Kemboi Named to ASUN Men’s Cross Country All-Decade Team
7/9/2020 10:24:00 AM | Cross Country, Men's Cross Country
ASUN Release
ATLANTA, Ga. – The ASUN Conference announced the Men's Cross Country 2010-2019 All-Decade Team and USC Upstate's Gilbert Kemboi (Eldoret, Kenya) earned a spot on the list.
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"Gilbert was a dominate force in the ASUN. He embodied everything a student-athlete should be, focused in his training and academics," USC Upstate head cross country and track and field coach Carson Blackwelder said. "We as a program and school are proud of his accomplishments on the track and off. He helped elevate the cross country and track program here at Upstate."
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From 2009-2013, Kemboi blazed a path for the USC Upstate cross country team. The native of Kenya is one of just three athletes to ever be named ASUN Runner of the Year (2010-2012). Kemboi still holds the ASUN record for fastest 8K winning time in ASUN Championship history and he holds the honor of being the highest and fastest finish by an ASUN athlete at Nationals, after a 42nd place finish in 2012. Kemboi also tied the league record for Runner of the Week selections with 10. The two-time All-Southeast Region selection (2011 & 2012) was also the 2009 ASUN Freshman of the Year. Kemboi is a member of both the 2011 and 2012 USC Upstate ASUN Cross Country Championship Teams. The Kenyan left USC Upstate holding the school record in both the 8K (23:22.28) and the 10K (29:47.31).
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On the track team, Kemboi continued his success as he captured 11 ASUN Championships (6x 5000m, 3x 3000m, 2x 10,000m) over a four year span. He was twice named the ASUN Most Outstanding Track Performer (2012 & 2013), and in 2010 he earned the honor of being the ASUN Most Outstanding Freshman Performer. Kemboi participated in the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in both 2012 and 2013, finishing inside the Top-20 on both occasions.
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Kemboi holds the ASUN 8K Record (24:00.81) and his 2012 ASUN Championship time in the 10,000m is the second fastest in ASUN Meet History. Kemboi is the only runner in school history to be a 4-time event winner (5000m, 2010-2013) and a 3-time event winner (3000m, 2010, 12-13). The former Spartans finished his career with the second most points in school history (126) and he left USC Upstate holding four different school records (3000m, Indoor 5000m, Outdoor 5000m, and 10,000m).
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Off the course, Kemboi found success in the classroom and was a two-time ASUN Scholar Athlete of the Year (2012 &2013).
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To be named to the All-Decade Team individuals must have competed for at least two years in the decade as an ASUN student-athlete. Individuals that obtained one of the following criteria were named to the team; Runner of the Year, three First Team All-Conference selections or multiple Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards. Individuals that obtained at least two of the following criteria were also named to the team; Freshman or Scholar-Athlete of the Year, three All-Conference selections, two First Team All-Conference selections.
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USC Upstate was a member of the ASUN Conference from 2007-18. The Spartans joined the Big South Conference on July 1, 2018.
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ATLANTA, Ga. – The ASUN Conference announced the Men's Cross Country 2010-2019 All-Decade Team and USC Upstate's Gilbert Kemboi (Eldoret, Kenya) earned a spot on the list.
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"Gilbert was a dominate force in the ASUN. He embodied everything a student-athlete should be, focused in his training and academics," USC Upstate head cross country and track and field coach Carson Blackwelder said. "We as a program and school are proud of his accomplishments on the track and off. He helped elevate the cross country and track program here at Upstate."
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From 2009-2013, Kemboi blazed a path for the USC Upstate cross country team. The native of Kenya is one of just three athletes to ever be named ASUN Runner of the Year (2010-2012). Kemboi still holds the ASUN record for fastest 8K winning time in ASUN Championship history and he holds the honor of being the highest and fastest finish by an ASUN athlete at Nationals, after a 42nd place finish in 2012. Kemboi also tied the league record for Runner of the Week selections with 10. The two-time All-Southeast Region selection (2011 & 2012) was also the 2009 ASUN Freshman of the Year. Kemboi is a member of both the 2011 and 2012 USC Upstate ASUN Cross Country Championship Teams. The Kenyan left USC Upstate holding the school record in both the 8K (23:22.28) and the 10K (29:47.31).
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On the track team, Kemboi continued his success as he captured 11 ASUN Championships (6x 5000m, 3x 3000m, 2x 10,000m) over a four year span. He was twice named the ASUN Most Outstanding Track Performer (2012 & 2013), and in 2010 he earned the honor of being the ASUN Most Outstanding Freshman Performer. Kemboi participated in the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in both 2012 and 2013, finishing inside the Top-20 on both occasions.
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Kemboi holds the ASUN 8K Record (24:00.81) and his 2012 ASUN Championship time in the 10,000m is the second fastest in ASUN Meet History. Kemboi is the only runner in school history to be a 4-time event winner (5000m, 2010-2013) and a 3-time event winner (3000m, 2010, 12-13). The former Spartans finished his career with the second most points in school history (126) and he left USC Upstate holding four different school records (3000m, Indoor 5000m, Outdoor 5000m, and 10,000m).
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Off the course, Kemboi found success in the classroom and was a two-time ASUN Scholar Athlete of the Year (2012 &2013).
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To be named to the All-Decade Team individuals must have competed for at least two years in the decade as an ASUN student-athlete. Individuals that obtained one of the following criteria were named to the team; Runner of the Year, three First Team All-Conference selections or multiple Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards. Individuals that obtained at least two of the following criteria were also named to the team; Freshman or Scholar-Athlete of the Year, three All-Conference selections, two First Team All-Conference selections.
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USC Upstate was a member of the ASUN Conference from 2007-18. The Spartans joined the Big South Conference on July 1, 2018.
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