Cherubet, Kiplimo shine in Ames Saturday morning

Saturday, October 28

Ames, IA

10:00 A.M.

Texas Tech Athletics

Big 12 Championships

Cherubet, Kiplimo shine in Ames Saturday morning

October 28, 2023 | Cross Country

Results

Juliet Cherubet and Gideon Kiplimo collected All-Big 12 honors

AMES, Iowa – Juliet Cherubet paced the women's cross country team with a third-place individual finish as Gideon Kiplimo led the men's side coming in 12^th at the Big 12 Championships Saturday morning at the ISU Cross Country Course.

The men's team scored 171 points for a fifth-place team finish while the women scored 240 points finishing ninth.

Cherubet became the first Tech women's cross country runner to finish in the top-3 at Big 12s since Rose Tanui finished third in 2011 as Tech also claimed the top finisher in Carolina Jepleting. The freshman stayed at the front of the pack throughout the entire race, taking the lead a one point at the 3k mark.

The gloves have been tossed! Juliet takes the lead at the 3k mark ?? pic.twitter.com/4aMzoYsxBG
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) October 28, 2023

Her final time clocked in at 19:43.40, just a little over one second shy of second place. Meanwhile, Anastasia Chepkorir (20:34.7) placed 23^rd, Taylor Limbaugh (22:14.90) finished 76^thas Halena Rahmaan (22:25.0) and Melanie Jacobs (22:27.90) rounded out Tech's five scorers coming in 84^th and 88^th, respectively.

Kiplimo crossed the finish line with a personal best time of 23:17.70. Vincent Koech (23:51.80) was TTU's second scorer coming in 29^th as Isaac Hernandez (24:21.90) finished 43^rd with Edward Rush (24:29.30) and Samuel Ashley (24:40.10) placing 49^th and 59^th, respectively, to cap off the scoring. Ashley recorded a new personal best time.

Cherubet and Kiplimo each received All-Big 12 individual honors placing inside the top-15.

Notables

In three 6k races this season, Cherubet has recorded two first-places outings along with one third (today).
Cherubet was the meet's top freshman placer and one of only two in the top-10.
Kiplimo was the first Tech runner for the men to finish inside the top-15 since 2019 (Takieddine Hedeilli, 5^th).
Freshman Lee Taylor recorded a personal best time of 26:00.20.
Weather in Ames was 33 degrees with winds out of the south at 11 mph.

Up Next
Tech is back in action on Nov. 10 as it hosts the 2023 NCAA Cross County Mountain Region Championships at the LCU Cross Country Course.