Honors
- 2-time First-team All-America | Cross Country (2)
- 2024 SEC Indoor Bronze | 5,000m
- 6-time Sun Belt Performer of the Year | Cross Country (2), Indoor (3), Outdoor (1)
- 11-time Sun Belt Gold medalist | Cross Country (2), Indoor (5), Outdoor (4)
2023-24
Outdoor: Set a career best in 10,000m of 28:17.53 for 10th place in NCAA Championships … Finished sixth in NCAA West First Round with a 28:36.25 in 10,000m … Placed fourth in SEC 10,000m with a 30:06.49, also finished seventh in 5,000m with a 13:51.98 … Ran 13:29.49 for 13th in 5,000m at Bryan Clay Invitational … Opened outdoor with a 28:30.70 in 10,000m at Stanford Invitational.
Indoor: Placed ninth in NCAA 5,000m with a 13:36.32 … SEC bronze medalist in 5,000m with a 13:33.12 and placed fourth in 3,000m with a 7:53.23 … Opened season with three career best times … Raced in December, clocking 13:24.36 at Boston University, which ranks No. 2 on UA all-time list … Finished fifth in 3,000m with PR of 7:51.56 at Boston College Eagle Elite … Ran 4:00.48 for fifth in mile at Arkansas Qualifier.
Cross Country: Earned All-America honor placing 13th at NCAA Championships as he ran 29:17.2 on 10k course at Virginia … Runner-up in NCAA South Central Region, covering 10k course in 28:43.0 … Finished sixth at SEC Championships with 22:54.8 performance in 8k course … Finished third in Virginia Pre-National with a time of 23:04.2 on 8k course … Won Chile Pepper Festival with 23:14.1 performance on 8k Agri Park course.
2022-23
Outdoor: Finished 11th in the NCAA 10,000m in Austin, posting a time of 28:57.61 … Defending Sun Belt titles in teh 5,000m (13:59.07) adn 10,000m (29:18.97) … At NCAA West preliminary rounds, posted times of 29:03.53 in 10,000m and 14:18.89 in 5,000m … Established career best times in four consecutive races … Won the 3,000m (8:07.53) at the South Alabama Invitational, then claimed the 10,000m (28:22.94) at the Raleigh Relays … Racing in the Bryan Clay Invitational, finished eighth in the 5,000m (13:34.50), and placed fifth in the 1,500m (3:49.96) at the Crimson Tide Invitational.
Indoor: Won three Sun Belt titles in 3,000m (8:09.39), 5,000m (13:51.03), and distance medley relay (10:06.02) … Set mile career best of 4:08.05 as runner-up in USA Jaguar Invitational, also runner-up in 3,000m (8:11.28) … In Samford Invite, won 3,000m (8:12.48) and finished second in mile (4:10.38) … Won UAB Blazer Invite 3,000m (8:14.41) … Posted a 13:38.45 in 5,000m at Boston University.
Cross Country: Placed 37th in NCAA Championships, covering the 10k course in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 29:34.2 to earn All-America honor … Placed third in NCAA South Region, covering 10k course in 29:28.7 … Won Sun Belt title in 22:55.9 on 8k course … Finished second at Alabama Crimson Classic (23:25.4) … Won Notre Dame’s Joe Piane Invitational in 23:23.2 over a five mile course.
2022
Outdoor: Named a member of the Sun Belt’s All Conference first team … Won the 5000m (14:21.24) and the 10,000m (29:20.13 PR) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships … Placed first in the 5000m (14:01.07) at the Crimson Tide Invitational and in the 3000m (8:22.32) at the South Alabama Invitational … Set new personal records in the 1500m (4:00.35) at the UAB Green and Gold Invite and in the 5000m (14:00.77) at the Raleigh Relays.
Indoor: Won both the 3000m (8:18.73) and the 5000m (14:05.26) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships … Set a PR in the 3000m (8:13.31) and finished in first place at the USA Jaguar Invitational … Also won the 3000m at the Samford Invite 2022 (8:18.36) … finished second in the 3000m at the UAB Blazer Invitational (8:25.24).
2021
Outdoor: Set a PR at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5000m with a time of 14:34.24, which was good enough for seventh place … Finished in second in the 5000m (15:13.74) at the SLU Pre-Conference Tune Up … Third in the 3000m at the LSU Boots Garland Invitational after running the race in 8:53.12.
Indoor: Did not compete.
Cross Country: Earned first-team all-conference honors for the second year in a row after winning the 8K (23:51.3) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships and was named the league’s runner of the year … Became the 11th male runner in program history to win an individual title and the first since Christoph Graf at the 2014 meet … Finished inside the top 5 three times while also setting a new person best on three occasions … Also set a pair of program top 10 times in the 8k … Was a three-time Sun Belt Conference Runner of the Week selection – 9/15, 9/22, 10/6 … First SBC runner to be named league runner of the week three times in a season since Louisiana’s Stanley Limoh (2017) and is one of three runners in program history to receive the honor three or more times in a season (Micah Tirop – 2008) and Vincent Rono (2005) … One of only five runners at South to receive the honor three or more times in their career (Tirop [8], Rono [6], Samson Kipchirchir [4] and Tonny Okello [3]) … One of eight runners in program history to advance to the NCAA Championships and the 15th overall appearance by a male runner where he finished inside the top 100 … Finished eighth and posted a PR in the 10K after crossing the finish line in 29:42.9 at the NCAA South Region Championships … Set a personal best in the 8K with a time of 23:42.8 at the Louisville Classic … Won the 5K with a personal-best time of 15:18.2 at the Azalea City Classic … Led South Alabama in all seven races during the season.
2020
Outdoor: Won the 3000m with a time of 9:04.97 at the Jaguar Opener.
Indoor: Recorded a personal best in the 3000m (8:37.93) and helped the distance medley race (10:22.72) place fourth at the Sun Belt Championships … Crossed the line in the 3000m at 8:45.39 at the Samford Bulldog Invite.
Cross Country: Named Sun Belt Conference Freshman and Newcomer of the Year … Earned first-team all-league honors … Led the Jaguars to the program’s ninth conference title and their first since 2014 … Was the first Jaguar to cross the line in three of South’s four meets during the fall … Recorded a new personal-best and a third-place finish at the Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships after posting a time of 24:39.1 in the 8k race … Set a new PB of 15:23.6 in the 5k race at the Azalea City Classic … Finished second at the Florida State Invitational in the 8k after crossing the finish line at 25:19.2.
High School: Attended and competed at St. Anthony’s Boys High School.
Personal: Kirami Collin Yego was born on March 23, 1999, in Westpokot … Son of Joseph Nguran and Lucy Chemokucho … One of six children in his family … Has three brothers, Rotich, Shedrack and Meshack, along with two sisters, Sheillah and Chepkite … Lists favorite television series as “The Black List” … Favorite book is “Siku Njema” … Favorite professional sports team is Chelsea F.C. … Favorite athlete as Lionel Messi … Favorite musical artist is Quavo … Favorite food is Chai … Favorite classes as math and biology … Majoring in Nursing.
