Silas Kipngetich TFRRS Profile
Honors & Awards
2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 Outdoor SEC All-Freshman Team (5000m)
2021 Outdoor
Ran the 800m, 3000m, and 5000m in one meet, the 1500m in two, and the 3000m steeplechase in three... Finished third in the men's 3000m at Florida Relays behind a 8:26.15 run... Earned two wins in the 3000m steeplechase, War Eagle Invite (9:09.23) and LSU Alumni Gold Invite (9:08.12) before capping the season with a 13th place finish at SEC Championships on a 9:13.67 performance.
2021 Indoor
Competed in two meets in the 800m and one in the mile… Ran a personal best (1:55.67) in the 800m at the Carolina Open, finishing eighth.
2020 Cross Country
Raced in three of four seasonal meets... Best performance came in the men's 8k at SEC Championships, running a 25:07.20 to lead the Auburn men to a 12th place finish.
2020 Outdoor
Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 Cross Country
Raced in five meets … Eighth at JSU Struts Opener (15:45.9, 5k) … Season-best 8k time of 24:06.2 came at SEC Championships where he finished 36th … Was 39th at NCAA South Regional (31:30.1, 10k).
2019 Outdoor
Ran in seven meets … Opened the season running a 1:53.13 in the 800m at the Florida State Relays … Second at 1500m at Lawrence Memorial in 3:48.02 ... Won Tiger Track Classic at 3000m in 8:22.73 … Finished fourth at SEC Outdoors in 3000m steeplechase in a PR 8:58.86 to earn a position at the NCAA East Prelims … 25th at SEC Outdoors at 5000m (14:42.09) … Clocked a 9:05.39 in steeplechase at the NCAA East Prelims to finish 28th
2019 Indoor
Competed in three events … sixth in the 5000m with a PR of 14:56.79 at the Vanderbilt Invitational … ran a 8:38.06 in the 3000m at the Tiger Paw Invitational… Competed at the 2019 SEC Indoor Championships as part of the DM Relay that finished eighth (10:04.32)
2018 Cross Country
Earned All-South Region honors after finishing 11th overall at the NCAA South Regional crossing the 10k race in 31:45.2 … Second team All-SEC honoree after placing 13th at SEC Championships held in Auburn, finishing the 8k course in 23:22.33 … Took home fourth at the Auburn Invitational with a time of 18:04.73 over 6k.
2018 Outdoor
Competed in five events for the Tigers… finished in eighth place in the 1500m at the Florida State Relays with a time of 3:49.54… finished third in the 5000m with a time of 14:33.13 and second in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:21.10 at the War Eagle Invitational… Competed at the SEC Outdoor Championships where he finished fifth in the Steeplechase after a run of 9:01.65… Also qualified for the NCAA East Prelims where he finished 25th in the Steeplechase with a mark of 9:03.26
2018 Indoor
Competed in three events… ran a personal best mile time of 4:07.97 at the Tiger Paw Invitational to place sixth… placed eighth in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a mark of 4:08.23… competed at the 2018 SEC Indoor Championships where he finished 11th in the 3000m with a personal best time of 8:16.57
2017 Outdoor
Competed in five events in the 800m, 1500m and 5000m ... Clocked a season-best mark in the 1500m at 3:47.27 to place sixth at the War Eagle Invitational ... Finished third at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of 3:52.81 ... Finished 19th at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the 5k
2017 Indoor
Finished seventh in the 3000m with a mark of 8:50.91 at the Auburn Invitational ... Competed in the mile at three meets ... Posted a personal-best 4:13.92 at the Razorback Invitational
Personal
Birthday is December 17 ... Son of Philip and Salina ... Has five siblings