Vincent Kiprop Tabbed SEC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year
10/29/2019 4:35:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
Kiprop becomes the first Alabama runner to ever receive the conference's Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama graduate student Vincent Kiprop has been named the 2019 Southeastern Conference Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year by a vote of the league's head coaches, the conference office announced Wednesday morning.
SEC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Kiprop marks the first Crimson Tide cross country runner to receive conference's Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor.
- The 2017 SEC Cross Country Men's Runner of the Year, Kiprop, has a 4.0 graduate school grade point average in health education and promotion.
- A member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, Kiprop earned his undergraduate degree from Alabama with a 3.87 GPA in public health.
- At the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (on Oct. 4), Kiprop crossed the finish line first and was named the SEC Men's Runner of the Week following his achievement.
- The Kericho, Kenya, was also named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week, and was the first Alabama runner since 2015 that had been awarded the honor during the cross country season.
Up Next
Kiprop and the Alabama cross country team head to Lexington, Ky., on Friday, Nov. 1, to begin postseason action at the SEC Championships.
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