Elphas Sang

Position:
Middle Distance
Class:
Junior
High School:
Kurgung
Hometown:
Kapsabet, Kenya

2010-2011: OUTDOOR: Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... competed in the 800-meter run at the Big 12 Championships ... competed in the 1,500-meter run at the Missouri Relays and the Beach Invitational … competed in the 800-meter run at the Drake Relays, Sun Angel Classic, Missouri Relays and the Mt. SAC Relays INDOOR: Earned All-Big 12 honors as part of the fourth-place distance medley relay team and finished 9th in the 800-meter run (1:52.72) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … ran a personal best time in the mile run (4:16.11) at the ISU Open … ran a season-best time and finished third in the 800-meter run (1:50.14) at the ISU Classic … finished sixth in the 800-meter run (1:50.32) at the NCAA Qualifier … competed in the 1,000-meter run (2:28.62) at the Husker Invitational. XC: Competed in the 4,000-meter race (13:26) at the Drake Fall Classic ... competed in the Iowa Intercollegiate on the 8,000-meter course (27:46.14).

2009-2010: OUTDOOR: Competed in the 800-meter run (1:53.02) and a member of the ninth-place 4x400-meter (3:12.72) relay team at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships … competed in the 1,500-meter run (3:54.34) at the Beach Invitational, a personal best … ran a personal best time in the 800-meter run (1:50.22) at the Arkansas Twilight … eighth-place finish in the 800-meter run (1:51.52) at the Sun Angel Track Classic … earned seventh-place in the 1,500-meter run (3:56.03) at the Stanford Invitational. INDOOR: Member of the eighth place 4x400-meter relay team at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … finished first in the 600-yard run (1:12.42) at the ISU Open, setting a new personal record … finished fourth in the 800-meter run (1:51.49) at the Bill Bergan Invitational … finished seventh in the 800-meter run (1:50.22) at the indoor NCAA Qualifier … finished ninth in the 800-meter run (1:50.86) at the ISU Classic. XC: Competed at the Iowa Intercollegiate on the ISU 8,000-meter course (27:41) … competed at the Bulldog Classic at the Ewing Park 4,000-meter course (13:07).

2008-2009: INDOOR: Finished fourth in the 800-meter run (1:49.70) at the ISU Classic, a personal best time ... sixth-place finish in the 800-meter run (1:53.56) ... ninth-place finish at the ISU Open in the 800-meter run (1:53.71).

Before Iowa State: Holds the school record 800-meter with a personal best time of 1:47.93 at MidAmerica Nazarene ... earned personal records of 47.60 in the 400-meter run, 1:11.21 in the 600-yard run and 3:52.82 in the 1,500-meter run.

Personal: Born August 11, 1984 ... son of John and Clara Sanga ... electrical engineering major.