Three Tigers secure SEC Cross Country Honors

Following successful performances at the 2024 Southeastern Conference Cross Country Championships last Friday in Bryan-College Station, Texas, three Tigers have earned all-SEC honors, the conference office announced Monday.

Three Tigers secure SEC Cross Country HonorsThree Tigers secure SEC Cross Country Honors

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Following successful performances at the 2024 Southeastern Conference Cross Country Championships last Friday in Bryan-College Station, Texas, three Tigers have earned all-SEC honors, the conference office announced Monday.  

Senior Ryan Kinnane was named to the men’s second team, while freshman Nickson Chebii earned men’s second team as well as all-freshman honors. Freshman Brenda Jepchirchir was named to the women’s second team and the women’s all-freshman team. 

Making his SEC championships debut, Chebii ran his best race of the season placing ninth overall, crossing the 8k finish line in 22:44.90. His finish was the best by an Auburn freshman since Girma Mesecho won the SEC title in 2009. 

Competing in his final SEC cross country meet, Kinnane delivered the best 8k time of his collegiate career to finish 14th (23:02.30). For the third consecutive year, he was named to the all-SEC team, something that hadn’t been accomplished since Felix Kiboiywo from 2007-09. The week prior, Kinnane was named SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the third year in a row. 

Jepchirchir put together her best 6k race with a fifth-place finish as she crossed in 19:13.60. Jepchirchir was the first freshman to complete to course, and her showing was the best from an Auburn freshman woman since 2015 when Brend Kigen was fourth. 

The top seven finishers from each gender make up the first team. The second team consists of the next seven finishers (8-14), and finishers 15-21 make up the third team. This is the first time that an All-SEC third team has been recognized. The top seven freshman finishers in each race earn All-Freshman honors. 

Up Next 

The Tigers will be back in action Friday, November 15 to compete for the NCAA South Regionals at the Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida.  

2024 All-SEC Cross Country Teams 

Men’s 

First Team 

Patrick Kiprop, Arkansas 

Victor Kiprop, Alabama 

Kirami Yego, Arkansas 

Dismus Lokira, Alabama 

Yaseen Abdalla, Arkansas 

Dennis Kipruto, Alabama 

Isaac Alonzo, Texas   

Second Team 

Toby Gillen, Ole Miss 

Nickson Chebii, Auburn 

Thobias Cheruiyot, Oklahoma 

Drew Rogers, Missouri 

Elyas Ayyoub, Ole Miss 

Reuben Reina, Arkansas 

Ryan Kinnane, Auburn 

Third Team 

Evan Thornton-Sherman, Ole Miss 

Ben Shearer, Arkansas 

Timothy Chesondin, Arkansas 

Edward Bird, Kentucky 

Hillary Cheruiyot, Alabama 

Elias Schreml, Arkansas 

Hudson Hurst, Alabama 

All-Freshman Team 

Dismus Lokira, Alabama 

Dennis Kipruto, Alabama 

Nickson Chebii, Auburn 

Thobias Cheruiyot, Oklahoma 

Hudson Betts, Tennessee 

Collins Kiprop Kipngok, Kentucky 

Gilbert Rono, Texas A&M

Women’s 

First Team 

Doris Lemngole, Alabama 

Hilda Olemomoi, Florida 

Paityn Noe, Arkansas 

Brenda Tuwei, Alabama 

Brenda Jepchirchir, Auburn 

Ashley Jones, Tennessee 

Loral Winn, Ole Miss 

Second Team 

Lorena Rangel Batres, LSU 

Leah Jeruto, Oklahoma 

Sydney Thorvaldson, Arkansas 

Mia Cochran, Arkansas 

Eva Jess, Texas 

Rahel Broemmel, Missouri 

Teresa Cherotich, South Carolina 

 Third Team 

Pheline Cheruto, Alabama 

Elizabeth Pickett, Texas 

Olivia Howell, Texas 

Jillian Candelino, Tennessee 

Addison Dorenkamp, Alabama 

Rachel Sutliff, Tennessee 

Caroline Lyerly, Tennessee 

 All-Freshman Team 

Brenda Tuwei, Alabama 

Brenda Jepchirchir, Auburn 

Leah Jeruto, Oklahoma 

Teresa Cherotich, South Carolina 

Pheline Cheruto, Alabama 

Addison Dorenkamp, Alabama 

Gabrielle Schmidt, Florida