Festus Lagat
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Born | 10 October 1996 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Middle-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:44.10 (Fairfax, 2024) 1500m: 3:32.06 (Rabat, 2025) Mile: 3:52.63 (Raleigh, 2024) Indoors 800m: 1:47.09 (New York, 2023) 1500m: 3:37.32 (Boston, 2025) Mile: 3:52.64 (Boston, 2025) |
Festus Lagat (born 10 October 1996) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner.[1]
Early life
[edit]From Eldoret, Kenya, he is the eldest of three boys. He moved to the United States on a scholarship to study and run competition, starting at Gillette College before later transferring to Iowa State University.[2]
Career
[edit]Running for Iowa State in April 2021, he was a member of the 4x800 metres relay team which set a new meeting record time at the Drake Relays.[3]
After leaving College, he became an Under Armour/District TC athlete based in the Washington, D.C. area. In 2022, he had a fourth-place finish in the 800 metres at the Kenyan World Championship Trials in Kasarani.[4] He later became a member of UA Mission Run Dark Sky and became based in Flagstaff, Arizona.[5]
In March 2025, he ran 3:52.64 for the indoor mile in Boston, Massachusetts, clocking an indoor personal best of 3:37.52 for the 1500 metres.[6][7] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, Kenya's sole representative in the men’s 1500 metres race.[8][9] In May 2025, he ran a personal best 3:32.06 to finish third in the 1500 metres at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2025 Diamond League.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Festus Lagat". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Meet the 2024 SWM Athletes: Festus Lagat". Sirwaltermiler. July 25, 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Visser, Ben (April 23, 2021). "Drake Relays: Iowa State breaks 36-year-old 3,200-meter relay record". The Gazette. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Mile posts: Items on Festus Lagat, Josh Yeager, Adam Fogg, Jay Welp, Mike Gille, Reece Smith, Matt Lange". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Mile posts: Items on Chase Knoche, Alli Bookin-Nosbisch, Mallory Lindaman, Festus Lagat, Adam Fogg, Mattison Plummer, Payton Mauldin". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Last Chance National Qualifier At BU 2025 Results". Flotrack. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "2025 Last Chance Indoor Nat'nl Qualifier at Boston Univ". tfrrs.org. March 2, 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Kenya selects 10 athletes for Nanjing". World Athletics. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ "AK picks team for World Indoors in Nanjing, China". Citizen. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Chebet storms to second on world 3000m all-time list with 8:11.56 in Rabat". World Athletics. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
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