2015-16 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Benard Keter
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Nakuru, Kenya
USTFCCCA All-American
- 2016 Second Team Outdoor 3,000-Meter Steeplechase
Big 12 Champion
- 2016 Outdoor 3,000-Meter Steeplechase Champion
2016 OUTDOOR
Finished 10th at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 3000-meter steeplechase final with a time of 8:47.70, earning second team All-America honors ... posted the second-fastest qualifying time in the semifinal, shattering his own school record by six seconds at 8:33.75 ... ran the fastest qualifying time of the 48 competitors after motoring to a heat one win at 8:39.92 ... the time broke his own school record set earlier this season at the Mt. SAC Relays and is the eighth-fastest ever in West Prelims history ... has not lost to a collegian in the steeplechase this season ... is the second Red Raider to ever advance to the NCAA Championships in the event ... entered the NCAA West Preliminaries with a time of 8:40.43 in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase, which ranked seventh in the region ... the time came at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 15, where he finished first among collegiate athletes in the invitational section ... it was his first steeplechase race while donning the Scarlet & Black and broke the 40-year-old school record set by Terrell Pendleton in 1976 ... his second steeplechase race of the outdoor season would be just as sweet, earning him the Big 12 Championship by clocking in with a first-place time of 8:41.21 on May 15 ... that time ranks third all-time at Texas Tech ... he also competed in the 10000 meters at the conference championships and received All-Big 12 honors after a fifth-place finish at 30:57.10 ... those races made up half of his six top five finishes during the outdoor season ... with the two steeplechase victories, he has yet to be defeated by a collegiate athlete in the event this season ... he also notched a personal-best in the 5000 meters on a cold night at the Drake Relays with a time of 13:58.80.
2016 INDOOR
Competed in the mile, 3000 and 5000-meter events during his first indoor season at Texas Tech ... posted four top three finishes during the indoor slate, opening with a second-place finish in the mile at the Texas A&M Quadrangular with a time of 4:06.88 ... followed it up with another second-place time in the 3000 meters at the New Mexico Team Invitational at 8:28.01 ... notched a personal-best in the event at the Music City Challenge on Feb. 13 at 8:13.04 ... at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, he was just edged out at the finish line in the 5000 meters, clocking in with a time of 14:08.97 to finish third and earn All-Big 12 honors ... the time ranked ninth all-time at Texas Tech.
PERSONAL
Claimed the 2014 NJCAA 3000-meter steeplechase title at Cloud County CC ... won the 2014 NAIA Cross Country Championship and finished second at the 2015 meet while competing for Wayland Baptist ... took home the 2015 NAIA Indoor 5000-meter championship and the Outdoor 3000-meter steeplechase title while competing for Wayland Baptist.
