2010 Men’s Profiles 2008-09 Cross Country Finished in the top 30 in six out of eight races ... Placed third in 17.49 at the Agnes Scott Invitational (5K) and 18th in 16:04.61 at the Belmont Opener (5K) ... Finished 28th in the Memphis Twilight Classic (8K) coming in at 26:44.91 and at 27:15.20 at the WKU Old Timers Classic (5 miles) ... Came in 11th with a personalbest 15:49 at the UTC Invitational (5K) ... Finished the season running 18th at the Sun Belt Championships (8K). Indoor Set a personal best of 8:48.21 in the 3,000 meters at the Middle Tennessee Classic, finishing second overall ... Finished second in mile run at the MT Valentine Invitational in 4:20.84 ... Came in sixth in the 3,000 meters in 8:53.8 at the Sun Belt Championships, also placed 15th in the mile in 4:30.03 ... Placed seventh in the mile in 4:28.78 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished ninth in the 800 meters in 2:02.02 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Came in 17th in the mile at the Kentucky Invitational, finishing in 4:27.57. Outdoor Placed fifth for a season best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Sun Belt Championships in a time of 9:20.01, also finished eighth in the 5,000 meters in a 15:02.54 ... Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 9:39.7 at the War Eagle Invitational ... Came in sixth as a member of the 4x800-meter relay team in a time of 8:08.29 at the Georgia Relays … Ran the 4x1,500-meter relay at the Sea Rays Relays in a time of 16:23.43, finishing sixth overall … Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:02.82 placing 19th at the Tiger Track Classic. 2007-08 Cross Country Earned All-Sun Belt honors after placing 10th at the SBC Championships, finishing the five-mile course in 26:09.38 ... Finished in the top 30 in four of the five events ... Placed 23rd at the UTC Powerade Invitational in 16:09 (5K), 27th at the Old Timers Classic in 26:53.24 (5 miles) and eighth at the FrontRunner Invitational in 16:05 (5K) ... Ran 8K at the Louisville Classic in 25:47.68. Indoor Placed fourth in the mile run in 4:26.06 and was a member of the eighth-place mile relay (3:45.65) at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished 12th in the mile (4:27.75) and was a member of the 10th-place 4x400-meter relay (3:43.27) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Placed fourth in the 800 meters in 1:58.13 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 31st in the 800 (2:01.35) and 23rd in the mile (4:20.38) at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed ninth in the 800 in 1:58.91 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished fifth in a personal-best 15:08.14 in the 5,000 meters, sixth in the mile in 4:20.28 and was a member of the third-place distance medley relay (10:18.16) at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Member of the third-place 4x1,500 meter relay (16:51.40) and the second-place distance medley relay (10:47.37) at the Clemson Relays ... Placed fourth and set a personal best in the 5,000 meters (14:55.22) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Finished second in the 1,500 meters at the Coach O Invitational in 3:59.24 ... Placed fourth in the 10,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships in 32:38.33. Before Middle Tennessee Ran track for Elijah Kiprokos and attended Olaare Primary and Kapngetuny HS in Eldoret, Kenya. Personal Born Isaac Kiptanui Biwott on August 15, 1986 ... Son of Simion and Sarah Biwott ... Cousin Julius Kosgei was an All-American at Harding University.
Robert Carter Junior • 5-9 • 130 Chattanooga, Tenn.. • Central HS Sprints
55 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.41 i 200 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1 o / 22.28 i 400 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.52 / 49.87 i
2008-09 Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors as a member of the third place DMR team at the Sun
Belt Championships with a time of 10:18.31 ... Won the 400 meters in 50.54 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Set a personal best of 49.87 in the 400 placing 14th and was a member of the fourth place 4x400m-relay team finishing in 3:18.11 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Member of the fifth place 4x400m-relay team in 3:29.49 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Earned two fifth-place finishes in the 200 and 400 meters at the MT Valentine Invitational with times of 22.63 and 50.31, respectively ... Placed sixth in the 200 in 22.44 and fifth in the 400 in 51.65 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Came in seventh in 51.72 in the 400 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Ran a 50.64 preliminary time in the 400, finishing 17th overall at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Set a lifetime best of 49.53 in the 400 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational placing, 28th overall ... Won as a member of the distance medley relay at the Georgia Relays with a time of 10:05.4, also placed ninth in the 400 meters in 50.5 ... Came in fourth in the 400 in 50.12 at the Boston-Moon Classic ... Placed 18th in the 400 at the Sun Belt Championships with a preliminary time of 50.23 ... Finished 23rd in the 400 in 50.19 at the War Eagle Invitational. 2007-08 Indoor Placed 13th in the 400 meters in 54.43 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished 14th in the 200 meters in 23.41 and posted a time of 6.84 in the 55 meters at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed 13th in the 200 in 23.32 and 12th in the 400 in 54.23 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 16th in the 400 in 53.55 at the MT Valentine Invitational and 21st in 52.12 at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Posted a 400-meter time of 52.77 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Finished the 200 meters in 23.15 and the 400 in 52.26 at the Tiger Track Classic ... Posted a time of 22.76 in the 200 and 52.69 in the 400 at the Coach O Invitational. High School Posted personal-best times of 22.1 in the 200 meters and 11.01 in the 100 meters for coach Reggie Upshaw at Chattanooga Central HS. Personal Born Robert Curtis Carter III on March 9, 1989 ... Son of Robert and Tina Carter.
Festus Chemaoi Junior • 5-9 • 128 Ainobkoi, Kenya • Kapngetuny Distance
800 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49.4 o / 1:50.27 i 1,500 Meters/Mile Run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:44.62 o / 4:06.29 i 5,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:17.19 o / 14:49.29 i
2009-10 Cross Country Became the first male runner at Middle Tennessee to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships since 1971 ... Earned All NCAA South Regional (10K) honors by finishing 13th at the NCAA South Regional (10K) in a time of 30:38.50 ... Garnered all-conference honors, placing second at the Sun Belt Championships (8K) in 26:42.14 ... Won the Belmont Opener (5K), UTC Opener (5K) and the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (5K) with respective times of 15:11.96, 15:30 and 15:11 ... Came in third at the WKU Old Timers Classic (8K) in a time of 24:59.51 ... Placed 10th at the Greater Louisville Classic (8K) in 24:20.48 ... Finished 146th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (10K) in 31:31.1. 2008-09 Cross Country Finished in the top 10 in five out of eight races ... Won the season opener at the Agnes Scott Invitational in 17:13 and finished ninth at the Belmont Opener (5K) in 15:54.35 ... Came in 25th at the Memphis Twilight Classic (8K) in 26:31.55 and 45th at the Greater Louisville Classic (8K) in 25:00.48 for a season-best time ... Finished the season with two top-10 finishes, coming in eighth at the WKU Old Timer’s Classic (8K) in 26:07.60 and sixth at the UTC Invitational (5K) in 15:28 ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors, coming in eighth at the Sun Belt Championships (8K), finishing in 25:57.97.