Personal Bests
1,500 meters - 3:45.75
Mile - 3:59.85
3,000 meters - 7:55.49
5,000 meters - 13:42.17
10,000 meters - 28:55.93
All-American
2008 Cross Country (Seventh place)
2009 Cross Country (11th place)
2010 Outdoor 10,000 meters (Second place)
Big 12 Champion
2009 Indoor 5,000 meters
2010 Outdoor 5,000 meters
2010 Outdoor 10,000 meters
Southeastern Conference Champion (at LSU)
2008 Indoor Mile
2008 Indoor 3,000 meters
LSU School Record Holder
3,000 meters - 7:55.49
Honors and Awards
2008 Indoor SEC Commissioner's Trophy (High Scorer at Indoor Meet)
2009 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Cross Country)
2010 Big 12 Outdoor Performer of the Year
2010 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
All-Big 12 (Scored at Conference Meet)
2008 Cross Country
2009 Indoor 3,000 meters
2009 Indoor 5,000 meters
2009 Cross Country
2010 Outdoor 5,000 meters
2010 Outdoor 10,000 meters
2010 Outdoors: NCAA runner-up in the 10,000 meters clocked a personal-best 28:55.93 in the national final ... Qualified first in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Regional Championships with a 29:36.55 in the national semifinal ... Named Big 12 Outdoor Performer of the Year after winning the 5,000 and 10,000 meter titles at the Big 12 Championships ... Won the 10,000 meters on Thursday of the event with a 29:24.21 before coming back on Sunday to win the 5,000 meters in 14:05.96 ... First-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... Hit a personal best in the 5,000 meters with a 13:42.60 at the Mt. SAC Re¬lays ... Ran a personal-best 3:45.75 in the 1,500 meters at the Arkansas Twilight
2010 Indoors: Did not compete
2009 Cross Country: Earned All-America status with an 11th-place finish in 29:48.30 at the NCAA Championships to help lead Oklahoma State to the NCAA team title ... Big 12 runner-up, clocking a 24:52.26 in the 8,000 meter race to help lift the Cowboys to their second straight conference championship ... Was an all-region performer with a 31:03.20 that was good for 10th place at the meet ... Was named Big 12 Runner of the Week after his third-place finish at the Cowboy Jamboree ... Runner-up at the 10,000-meter Chile Pepper Festival in 29:30 ... Second-team academic all-Big 12 honoree.
2009 Outdoors: NCAA regional qualifier in the 5,000 meters with a 13:49.65 at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational ... Sidelined by an injury at the Big 12 Championships and did not compete at the event ... The same injury kept him out of the regional meet, as well ... His 5,000 meter effort in Palo Alto marked his only performance of the season and stands as the sixth-fastest mark in school history.
2009 Indoors: Big 12 champion in the 5,000 meters with a 14:10.18 and Big 12 runner-up in the 3,000 meters with an 8:00.14 ... Season-best mark in the 3,000 meters was a 7:55.95 at the Husky Classic set the third-best mark in Oklahoma State history ... His 4:00.58 in the mile at the Arkansas Last Chance Meet was the fifth-fastest time in school history ... False-started at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 3,000 meters.
2008 Cross Country: Earned All-America honors to go with all-Big 12 and all-Midwest Region accolades ... Oklahoma State's highest placer at the NCAA Championships crossed the finish line seventh with a 29:32.4 to lead the Cowboys to an eighth-place finish as a team ... Took third at the Big 12 Cham¬pionships with a 24:00.93 that was key in the Cowboys winning their first-ever Big 12 team title ... Third-place finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 31:19.75 that helped lift the Pokes to their fourth consecutive regional crown ... Runner-up in the open race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals with a 23:44.4.
At LSU: Competed during the indoor and outdoor seasons at LSU, where he won the Southeastern Conference Commissioner's Trophy as the top scorer at the 2008 SEC Indoor Championships ... SEC indoor champion with a 3:59.85 in the mile ... In doing so, he became only the second Tiger ever to break the four-minute mark in the mile ... Also won an SEC title in the indoor 3,000 meters, clocking a 7:57.76 ... Won the mile at the Purple Tiger Classic with a 4:06.85 and at the Razorback Invitational with a 4:01.95 ... Set the LSU school record in the indoor 3,000 meters with a 7:55.49 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational ... SEC runner-up in the outdoor 1,500 meters and fifth-place finisher in the outdoor 5,000 meters ... Ran the anchor leg of the LSU distance medley relay team that won the DMR title at the Texas Relays.
At South Plains College: Enjoyed a brilliant two-year career at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas ... Was a five-time National Junior College Athletic Association All-American in two seasons with the Texans ... Won a national title in the 5,000 meters at the 2007 NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Coffeyville, Kan. ... Also finished runner-up in the 1,500 meters and 10,000 meters at the national meet ... Was instrumental in SPC winning its first outdoor national crown in program history ... Earned a pair of All-America honors at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships in 2006 as he was the national runner-up in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters.
Personal: Full name is John Kipkorir Kosgei ... Born on Dec. 23, 1984 ... Parents are Wilson and Elizabeth Suge ... Comes from a large family with seven brothers and sisters.
