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Alfred Chelanga

2019 Outdoor Season

Finished 10^th in the 5,000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 13:42.31
Finished 6^th in the 1,500 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a time of 3:51.93
Finished 13^th in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 28:43.71

2018 Cross Country

2018 NCAA South Region Runner of the Year
Earned All-America honors at the 2018 NCAA Cross Country Championships with a 12th-place finish, covering the 10k course in 29;27.4
Won the individual title at the NCAA South Regional, covering the 10k course in 30:59.2
Finished second, and was Alabama’s No. 1 runner at the SEC Cross Country Championships, covering the 8k course in 22:27.51
Finished 10th, and was Alabama’s No. 1 runner, in his season debut at the Nuttycombe Invitational, covering the 8k course in 23:33.8

2018 Outdoor Season

Earned second-team All-America honors with a 16th-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 29:33.08. Also finished 20th in the 5,000 meters in 14:19.36 at the NCAA meet
Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 10,000 meters (29;26.35) and 5,000 meters (14:02.72) at the NCAA East Preliminary
Finished second in the 10,000 meters (29;17.30) and third in the 5,000 meters (13:53.70) at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships to earn all-conference honors in both races. The second-place finish in the 10k was part of a 1-2-3 Tide finish with teammates Vincent Kiprop (first) and Gilbert Kigen (third)
Finished seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Cardinal Classic with a personal-best time of 13:42.11 that ranks No. 4 all-time at Alabama
Finished fifth and was the No. 4 collegiate finisher in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational in a time of 28:32.66, the fifth-fastest time in school history

2018 Indoor Season

Finished fifth in the 5,000 meters at the SEC Championships with a time of 14:07.80. Also ran the anchor leg of the Tide’s distance medley relay which finished 10th with a time of 10:09.71
Finished 12th in the 5,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 13:49.34
Finished seventh in the 3,000 meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a time of 8:16.24
Made his season debut at the Vanderbilt Invitational and finished fourth in the 3,000 meters in 8:06.17

2017 Cross Country

Finished 37th as Alabama’s No. 3 runner at the NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors with a time of 29:58.35 over the 10k course
Placed second behind teammate Gilbert Kigen and earned All-Region honors at the NCAA South Regional Championships with a time of 29:47.1 over the 10k course
Finished third at the SEC Championships and was the Tide’s No. 3 runner with a time of 23:23.4 over the 8k course to earn All-SEC honors
Finished fourth, and was the Tide’s No. 3 runner, at the Crimson Classic with a time of 23:42.0 over the 8k course
Finished third behind teammates Vincent Kiprop and GIlbert Kigen at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 23:26.9 over the five-mile course
Finished third in his season debut in the open 8K race at the UC Riverside Invitational and was the Tide’s No. 3 runner behind teammates Gilbert Kigen and Vincent Kiprop with a time of 24:23.3

2017 Outdoor Season

Set at UA school record in the 10,000 meters (28:04.98)
Finished 11th in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Championships in 29:12.34, which was the 10th-fastest in school history at the time
Finished eighth in the 10,000 meters in 29:59.98 at the NCAA East Regional to qualify for the NCAA Track & Field Championships
Won the 10,000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in a time of 30:24.27 to edge out teammate Antibahs Kosgei for the victory. Also finished sixth in the 5,000 meters at the SEC Championships in 13:57.79
Finished second in the 1,500 meters at the SEC Relays in 3:49.11 in his first outdoor appearance in the event at Alabama
Finished second in the invitational 5,000 meters at the War Eagle Invitational in a personal-best 13:53.07
Finished second in the 10,000 meters - and was the first collegiate finisher - at the Stanford Invitational in a school-record time of 28:04.98

2017 Indoor Season

Finished fifth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in 3:48.56
Alabama’s high point scorer at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships with 14 points. Finished second in the 5,000 meters in 13:58.61 and third in the 3,000 meters in a personal-best 8:02.30
Finished sixth in the invitational 5,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic in a personal-best 13:48.12
Made his Alabama debut at the Bob Pollock Invitational, winning the 3,000 meters in a time of 8:06.79

Runner-up at the 2016 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, covering the 10k course in 29:36.3
Won the 2016 Division II South Region Cross Country Championships with a 10k time of 31:23.3
Won the 2016 Gulf South Cross Country Championships in a time of 24:54.5 over the 8k course
Won the college division of the Crimson Classic
Finished sixth in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters at the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Won the 5,000 meters at the 2016 Florida Relays
Finished fifth in the 3,000 meters and sixth in the 5,000 meters at the 2016 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships
NCAA Division II national and South region cross country champion in 2015
Finished fourth in the 3,000 meters at the 2015 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships