Devan Kipyego

Position:
Distance
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Warwick, R.I.
High School:
Saint Raphael

Awards and Honors
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S24)

Personal Records

800m	1:51.04	2024 Outdoor
1,500m	3:39.37	2025 Outdoor
Mile	3:54.24	2025 Indoor
3,000m	8:20.52	2022 Outdoor
	7:49.62	2025 Indoor

2024-25
Outdoor: Advanced to quarterfinals of the 1,500m at NCAA West Prelims ... scored at Big 12 Championships in the 1,500m clocking 3:39.37, the seventh-fastest performance in school history ... anchored the 4x1,600m (16:38.06) to the Drake Relays victory and led off the silver-medalist DMR (9:37.13, No. 3 ISU) ... men went on to win the Relays Cup ... opened season taking second in the 1,500m behind teammate Emanuel Galdino with a then-PR of 3:40.49 ... ran in the elite section of the 1,500m at Bryan Clay and clocked 3:42.11 ... took sixth among pros in the invite 1,500m (3:42.25) at the Cyclone Twilight.
Indoor: Finished fourth in the mile and led off the silver-medalist DMR (9:32.29, No. 10 ISU) at Big 12 Championships ... ran 1,600m leg on the DMR that produced the school record and 14th-fastest performance in collegiate history, just missing the cutoff for nationals with 9:21.45 ... ran second-fastest mile in Iowa State history of 3:54.24, .01 seconds behind the school record set in same race, for sixth at the BU Scarlet and White Invite ... also broke four minutes with a then-PR of 3:56.37 for second at the Cyclone Open ... opened season with a 7:49.62 3,000m (No. 5 ISU) at the BU Season Opener.
XC: Competed in five meets and helped Iowa State to its second NCAA Runner-Up trophy in four seasons... won the individual title at the Cyclone Preview with a time of 17:38.5 on the 6K course... finished 33rd individually at Nuttycombe, helping ISU to a runner-up team finish in its first of three meets in Madison... shaved off over 40 seconds three weeks later at Wisconsin Pre-Nationals, finishing 30th with a time of 23:18.2... ran 22nd individually at the Big 12 Championships... finished in the top 100 at the NCAA Championships with a time of 29:51.9 in the 10K race.

2023-24
Outdoor: Qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500m, advancing to quarterfinals after automatically qualifying in his heat with 3:43.09 ... went on to finish 23rd in the regional quarterfinals ... placed third in the 1,500m final (3:41.42) as Iowa State finished 1-2-3, hit a personal best in prelims with 3:41.38 ... won the ISU Alumni Invite with a then-PR of 3:42.08 ... placed sixth in the 800m (1:51.04) and led off the winning 4x800m relay (7:22.53, No. 9 ISU) at Drake Relays, ISU's 14th Drake 4x800m title ... ran a 3:43.94 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite ... opened season winning his 1,500m section (3:51.16) at the Stanford Invite.
Indoor: Finished 17th in the 1,000m (2:31.18) at Big 12 Championships … took second at the Iowa State Classic with a 1,000m season-best 2:26.72 … posted a season best in the mile of 4:06.02 for eighth at the Cyclone Open … also ran the mile at the Razorback Invite (4:09.30), Hawkeye Invite (4:15.13) and Tyson Invite (4:16.73).
XC: Participated in three meets… ran to a 24:41.0 finish at the Nuttycombe Invitational… was 54^th at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 24:35.7.

High School
Three-time national champ, winning the 2,000m steeplechase (2023), 1,500m (2023) and mile (2023) at New Balance Outdoor Nationals … ranked as the No. 1 high schooler in the 2,000m steeplechase with a time of 5:48.15 … No. 7 high schooler in the mile with 4:00.64 … Eight-time champion at Rhode Island Class C State Outdoor Championships through the 400m, 800m, 1,500m and 3,000m and seven-time indoor champ … posted three runner-up finishes at 2023 New Balance Indoor Nationals in the 1,500m, 1,600m and mile … took second in the 1,600m and mile and third in the 1,500m at the Millrose Games as a senior … qualified for Outdoor Nationals Presented by Nike in 2021, finishing 24th in the 2,00m steeple … won the 2,000m steeplechase at the 2023 New York Relays and placed second in 2021 … placed first in the 1,500m at the 2022 Brooks PR Invitational … qualified for the 2023 HOKA Festival of Miles in the 1,500m, 1,600m and mile … holds personal bests in the 800m of 1:51.20, 1,500m of 3:47.57 and 3,000m of 8:20.52.