Sally Kipyego | ||||||||||||||||
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College | Texas Tech | |||||||||||||||
Conference | Big 12 | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||
Position | Runner | |||||||||||||||
Class | Graduated May 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Major | Nursing | |||||||||||||||
Career | 2005–present | |||||||||||||||
Nationality | Kenya | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Kapsowar, Marakwet District, Kenya |
19 December 1985 |||||||||||||||
High school | Moi Kapcherop Girls | |||||||||||||||
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2007 All-American 2007 All-Big 12 2007 All-Mountain Region 2007 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year 2007 Honda Sports Award 2007 Mountain Region Track Athlete of the Year 2007 USTFCCCA Female Cross Country Athlete of the Year 2008 Honda Sports Award 2008 NCAA Female Cross Country Athlete of the Year 2009 Honda Sports Award |
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Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (born 19 December 1985) is a Kenyan long- and middle-distance runner. She was the silver medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the silver medalist in the same race at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. She has a personal record of 30:38.35 minutes for that event and her 5000 metres best of 14:30.42 minutes makes her the second fastest Kenyan woman for the distance.
She competed as part of the Texas Tech Red Raiders cross country and track and field teams under coach Wes Kittley. She became the first Kenyan woman to win a NCAA cross country individual championship, the first woman to win three consecutive NCAA Division I Cross Country titles, and the first runner to win three consecutive Big 12 Conference cross country titles. She also won three straight NCAA Indoor titles over 5000 m and was a two-time NCAA Outdoor champion. She is tied with Suzy Favor-Hamilton for the most individual championships in NCAA history. Kipyego won more individual NCAA championships in 2 years than any other runner in NCAA history. Academically, Kipyego earned a nursing degree. She runs professionally on the International Association of Athletics Federations' ("IAAF") World Athletics Tour. She is sponsored by Nike, Inc.
Born in Kapsowar, Marakwet District, Kipyego attended Kaptiony Primary School. The school was demolished and, in January 2013, the newly constructed Shoe4Africa Sally Kipyego School replaced it. Kipyego's running career started in 2000 when she was 14. The following year, she represented Kenya as a junior at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing eighth. However, a stress fracture kept her off both the 2002 and 2003 teams before entering college in the United States.