Washington State University Athletics

WSU CAREER. SENIOR (2017-18): Cross Country - At Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished first on team/15th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational won the Women’s Open...at Pac-12 Championships led the Cougars women/finished 13th overall...second team All-Pac-12 honors...at NCAA West Region Championships led the Cougars women/finished 19th overall...at NCAA Championships finished 33rd overall...ALL-AMERICA honors...fourth woman in WSU history to earn All-America honors.
 
JUNIOR (2017). Indoor - Best time in 5000m (16:46.73i) at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships...Outdoor - Ran PR time of 4:32.86 and finished fifth in 1500m at Trojan Invitational (3/18/17, Los Angeles)...at Stanford Invitational (4/1/17, Stanford) finished seventh and ran a 10,000m PR and WSU school record time of 33:58.17...at Mt. SAC Relays (4/15/17,Azusa) ran 5k PR with a time of 16:36.40...ran 3000m PR with a time of 9:30.98 at UW vs. WSU Dual (4/23/17, Seattle)...finished 13th in 10,000m and 26th in 5k at Pac-12 Championships.
 
PRE-WSU CAREER. Attended Murray State for two years (2014-16)…school record holder in indoor 5,000m with time of 17:06.85 (2106)…school record holder in 10,000m with time of 34:27.04 (2016)…FRESHMAN (2014-15): Cross Country - Competed in two meets…Indoor - At Ohio Valley Conference Championships, placed fourth in the 3000m (10:05.84i) and fifth in the 5000m (17:16.27i)…Outdoor - At OVC Championships was runner-up in 5k in 17:05.88…SOPHOMORE (2015-16): Cross Country - Competed in only one meet…Indoor - At the OVC Championships finished third in the 3k (9:57.54i) and third in the 5k (18:07.66i)…Outdoor - Won the 5k at the OVC Championships in a time of 17:15.36…at the NCAA East Prelims, was 45th in the 10k (37:33.26)…JUNIOR (2016): Cross Country - Full season of racing…took third at the OVC Championships…at NCAA Southeast Region Championships placed 38th…transferred to WSU in January 2017.
 
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Attended Turbo Girls HS in Iten, Kenya.
 
PERSONAL. Born in July 1993, in Eldoret, Kenya…father Williams Korir is a teacher…mother Elizabeth Korir is a business woman…brother Leonard was a two-time NCAA champion (indoor 5k, outdoor 10k) at Iona College and won the 2017 USATF National Cross Country Championship, finished 20th overall, second among USA races, at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships...sister Sylvia Kipkorir is on the Murray State cross country/T&F team…other siblings include brother Evans and sisters Vivian, Abigael, Valeria, Maureen and Daniela…majoring in sociology at WSU.
 

KORIR’S WSU BESTS
800m - 2:18.13 (2015)
1500m - 4:32.86 (2017)
Mile - 5:04.72 (2015)
3000m - 9:30.98 (2017)
5000m - 16:36.40 (2017)
10,000m - 33:58.17 (2017) SR