Betty Kipkore

Position:
Distance
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Kapcherop, Kenya

Awards and Honors
Five-time All-American
First Team All-American (Outdoor: 5,000m - 2026, 10,000m - 2026; Indoor: 5,000m - 2026, Distance Medley Relay - 2026)
Cross Country All-American (2025)
USTFCCCA XC All-Region (2025)
All-Big 12 XC (2025)
Big 12 Runner of the Week (XC: Sept. 2, 2025)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F24, S25)

Personal Records

1,500m	4:19.90	2025 Outdoor
Mile	4:37.32	2026 Indoor
3,000m	8:44.09	2026 Indoor
5,000m	15:14.28	2026 Outdoor
	15:15.30	2026 Indoor
10,000m	31:59.72	2026 Outdoor

2025-26
Outdoor: Earned two First Team All-America honors finishing fourth in both the 10,000m (31:59.72, No. 4 ISU) and 5,000m (15:14.43) at NCAA Championships … took down the Arkansas facility record winning the 5,000m with a PR of 15:14.28 (No. 4 ISU) after also qualifying for nationals in the 10,000m (32:23.56) finishing fifth at NCAA West Prelims … Big 12 5,000m runner up and took bronze in the 10,000m … won the 5,000m at the Payton Jordan Invite with a then-outdoor PR of 15:20.12 … ran 32:02.45 to take third in the 10,000m at the Bryan Clay Invite.
Indoor: Ran anchor on the bronze-medal winning DMR (10:50.17, No. 2 ISU) and took fourth in the 3,000m (8:44.28) at NCAA Championships … placed fourth in the 3,000m and 5,000m at Big 12 Championships … posted nationals-qualifying DMR time of 10:44.11 for third at the Arkansas Qualifier, the sixth-fastest time in collegiate history … won the 3,000m at the Husky Classic breaking the 2010 school record with 8:44.09, and also anchored the DMR (10:54.57, No. 3 ISU) … won both the mile (4:37.32, No. 4 ISU) and the 3,000m (8:59.90) at the DeLoss Dodds Invite … opened collegiate track career with a 5,000m of 15:15.30 at the BU Season Opener, a then-school record.

2024-25
Outdoor: Competed unattached ... took second in the invite 1,500m at the Cyclone Twilight with a best of 4:19.90 ... placed fourth in the invite 1,500m in 4:21.83 at the Jim Duncan Invite ... went 16:05.59 in the 5K placing second at Drake Relays.
XC: Squad member... did not participate.