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2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Peter Epur

  • Position Distance, Mid-Distance
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Eldoret, Kenya
  • Highschool Maralal HS

Biography

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Personal-Best 800-Meter Time: 
2:01.46 (5/14-16/21 at MVC Outdoor Championships)
Personal-Best 1,500-Meter Time:  4:01.93 (5/14-16/21 at MVC Outdoor Championships)
Personal-Best Mile Time:  4:30.73 (2/19/22 at ISU Open - Indoor)
Personal-Best 3,000-Meter Time:  9:10.32 (2/26-28/21 at MVC Indoor Championships)
Personal-Best 5,000-Meter Time:  16:05.54 (4/1/22 at EIU Big Blue Invitational)

Holds Part Of Indoor Track School Record In The Distance Medley Relay (10:44.40 - 2022)

All PRs/Records Updated Through 5/10/2022

 
Spring 2021 (Outdoor at UE):
  • Competed in all six of UE’s outdoor meets in his first year of outdoor track competition.
  • Set personal-best marks in both the 800-meters (2:01.46) and the 1,500-meters (4:01.93) at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21).
  • His 1,500-meter time at the MVC Championships was UE’s fastest of the spring season.
  • Also ran the anchor leg of UE’s 4x400-meter relay team at the MVC Outdoor Championships.
  • Posted a personal-best 5,000-meter time of 16:25.39 at the SIU Bill Cornell Invitational (3/19-20/21).
  • Won the 5,000-meter race at the Bill Smith Challenge (3/27/21) with a time of 16:30.60.
  • Also placed second in the 3,000-meter race at the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (4/2/21) with a time of 9:13.14.
Winter 2021 (Indoor at UE):
  • Competed in two of UE’s three indoor meets, while also serving as UE’s top cross country runner outdoors at the same time.
  • Set a personal-best time of 9:10.32 in the 3,000-meters at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/26-28/21).
  • Also ran the lead leg for UE’s Distance Medley Relay team at the MVC Indoor Championships.
  • Posted a time of 9:16.35 in the 3,000-meters to place ninth overall at the EIU Friday Night Special (2/19/21).
Spring 2020 (Outdoor at Shaw University):
  • Outdoor season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winter 2020 (Indoor at Shaw University): 
  • Attended Shaw University in North Carolina, which does not sponsor a men’s track team.
Personal:
  • Majoring in nursing at UE with hopes of being a “world-class anesthetist.”
  • Played soccer and ran track in high school.
  • Respects Nelson Mandela the most because “he believed that no matter how many challenges arise, don’t ever lose sight of the goal.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance, Mid-Distance
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