Edwin Kurgat

Photo by: Liz Parke

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Eldoret, Kenya
High School:
St. Patrick's Primary School
Prev School:
UT-Martin

Awards and Honors
NCAA Cross Country Champion (2019)
10-Time All-American
Gary Thompson Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year (2018-19, 2019-20)
USTFCCCA Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year (2019)
Big 12 XC Men's Runner of the Year (2018, 2019)
USTFCCCA Bill Bergan Award (Midwest Region XC Runner of the Year) (2018, 2019)
Big 12 Men's Indoor Track & Field Performer of the Year (2020)
Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships High Point Award (2019, 2020)
USTFCCCA Midwest Region Men's Track Athlete of the Year (2020)
XC All-American (2019, 2018, 2017 (UT-Martin))
First Team All-American (Outdoor: 5,000m - 2018, 2019)
Second Team All-American (Indoor: 5,000m - 2019)
Honorable Mention All-American (Outdoor: 10,000m - 2021)
All-American (2020 Indoor: 3,000m, 5,000m, DMR)
NCAA Midwest Regional Champion (XC: 2018, 2019)
Eight-Time Big 12 Champion (Outdoor: 5,000m - 2018; 10,000m - 2018. Indoor: 3,000m - 2019, 2020; 5,000m - 2019, 2020. XC: 2018, 2019)
2020 NCAA Indoor Championships Qualifier (3,000m, 5,000m)
Four-time USTFCCCA National Runner of the Week
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2020, Spring 2021)

Personal Records

1,500m	3:47.41	2018 Outdoor
Mile	3:58.62	2020 Indoor
3,000m	7:49.19	2020 Indoor
5,000m	13:20.48	2021 Outdoor
	13:24.04	2020 Indoor
10,000m	27:58.33	2021 Outdoor

2020-21
Outdoor: Competed in six meets for Iowa State … earned Honorable Mention All-America honors by qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships at 10,000m … got his spot at NCAA Championships via fourth-place finish in the 10K at the NCAA West Preliminaries (29:11.05) … finished second to teammate Wesley Kiptoo in the 10K at the Big 12 Championships (28:47.29), helping lead an ISU 1-2-3-4 in the event … notched personal best marks in the 5,000m run (13:20.48 at Oregon Relays) and 10,000m run (27:58.33 at Hayward Premiere) … opened season with second-place in the 1,500m run at the Longhorn Invitational.

Indoor: Exhausted eligibility.

2019-20
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak worldwide.

Indoor: Competed in five meets for Iowa State … qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships in the 3,000 and 5,000-meter run and as part of the distance medley relay, with the meet being canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak worldwide … 2020 Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Men’s Performer of the Year and winner of the 2020 Big 12 Indoor Championships High Point Award … defended conference titles in the 3,000 and 5,000 meter runs and took third in the mile at the Big 12 Championships, leading the ISU men to the team title … broke four school records during the season … opened season with bettering his own school record in the 5,000-meter run at the BU Season Opener in 13:24.04, the No. 2 time at 5K nationally during the indoor season … anchored for school-record distance medley relay (9:28.22) at the Indiana Relays … took down school record in 3,000-meter run at Millrose Games (7:49.19) … won the mile at the Iowa State Classic in a school record 3:58.62.

XC: Compiled one of the greatest seasons in Iowa State cross country history… won the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championship with a time of 30:32.7, finishing nearly six seconds clear of the field… paced the Cyclones to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, Iowa State’s first podium finish since ISU won the team title in 1990… Iowa State’s third NCAA Champion in school history and the first since 1994… USTFCCCA Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year… Big 12 Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Year… Bill Bergan Award Winner (USTFCCA Midwest Region Male Athlete of the Year)… won every race he ran in 2019, compiling a perfect 5-0 record… won his second-straight NCAA Midwest Regional individual title (30:38.1)… won his second-straight Big 12 individual championship (23:36.3)… named USTFCCCA National Male Athlete of the Week and Big 12 Men’s Runner of the Week for his wins at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (23:29.4) and John McNichols Invitational (23:47)… first runner to be named National Male Athlete of the Week twice in the same cross country season since 2016.

2018-19
Outdoor: For the second-straight season, earned First Team All-America honors in the 5,000-meter run, finishing fifth at the distance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … at 5K, clocked a personal best 13:34.10 during the season at the Cardinal Classic, a mark which ranks No. 4 in Iowa State history … finished second in the 10,000-meter run (29:31.98) and third in the 5,000-meter run (14:12.32) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships … led-off for Iowa State at the Drake Relays for winning 4x800m relay (7:20.77) and distance medley relay (9:48.63) teams, helping lead the Cyclones to the Hy-Vee Cup.

Indoor: Earned Second Team All-America honors in the 5,000-meter run, finishing ninth in 13:51.06 at the NCAA Indoor Championships … received 2019 Big 12 Indoor Championships Co-High Point Award after sweeping to 3,000m (8:16.17) and 5,000m (14:10.79) titles at conference championships … at Iowa State Classic, broke 28-year old school record in 5,000-meter run in 13:34.54, taking second in the race … finished second in 3,000-meter run at Razorback Invitational (8:00.23) … took fifth in 3K at Came City Invitational (7:59.22).

XC: Pieced together one of the best seasons in recent Iowa State history… became Iowa State's 39th All-American in school history with a third place finish at the NCAA Championships… best NCAA finish by an Iowa State runner since Jonah Koech's individual title in 1990… won the NCAA Midwest Regional… ISU's first Big 12 Champion in school history … USFTCCCA Bill Bergen Award Winner (Midwest Region Runner of the Year)… Big 12 Men's Runner of the Year… runner-up finisher at the Nuttycombe Invitational.

2017-18
Outdoor: Earned First Team All-America honors with seventh place finish in 5,000-meter run (13:58.01) at NCAA Outdoor Championships … was ISU’s first First Team All-American in the outdoor 5K in 24 years … swept Big 12 outdoor championships at 5,000 (14:33.47) and 10,000 (30:56.47) meters, becoming seventh male in Big 12 history and first Cyclone since 1990 to win both events at the conference championships … anchored for second-place distance medley relay team at the Drake Relays … ran a personal-best 13:41.94 at 5,000 to finish sixth at the Stanford Invitational … clocked a 3:47.41 in the 1,500 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

Indoor: Competed in four meets for the Cyclones … earned Big 12 silver medals in the 3,000 (8:02.44) and 5,000 (14:03.50) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … in the 5K, finished second to teammate Andrew Jordan … clocked a personal-best 7:56.40 to finish ninth in the 3,000 at the Iowa State Classic … ran a 4:06.05 mile to finish fifth at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational … took second in his ISU debut in the 3,000 at the Razorback Invitational (8:15.06).

Before Iowa State
2017 NCAA Division I Cross Country All-American, finishing 21st at the NCAA Cross Country Championships ... claimed 2017 Ohio Valley Conference cross country title, winning the competition by almost 15 seconds ... also picked up wins at the Covered Bridge Meet and the Stegmoller Classic National Preview ... won the OVC championship in the outdoor 5,000-meters in 2017 ... also picked up outdoor 5K wins at the Memphis Invitational, Joey Haines Invite and Rhodes Invitational during 2017.

Personal
Liberal Studies major.