Alex Keter

Year:

So.
Hometown:

Kapsabet, Kenya
Events:

Distance

Bio

Phonetic Pronunciation: Alex Ket-er

NMJC (Sophomore Track & Field 2024)

Indoor

Stan Scott Memorial (Jan. 13) | 1000m- 2:32.60 (National Qualifier) | 3000m- 8:57.42
MLK Invite (Jan. 20) | Men's Mile- 4:20.51 (National Qualifier)
New Mexico Open (Jan. 27) | 800m- 1:53.51 (National Qualifier)
Charlie Thomas Invitational (Feb. 2) | DMR- 10:23.08 (Cheruiyot, Reid, Bille, Keter) (National Qualifier)
Jarvis Scott Open (Feb.9-10) | 1000m- 2:28.86 (IQ)
Indoor T&F National Championships (March 1-2) | 800m 7th- 1:53.45 (All-American) | DMR 8th- 10:07.92 (Cheruiyot, Reid, Bille, Keter) (All-American) (School Record)

NJCAA Indoor Team Runner-up (2024) | Two-time Indoor All-American

Outdoor

Masked Rider (March 22-23) | 800m- 1:52.63 (National Qualifier)
Bobcat Inivitational (March 28-30) | 800m- 1:51.76 (IQ) | 1500m- 3:58.38 (National Qualifier)
John Jacobs Invitational (April 12-13) | 800m- 1:51.98
Michael Johnson Invitational (April 19-20) | 800m- 1:56.66 | 1500m- 3:55.16 (IQ)
Corky/Crofoot Shootout (April 26-27) | 400m- 51.70
Outdoor T&F National Championships (May 16-18) | 800m 3rd Place- 1:48.75 (All-American) (School Record) | 4x800m 7th Place- 7:48.76 (Keter, Walker, Bille, T. Vega) (All-American)

NJCAA Outdoor National Runner-up (2024) | Two-time Outdoor All-American

NMJC (Sophomore)

Cross Country Races 2023

08-25-23 Western Texas Open 5k- 4th Place (17:00.80)
09-02-23 Lori Fitzgerald Memorial Open 5k- 11th Place (15:15.53)
09-15-23 Texas Tech Open 8k- 26th Place (26:28.50)
09-22-23 NMJC Invitational 8k- 5th Place (25:09.70)
10-06-23 NMJC Invitational II 8k- 3rd Place (24:43.70)
10-13-23 NMJC Invitational III 8k- 5th Place (24:47.88)
10-28-23 Region V Championships 8k- 10th Place (25:20.00)
11-11-23 NJCAA DI Men’s XC Championships 8k- 47th Place (25:41.70)
11-14-23 NJCAA Half-Marathon- 38th Place (1:13:36.80)

NMJC (Sophomore Cross Country 2023)

NJCAA Half Marathon Team National Champion (2023)

NMJC (Freshman Track & Field 2023)

Outdoor

TTU Masked Rider Open (March 25) | 1500M- 4:03.47 (National Qualifier) | 5000M- 15:10.44 (National Qualifier)
WT Jo Meaker Classic (April 6-8) | 5000M- 15:24.29
Ross Black Open (April 14-15) | 10,000M- 33:03.03 (National Qualifier)
UNM Don Kirby (April 20) | 1500M- 4:05.03 (IQ-ALT)
TTU Corky Crofoot Shootout (April 29) | 5000M- 15:55.94

NJCAA Men's Outdoor Team National Champion (2023)

NMJC (Freshman Cross Country 2022)

2022 Cross Country Races

08-26-22 Western Texas Open 6k- 5th Place (21:48.80)
09-23-22 NMJC Invitational 8k- 7th Place (26:16.40)
09-30-22 SPC Invite 8k- 6th Place (25:32.60)
10-07-22 LCU October Invite 8k- 5th Place (26:10.00)
10-14-22 NMJC Invitational II 8k- 13th Place (25:24.80)
10-29-22 Region V Championships 8k- 42nd Place (28:41.70)

Personal

Father: Paul Keter

Enjoys traveling, watching movies, drinking juice, and plans on majoring in computer science.

Keter's brother Emmanuel attended UTEP for cross country/track and his father competed in cross country/track at Texas A&M Universtity at Corpus Christi.