Elsingi Kipruto

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Mosoriot, Kenya
High School:
St. Jude’s Kokwet Secondary School

Elsingi Kipruto TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS
• USTFCCCA Cross Country All-America (2025)
• ACC Cross Country Bronze Medalist (2025)
• All-ACC Cross Country Team (2025)
• All-Southeast Region Cross Country Team (2025)
• ACC Men's Cross Country Freshman of the Year (2025)
• ACC Men's Cross Country Performer of the Week (Oct. 7, 2025)
• ACC Men's Cross Country Freshman of the Week (Sept. 16, 2025; Oct. 7, 2025)

2025-26
Cross Country:
• Competed at six meets, leading the team through the line in five of them
• Became the first Cardinal in nine years to earn All-American distinction on the cross country course, placing 39th overall at the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a personal-best 10K time of 29:06.6
• Finished as the overall runner-up at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships in 29:19.6 to help the Louisville men advance to the national championship meet for the first time in a decade
• Claimed the bronze medal at the ACC Cross Country Championships with a personal-best 8K time of 22:53.8 on his way to being named the ACC Men's Freshman of the Year
• Notched the first individual victory of his career at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational with a time of 23:14.5 to claim both ACC Men's Performer and Freshman of the Week honors
• Recognized as ACC Men's Freshman of the Week after placing fourth overall in his collegiate debut at the Southern Showcase in a time of 23:25.5 over 8K

High School:
• Recorded a 3000m time of 8:14.37 to place 11th in the event at the 2024 Kenya U20 Championships

Personal:
• Majoring in kinesiology
• Birthdate is August 19, 2005
• Parents are Gilbert Kipchoge and Teresa Chepngetich
• Has two siblings, Vilma and Brivin