NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles!
Previous Alabama Track Star Eliud Kipsang is dead just days after he suffered cardiac arrest, the university announced. He was 28.
File – Alabama’s Eliud Kipsang leads the course under a quarterfinals of the gentlemen’s 1,500 -meter races at NCAA East preliminary track and field championships at the University of North Florida’s Hodges Stadium on May 28, 2021. (Clayton Freeman/Florida Times-Union)
CLICK HERE for more sports cover at Foxnews.com
“We are heart -bridged by the passing of Eliud Kipsang, one of the most gifted athletes ever to wear Crimson and White,” the head coach Dan Waters said in a statement from the university.
“His influence on our program stretched far beyond records and championships; he was a beloved teammate, a brother of so many and a dear friend to me, personally. On behalf of the entire Alabama family, we expand our deepest condolance to his loved ones. Running Society have lost a remarkable soul. “
Eliud Kipsang from Alabama celebrates his finish in the Mile Run final during division in -men and women’s indoor track & amp; FIGHT FIRTH FIRST CHARGE ARRESTSEMATION AT FAYETTVILLE, ARKANSAS. (Andy Hancock/NCAA -Photos via Getty Images)
Former Prairie View A&M Footballer Jackson Bailey Death at 22
Kipsang won gold on 2021 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships in Men’s 1,500m and SEC cross -country championships. The same year he was named Sec The Running of the Year.
The following season he set the college record in the gentlemen’s 1,500 m, and his time of 3: 33.74 is still a top five college time.
File – Eliud Kipsang from Alabama, Sam Tanner from Washington and Yusuf Bizimana from Texas leads a kilometer heat under NCAA indoor freedom championships in the Randal Tyson Center on March 12, 2021. (Kirby Lee -usa Today Sports)
Kipsang still has three program records in both indoor and outdoor events and has six top-10, all times in the Alabama history.
