Nickson Kogei

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Eldoret, Kenya
Prev School:
Cincinnati
High School:
Mugunga Secondary School

Nickson Kogei TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS (Cincinnati)

• UC Outdoor Record Holder, 5,000m (13:40.07)
• UC Outdoor Record Holder, 10,000m (27:56.68)
• NCAA East First Round Qualifier, 10,000m (2026)
• Big 12 Indoor Champion, 5,000m (2026)
• Cross Country All-American (2025)
• All-Big 12 Cross Country (2025)
• NCAA Great Lakes Regional Champion (2025)

2025-26 (Cincinnati)
Cross Country:
• Earned All-America honors with an 18th-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in a personal-best 10K time of 28:52.2
• Captured the NCAA Great Lakes Regional title while setting the course record at Angel Mounds with a time of 29:42.8
• Earned All-Big 12 honors at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships
• Won the Joe Piane Invitational with a personal-best 8K time of 22:39.4
• Won four of six races during the season, including the RedHawk Rumble, Joe Piane Invitational, Angel Mounds Invitational and NCAA Great Lakes Regional
• Became Cincinnati's first men's cross country All-American since 2020

Indoor:
• Won the Big 12 5,000-meter championship in 13:43.83
• Ran a personal-best 13:40.01 in the 5,000 meters at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, the second-fastest indoor mark in program history at the time
• Posted a personal-best 3,000-meter time of 8:03.75 at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational
• Competed at the Big 12 Indoor Championships and helped establish himself among the conference's top distance runners

Outdoor:
• Qualified for the NCAA East First Round in the 10,000 meters
• Set Cincinnati school records in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters
• Ran 27:56.68 in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational, finishing fifth and breaking the school record
• Clocked 13:40.07 in the 5,000 meters at the Wake Forest Invitational, placing fourth and setting another school record
• Finished 18th in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA East First Round

High School:
• Attended Mugunga Secondary School in Kakamega, Kenya
• Developed into one of Kenya's top young distance runners before beginning his collegiate career at Cincinnati

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