 Kemboi in 2025 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 December 1995 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 1500m 3:33.49 (Los Angeles, 2024) Mile: 3:53.57 (Boston, 2025) 3000m 7:38.99 (Boston, 2024) 5000m: 12:58.51 (Oordegem, 2025) |
Amon Kemboi (born 10 December 1995) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. Competing in the United States, he became the first man to earn five All-America honours for NCAA cross country running. [1]
He is from Kapsabet, Kenya before racing in the college system in the United States. In March 2018, competing for Campbell University, he won All-American indoor honours in the 5000 metres. He was later voted the 2017-18 Big South Conference Men’s Runner of the Year. [2] [3] In 2019, he broke his own school record and set a new Big South Conference record, for the indoor mile run. [4] He later also attended the University of Arkansas, for whom he was named the South Central Region Athlete of the Year twice by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Kemboi also became the first man to earn five All-America honours in NCAA cross country running. [5]
In June 2023, he won the 1500 metres race at the Portland Track Festival in Oregon in 3:34.12, closing the race with 56.40s for the final 400m. [6]
He finished third behind Josh Kerr and Josh Hoey at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile in New York in September 2024. His time of 3:49.3 moved him into the all-time top-10 in the race's history. [7]
In January 2025, he acted as pacemaker at the Houston Half Marathon as Conner Mantz broke the American half marathon national record. [8]
In April 2025, he finished third at the Boston 5k, running a time of 13:37. [9] He was added as a challenger to the men’s long-distance field at the 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Miami, where he finished seventh in the 3000 metres race on 2 May 2025. [10] [11] In August 2025, he won the Falmouth Road Race. [12] On 1 November 2025, Kemboi won the Abbot Dash 5k in New York City. [13]
| Grand Slam Track results [14] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Miami Slam | Long distance | 3000 m | 7th | 8:20.16 | US$10,000 |
| 5000 m | 6th | 13:50.64 | |||
