SPC Geoffrey Kipchumba

10,000m

Sport: Track and Field
Event: 10,000m
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
High School: Lelboinet H.S.
College: William Carey University
Joined Army: July 2019
MOS: 68X, Army Behavioral Health Specialist

Kipchumba always felt running was a natural fit for him growing up in his Kenyan village. He would watch athletes running while he walked to school every morning, inspired. He needed assistance with university fees in 2010, and he felt running could earn him a college scholarship. While training and applying for schools in the United States, he earned a green card and continued the immigration process. Accepted to William Carey University on an athletic scholarship, he became a three-time 5km Indoor Track NAIA National Champion. Now in the WCAP, Kipchumba has the opportunity to serve his country while pursuing his dream of the Olympics. He says it is a gift he does not take for granted and he hopes that his running counts not just for his achievement but even more serves as a motivation to his fellow Soldiers.

Small is big just give it time – This means that don’t underestimate the small things you already have, appreciate what you already have because over the time with patience, hard work and sacrifice it’s going to grow big.


Career Highlights

2019

3rd 10,000m at 2019 Portland Track Festival

1st Santa Fe half marathon in 62minutes

6th Boston half marathon

2018

10,000m Outdoor track National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National champion

5,000m Indoor track NAIA National champion

2017

5,000m Indoor track NAIA National champion

3,000m Indoor track NAIA National champion

2016

10,000m Outdoor track National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National champion

5,000m Indoor track NAIA National champion

2015

5,000m Outdoor track NAIA National champion

Cross-Country NAIA National champion

10,000m Outdoor track National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National champion