Ezekiel Rop

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Photo by: KL6PHOTO LLC.

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Position:
Distance
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Eldoret, Kenya
High School:
Kosirai
Prev School:
Eastern Kentucky

Awards and Honors
Three-time First Team All-American
First Team All-American (Indoor: DMR - 2024; Outdoor: 1,500m Run - 2023, 2024)
All-Big 12 XC (2021, 2022)
USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (XC: Sept. 12, 2022)
Big 12 Runner of the Week (XC: Oct. 4, 2022)
2019 Ohio Valley Conference Male XC Athlete of the Year (EKU)
2019 NCAA XC Championships Qualifier (EKU)
2019 Ohio Valley Conference XC Champion (EKU)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2022, Spring 2023)

Personal Records

1,500m	3:36.92	2023 Outdoor
Mile	3:58.77	2024 Indoor
3,000m	7:58.77	2023 Indoor
5,000m	13:57.53	2022 Indoor
	13:36.77	2022 Outdoor

2023-24
Outdoor: Earned First Team All-America honors in the 1,500m finishing seventh in 3:40.50 at NCAA Championships ... first in Iowa State history to earn two All-America honors in the event ... ran a season-best 3:37.62 in the national semifinals ... advanced to nationals after finishing first at NCAA West Prelims with 3:39.70 ... Big 12 champion in the 1,500m (3:40.61), leading Iowa State to a 1-2-3 finish in the event ... took first at the Stanford Invite in 3:40.09 ... placed second at the Payton Jordan Invite (3:39.39) and 10th at the Bryan Clay Invite (3:38.28).
Indoor: Ran the 1,200-meter leg for the seventh-place distance medley relay team at NCAA Championships, earning First Team All-America with the fifth-fastest ISU performance of 9:30.07 … led of the bronze-medal winning DMR at Big 12 Championships … went sub-four minutes twice with 3:59.94 at the Valentine Invite before clocking 3:58.77 for third at the Arkansas Qualifier to become the fourth-fastest ISU miler … opened season with a 1,000m personal best of 2:25.96 to win at the Iowa State Classic.
XC: Competed in four meets, helping ISU to its eighth ever top-5 finish at the NCAA Championships… was 84^th at the Virginia Invitational with a time of 24:17.6… finished in the top-30 at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 23:46.8… ran 31:21.0 at the NCAA Championships.

2022-23
Outdoor: Became First Team All-American at NCAA Championships in the 1,500-meter finishing seventh in 3:43.59 … downed the 1,500m school record by over two seconds at the Bryan Clay Invite with 3:36.92, finishing as the fourth-fastest collegian … claimed the 1,500m silver at Big 12 Championships, running 3:37.03 … qualified for NCAA West Prelims as the No. 3 seed … won the 1,5000m at the Stanford Invite with a then-PR of 3:40.96 … ran third leg on the 4x800m relay at Penn Relays as the squad clocked 7:13.94, the second-fastest time in school history and 16^th-fastest in collegiate history.
Indoor: Anchored the silver-medal distance medley relay team to a time of 9:35.49 at Big 12 Championships … also ran the 3,000-meter at conference, scoring with a time of 8:13.74 for seventh … broke eight minutes in the 3,000m with a PR of 7:58.77 for 14^th at the Husky Classic … finished seventh at the Iowa State Classic with a mile personal best of 4:01.92.
XC: Competed in all five meets for Iowa State … earned All-Midwest Region honors with 14th place finish at NCAA XC Championships Midwest Regional (10K, 29:54.1) … earned All-Big 12 honors for second-straight season, finishing fourth at the Big 12 Championships (8K, 24:13.6) … opened season with victory at the Mizzou XC Opener (6K, 17:54.9), earning USTFCCCA National Runner of the Week for his efforts … was victorious at the Gans Creek Classic (8K, 23:34.2), earning Big 12 Runner of the Week … finished 55th at the Nuttycombe Invitational (8K, 24:13.6).

2021-22
Outdoor: Ran for ISU at four meets … qualified for NCAA West Preliminaries in the 5,000m run, finishing 18th (13:44.33) … finished fifth in the 5K (14:13.95) at the Big 12 Championships … ran third leg for Iowa State’s victorious 4x1,600m relay (16:23.05) at the Drake Relays … opened season with personal best 13:36.77 in the 5,000m run to finish sixth at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
Indoor: Competed in five meets for Iowa State … finished seventh in the 3,000m run (personal best 8:01.34) and eighth in the 5,000m run (13:57.53) at the Big 12 Championships … clocked personal best 4:05.86 in the mile at the Razorback Invitational … also competed at the Iowa State Classic, Meyo Invitational and Wooo Pig Classic.
XC: Ran for Iowa State in all five meets, helping guide the Cyclones to a second place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships … finished 65th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in a 10K time of 29:49.8 … finished 38th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships Midwest Regional … earned first career All-Big 12 XC honor with 10th place finish at Big 12 Championship … opened season with 11th place effort at the Griak Invitational … finished 41st at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational, helping the Iowa State men’s team bring the team title back to Ames.

2020-21
Outdoor: Competed in the 5,000-meter run twice … ran to fifth place finish in 5K at Big 12 Outdoor Championships … clocked a personal best 5K of 13:45.85 at the Oregon Relays, finishing 10th.
Indoor: Ran in the 5,000 meters twice … took fourth place in the 5K at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … also ran the 5,000 at the Iowa State Classic.
XC: Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing 130th individually.

2019-20 (Eastern Kentucky)
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Indoor: Took part in four meets ... claimed bronze medal in 3,000-meter run at Ohio Valley Conference Championships ... also ran the 3K at the BU Valentine Invitational and Marshall Invitational ... ran to a 4:14.78 in the mile to finish 11th at the Jim Green Invitational.
XC: Qualified for NCAA Championships individually, finishing 217th ... earned his spot at NCAA XC with an eighth-place finish at the Southeast Regional Championships, clocking a 10K time of 29:58.3 ... won Ohio Valley Conference Championship in an 8K time of 24:35.4, leading an EKU 1-2-3-4 effort and helping the Colonels claim the team title ... took 13th at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational ... opened his career with ninth-place effort at Joe Piane - Notre Dame Invitational.