:06.86 4/16/22 Norfolk State Invitational

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Senior): Took first in the 1500 at the Delaware State Invitational ... Placed third in the 3000 steeple chase at the Norfolk State Invitational ...

2022 Indoor Track & Field (Senior): Participated in distance events ...

2021 Cross Country (Senior): Finished 10th in the 5K at the DSU XC Invite ...

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): Season lost due to COVID 19 Pandemic ...

2020-21 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Season lost due to COVID 19 Pandemic ...

2020 Cross Country (Redshirt-Sophomore): Season lost due to COVID 19 Pandemic ... 

2020 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Season lost due to COVID 19 Pandemic ... 

2019-20 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Named MEAC All-Academic Team for the season ... Named MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic squad for the year ... Won the 5K at the Cappy Anderson Invitational ... Seventh in the 5K at the MEAC Indoor Championships ... 

2019 Cross Country (Redshirt-Freshman): Sixth at Howard University Labor Day Classic ... Named MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic squad for the year ... 10th at William & Mary Invitational ... Fourth at Eastern Shore Invitational ... Sixth at HBCU Challenge ... Fourth at DSU Alumni Cross Country Event ... Finished 158th at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional ... Named Rookie of the Year at end-of-year Digital Harrys Awards ...

2019 Outdoor Track (Freshman): Second in the Steeplechase at the Towson Invite ... Second in the 5K at the Eastern Shore Challenge ... 

2018-19 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Won the 3K at Eastern Shore Multies & Combined meet ... 

High School: 2016 graduated from high school (O level education) ... Kenya National Examination council ... Graduated in 2009 and received Kenya certificate of primary education.

Personal: Born August 15, 1996 ... Son of William and Josephine Kwambi ... Has three sisters, Jackline, Carren, Janneth and one brother, Paul ... Agriculture major at Maryland Eastern Shore ... Enjoys watching the movie Miracles from Heaven and reading "The River"... Coach Damion Drummond is his biggest influence, because he takes his love for sport, and instills it into his athletes and watches them grow ... After graduating, Kipruto wants to go back home, and help out his community ... A quote he lives by is "There are many rewards that we can know, when we stay connected to God" ... One of his pregame routines is to warmup and gain 110% confidence and composure ... He enjoys playing soccer and biking in his free time ... His goal is to be a MEAC champion ...

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior

    Middle Distance / Long Distance