Albert Kosgei

Albert Kosgei at the Clark Wood Invitational

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

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

CAREER HONORS
• UTSFCCCA/ NCAA Outdoor All-America Honorable Mention, 3000m Steeplechase (2021)
• UTSFCCCA/NCAA Outdoor 3000M Steeplechase Second Team (2019)
• ACC Outdoor Bronze Medalist (3000m Steeplechase) (2021)
• ACC Outdoor 3000m Silver Medalist (2019)
• All-ACC Outdoor First Team, 3000m Steeplechase (2019, 2021)

2021-22
Indoor: Competed in three meets, one in the 300m and two in the mile… Registered a season-best mile time of 4:12.32 at the ACC Indoor Championships…
Outdoor: Competed in two meets in the 3000m steeplechase… Placed 18^th in the ACC Outdoor Championships.

2020-21 Indoor: Competed in the mile and distance medley relay at the ACC Indoor Championships, setting a season-best mile with a time of 4:12.31 …Recorded top-five finishes two events at the Lenny Lyles Cardinals Invitational, finishing fourth in the mile and third in the 800…Anchored in his distance medley relay debut at the Notre Dame Invitational.
Outdoor: Named an All-America Honorable Mention…Represented Louisville in the 3000-steeplechase at the NCAA Division 1 Championships after a third-place finish in the NCAA East Preliminary Round …Earned first team All-ACC honors in the 3000m steeplechase after recording a personal-best time of 8:34.28 to place third at the ACC Outdoor Championships…His ACC Outdoor Championship time of 8.34.28 ranks eighth in school history…Honored as ACC Outdoor Track Performer of the Week on April 7 after clinching titles at the Tennessee Relays and Clark Wood Invitational… Opened the season with a third-place finish in the 1500m at the Louisville Invitational.

2018-19: Earned Second Team All-American honors for a 15^th place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Championship … Recorded a career best time of 8:38.90 in the 3,000m steeplechase for seventh place at the NCAA East Preliminary … ACC runner-up in the 3,000m steeplechase to earn First Team All-ACC honors at the outdoor championship … Won the 3,000m steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays and Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational … Ran personal records in the 800m and 1500m at the Louisville Invitational with times of 1:53.48 and 3:51.25, respectively … Ran personal best times of 4:09.64 in the mile and 8:21.27 in the 3,000m at the ACC Indoor Championship.

2017-18: Competed in six outdoor events and one indoor event … competed in 1,500m, 3,000m, 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m … reached NCAA East Preliminary Round, finishing 29^th in 3,000m steeplechase … earned victories in 1,500m and 3,000m steeplechase at Lyles/Wood Invitational with team-best times of 3:54.89 and 8:58.73 … finished seventh at ACC Championships in 3,000m steeplechase … also posted team-best 5,000m time of 14:37.59 at Raleigh Relays.

2016-17: Competed in both indoor and outdoor season during his first year at UofL… recorded a career best in the Mile at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 4:10.72… had another career best at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 8:22.50 in the 3,000m… ran a career best time in the 1500m outdoor with a time of 3:55.21 for a sixth-place finish at the Yellow Jacket Invitational.

Prep: Participated in track and cross country at St. Francis Kimuron HS ... finished third in high school cross country championship ... placed second in 3000m steeplechase National Championship in Nairobi ... holds best times of 3:48.02 in 1500m and 8:42.0 in 3000m steeplechase

Personal: Son of James and Susan Kosgei ... birthday is June 29 ... has three brothers and two sisters ... majoring in exercise science