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Daniel Koech - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Daniel Koech

Position Distance
Class Senior
Hometown Eldoret, Kenya
High School Kericho HS
Position Distance
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Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Finished 10th in the 1,500-meter run at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14) with a time of 3:54.75 … Placed 11th in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 1:52.38 … Recorded a season-best time in the 800 meters of 1:50.60 at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/6), good for second-place.

2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Sr.)
Competed in three meets in his final year with Kansas cross country … The Jayhawks’ fifth scorer at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/11) after he finished the 10K in 31:35.2, good for 65th overall … Claimed 32nd at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) when he crossed the finish in 26:33.6 … Finished 11th at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1) when he posted an 8K time of 24:29.9.

2016 OUTDOOR (RS-Jr.)
Placed 12th in the 1,500 meters (3:50.17) and 15th in the 800 meters (1:53.09) during the preliminary round of the Big 12 Outdoor Championship … Won the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:54.28 at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) … Helped the 4×800-meter relay team to a victory at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a time of 7:35.33 … Runner-up at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/7) after posting a personal-best 800-meter time of 1:50.52 … Runner-up in the 800 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic with a time of 1:51.40.

2016 INDOOR (Sr.)
Placed 26th in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) after clocking a time of 8:42.04 … Placed 11th in the 1,000 meters during the preliminary round of the Big 12 Indoor Championship with a time of 2:27.67 … Assisted the distance medley relay team to fifth place (9:56.52) at the Big 12 Indoor Championship … Runner-up in the 1,000 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a time of 2:29.11 … Helped the distance medley relay team to a second-place finish at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 10:23.88.

2015 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.) 
Competed in all five of the Jayhawks’ meets, coming in as one of the team’s top-five finishers in four of those outings … A member of the team that competed at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/13), claiming 47th overall in a 10K time of 31:17.5 … KU’s fifth scorer at the Big 12 Championship (10/31), where he completed the 8K course in 26:00.0 to finish 41st overall … Opened his season with a fourth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1) by way of his 6K clocking of 19:21.4.

2015 OUTDOOR (RS-So.)
Saw action in only one meet during the outdoor season … Took 10th in the 1,500 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2) after crossing the finish in 3:59.43 … Also ran a leg on the sixth-place finishing 4×400-meter relay at the Rock Chalk Classic with its time of 3:25.11.

2015 INDOOR (Jr.) 
Finished second in the first mile race of his career, posting a time of 4:18.73 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/9) … Ran a season-best 1:52.64 in the 800 meters at the ISU Classic (2/14), earning a 25th-place finish … The 11th finisher in the 1,000 meters at the Big 12 Championship (2/28), where he turned in a time of 2:28.42 … Helped the KU distance medley relay to a win at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30) after passing the baton around in 10:27.92.

2014 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Did not compete after being sidelined with injury.

2014 OUTDOOR (RS-Fr.) 
Competed in two middle distance events at seven meets on the season for the Jayhawks … Claimed first place at the Mesa Classic (4/11) in the 800 meters with a time of 1:52.89 …  Set a personal-best time in the 800 meters at 1:51.23, good for fourth place, at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/3) … Finished in 16th place in the 800 meters preliminary round of the Big 12 Championship (5/17) … Took eighth place in the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.06 at the Kansas Relays (4/17) … Took sixth place at the Kansas Relays in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:59.59.

2014 INDOOR (So.)
Claimed a personal-best finish in the 800-meter dash at the Jayhawk Classic (1/24), crossing the line with a time of 1:54.18 to place third … Earned a 20th-place finish at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/7) with a time of 1:54.80 … Performed in five meets in the 1,000-meter run for the Jayhawks … Notched a new personal-best time of 2:27.22 at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/8), finishing in 12th place … Had a fourth-place finish at the Holiday Inn Invitational (1/18) with a time of 2:29.10 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team and the Fall Athletic Director’s and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls.

2013 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.) 
Competed in four races in his first season with the KU cross country team … Member of the Jayhawks’ Midwest Regional Championship (11/15) team where he finished 142nd with a 10K time of 33:14.3 … Came in as Kansas’ sixth finisher at the Big 12 Championship (11/2) after completing the 8K race in 25:17.8 to take 52nd overall … Made his KU debut with a 31st-place finish at the Rim Rock Classic (10/5), completing the 8K in 26:24.18.

2013 OUTDOOR (Fr.) 
Utilized redshirt season.

2013 INDOOR (Fr.) 
Began his Kansas career at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/2) in the 1,000 meters, finishing 38th overall in a time of 2:37.64 … Clocked in at 1:59.13 in the 800 meters at the Tyson Invitational (2/9) to place 19th.

HIGH SCHOOL
Ran a personal best in the 800 meters in a time of 1:53 … Holds a personal best in the 400-meter hurdles of 53.0.

PERSONAL
Son of Jerry Maritim … Has a younger brother, Kim (14) … Majoring in nursing.