Lokira, Kiprop Capture Silver and Bronze on Opening Day of SEC Indoor Championships
2/27/2025 9:15:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
The Crimson Tide’s distance duo of Dismus Lokira and Victor Kiprop finished second and third, respectively, in the men’s 5,000m
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Alabama track and field kickstarted the opening day of the 2025 Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships by accumulating 15 total points towards the UA men's team score in a single event. The Crimson Tide's distance duo of Dismus Lokira (13:40.40) and Victor Kiprop (13:41.44) captured silver and bronze, respectively, in the men's 5,000-meter race.
Teammate Dennis Kipruto ran a 13:52.66 (eighth) to give UA three runners in the top-eight finishers, totaling to 15 points. The Crimson Tide's distance medley relay of Jackson Harris, Peter Diebold, John O'Donnell and Arthur Graham added four points to the UA men's team score behind a season-best 9:35.94, fifth-place finish. On the women's side, Miracle Ailes recorded a personal-best 4,033 score in the women's pentathlon for a fifth-place finish as Brenda Tuwei (women's 5,000m | 15:15.53) and Caelyn Harris (women's long jump | 6.25m (20-6.25)) both took seventh in their respective event finals.
After the first day of competition, the UA men sit in fourth place with 19 points, while the UA women's eight points on the first day of competition have them tied for eighth.
Top-Eight Alabama Scoring Finishes
Pentathlon
- 5th: Miracle Ailes | 4,033 points | four points towards UA women team total
- 60mH | 9th | 8.70 – new PR
- High Jump | 1st | 1.81m (5-11.25)
- Shot Put | 7th | 10.11m (33-2) – new PR
- Long Jump | 3rd | 6.06m (19-10.75) – new PR
- 800m | 13th | 2:30.94
5,000m
- 2nd: Dismus Lokira | men's | 13:40.40 – new PR | eight points towards UA men team total
- 3rd: Victor Kiprop | men's | 13:41.44 | six points towards UA men team total
- 8th: Dennis Kipruto | men's | 13:52.66 | one point towards UA men team total
- 7th: Brenda Tuwei | women's | 15:59.53 | two points towards UA women team total
Long Jump
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7th: Caelyn Harris | women's | 6.25m (20-6.25) | two points towards UA women team total
Distance Medley Relay
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5th: Jackson Harris, Peter Diebold, John O'Donnell, Arthur Graham | 9:35.94 – season best | four points towards UA men team total
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