2013 Track and Field
Roster
Gilbert Kemboi
- Height:
- 5-6
- Weight:
- 120
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Kenya
2012 Outdoor: Earned Atlantic Sun All-Conference First Team honors in the 10,000-meter and 5,000-meter, winning gold in both events at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships … Set an A-Sun meet record in the 10k with a time of 30:16.81 … Claimed the 5k title with a time of 14:59.49 … Named the A-Sun Scholar Athlete of the Year for outdoor track … Tabbed a 2012 Division I All-Academic Honoree for men’s track by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) … Set a school record time of 14:16.66 in the 5,000-meter at the Duke Invitational April 6 and posted a program-best time of 29:51.99 in the 10,000-meter at N.C. State’s Raleigh Relays … Advanced to compete in the NCAA East Regional Preliminaries, where he finished 15th in the 10k, just three spots out of qualifying for the regional and a full 28 spots higher than his qualifying position … Named a Capital One Academic All-District honoree by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America).
2012 Indoor: Claimed two titles at the Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships, winning the 3,000-meter with a time of 8:25.63 and the 5,000-meter breaking his own meet record with a time of 14:41.56 …. Has won the 5k for three-straight years … Named the 2012 Most Outstanding Track Performer at the A-Sun Indoor meet … Set school record in the 3,000-meter with a time of 8:20.36 Clemson’s Tiger Paw Invitational Feb. 11 … Posted an Upstate best time of 14:23.19 in the 5,000-meter Jan. 18 at ETSU’s Niswonger Invitational … Named the A-Sun Scholar Athlete of the Year for indoor track & field … Registered a time of 4:22.63 Jan. 19 at the Appalachian State Invite.
2011 XC: Named the USC Upstate Athlete of the Year for the 2011-12 athletic year … Two-time defending A-Sun Cross Country Individual Champion, becoming the sixth A-Sun student-athlete to win back-to-back individual meet titles … Won the 2011 Atlantic Sun Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:27.01 … Led the Spartan men to the program’s first A-Sun Team Championship crown … Earned All-Southeast Region accolades, coming in 11th-place at the regionals with a time of 30:21.6 in the 10k, helping the men’s team a 22nd place team finish in the region … Named the A-Sun Scholar Athlete of the Year in cross country … Earned 2011 Division I All-Academic Cross Country Honoree status by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) … Posted a season-best time of 24:14.0 at the UNC Charlotte Invitational Sept. 3.
2011 Indoor: Recorded a time of 8:26.31 in the 3,000-meter Feb. 18 at the Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships in Johnson City, Tenn. … Posted a time of 14:36.46 in the 5,000-meter at the Niswonger Invitational in Johnson City, Tenn. Feb. 5.
2010 XC: Named to the All-Atlantic Sun First Team as a sophomore … Finished first in four of five races, including the A-Sun Championship Oct. 30 with a time of 24:00.84 … Topped the Upstate record books with a time of 23:22.28 at the Greater Louisville Classic Oct. 2, taking third … Crossed the line in 23:58.79 at the Clemson meet Sept. 17 … Posted a time of 23:59.97 at the Upstate Invitational Oct. 16 … Recorded a time of 24:13 at the Eye Opener Sept. 5.
2010 Indoor: Upstate’s top runner in the mile, 3000m and 5000m with times of 4:20.30 (2/12), 8:23.37 (2/26) and 14:35.19 (1/23), respectively.
2010 Outdoor: Redshirted the outdoor season.
2009 XC: Top performer all season for the Spartans ... In Upstate''s six meets, he record three victories and three second-place finishes ... Finished second at the A-Sun Championships (10/31) ... Earned all-conference and all-freshman honors, as well as being named A-Sun Freshman of the Year ... Finished first at the Wofford Relays (9/1) and became the first Spartan male to ever win the Eye Opener (9/5), as he set a school record with a time of 25:00 ... Finished second at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (9/18) and the Charlotte Invitational (10/2) ... Broke his own school record with a time of 24:28.40 at the Charlotte Invitational ... Finished first at the USC Upstate Invitational (10/17) ... Owns the top-four times in school history ... Earned three A-Sun Runner of the Week awards (9/9, 9/23, 10/7).
Before USC Upstate: Participated in track and field at Kapngetuny HS ... Posted a time of 8:36.90 in the 3,000 meters and a time of 15:29.66 in the 5,000 meters during time trials.
Personal: Born on May 14, 1986 ... Son of Samwel Kuto and Esther Kemboi ... Majoring in sociology ... Active in the International Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) on campus ... Hobbies include reading, farming and listening to music ... Says his favorite food is ugali ... Lists "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" as his favorite movie ... Names Madea as his favorite actress ... Claims Lucky Dube is his favorite signer ... "Remember Me" by Lucky Dube is his favorite song ... Winter is his favorite season ... Lists Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe as his favorite book ... Names Kenyan Olympic middle distance runner David Rudisha as his favorite sports figure ... Most admires Ravi Zacharias, an Indian-born, Canadian-American evangelical Christian apologist ... Dream job is to be a college professor ... His favorite quote is, "The problem with the future is that many people are ripe before tomorrow."
