Albert Kosgei

Emmanual Cheboson leads the Cardinals at the Commodore Classic

Photo by: Natalie Uhl

Louisville Cross Country 2017 NCAA Pre-Nationals

Louisville Cross Country Pre-Nationals |

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Iten, Kenya
High School:
St. Francis Kimuron

Albert Kosgei TFRRS Profile

2021: Scored in all 22 events he competed in over his cross country career … Concluded his career with seven straight top-50 finishes … Set a personal-best 10K time of 30:30.1 and placed 43rd in his final collegiate cross country meet at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships … Posted a 34th-place finish, vaulting thirteen spots over the final 3.2K, to record a 24:23.8 8K at the ACC Championships … Placed 23rd at the Arturo Barrios Invitational, recording a 8K time of 24:09.3 … Finished 22nd with a 23:57.5 8K at the Live in Lou Classic.

2020: Top Louisville finisher with an 8K time of 24:07.5 to place 37th at the ACC Championships … Placed 24th in the Live in Lou Classic, clocking an 24:31.9 8K … Opened the season with a personal-best five-mile time of 25:33.8 at the Irish Classic.

2019: Recorded an 8K time of 25:44.3 to place 69th at the ACC Championships … Finished 54th in 24:28.1 at the Pre-National Invitational … Earned a sixth-place finish and set a personal-best 8K of 23:45.8 at the Live in Lou Classic … Placed eighth at the Commodore Classic with an 8K time of 24:38.80.

2018: Finished as the No.2 scorer in four out of five meets … Closed out the top-50 performers with a 10K time of 31:18.3 at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships … Finished 39th with an 8K time of 34:43.2 at the ACC Championships … Clocked a 24:37.7 8K at the Wisconsin Pre Nationals … Opened the season with top-20 finishes at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic and Live in Lou Classic.

2017: Top Cardinal finisher in three of the six meets … Notched a 10K time of 31:14.5 at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships … Recorded a 25:34.4 8K in his collegiate postseason debut at the ACC Championships … Finished with a 8K time of 24:59.6 at the Live in Lou Classic … Earned top-10 finishes in two meets, placing ninth in the John McNichols Invitational and fifth in the Adidas Pre-Nationals … Took home the individual title in his collegiate debut at the Tennessee Dual, finishing with a personal-best four-mile of 20:17.5.

Prep/High School: Participated in track and cross country at St. Francis Kimuron High School … Finished third in high school cross country championship … Placed second in 3000m steeplechase National Championship in Nairobi … Personal best times: 3:48.02 - 1500m, 8:42.0 - 3000m steeplechase

Personal: Full name is Albert Kipchirchir Kosgei … Son of James and Susan Kosgei … Born on June 29, 1994 … Has three brothers and two sisters … Majoring in exercise science.