Festus Lagat

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Festus Lagat
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (1996-10-10) 10 October 1996 (age 28)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Outdoor
  • 800 m : 1:44.10 (Fairfax, 2024)
  • 1500 m : 3:29.03 (Paris, 2025)
  • 1000 m : 2:12.96 (Trier 2025)
  • Mile : 3:48.93 (Eugene, 2025)
  • Indoor
  • 800 m : 1:47.09 (New York, 2023)
  • 1500 m : 3:37.32 (Boston, 2025)
  • Mile : 3:48.93 (Eugene, 2025)

Festus Lagat (born 10 October 1996) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. [1]

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Early life

From Eldoret, Kenya, he is the eldest of three boys. He moved to the United States on a scholarship to study and run competition, starting at Gillette College before later transferring to Iowa State University. [2]

Career

Running for Iowa State in April 2021, he was a member of the 4x800 metres relay team which set a new meeting record time at the Drake Relays. [3]

After leaving College, he became an Under Armour/District TC athlete based in the Washington, D.C. area. In 2022, he had a fourth-place finish in the 800 metres at the Kenyan World Championship Trials in Kasarani. [4] He later became a member of UA Mission Run Dark Sky and became based in Flagstaff, Arizona. [5]

In March 2025, he ran 3:52.64 for the indoor mile in Boston, Massachusetts, clocking an indoor personal best of 3:37.52 for the 1500 metres. [6] [7] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, Kenya's sole representative in the men’s 1500 metres race. [8] [9] In May 2025, he ran a personal best 3:32.06 to finish third in the 1500 metres at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2025 Diamond League. [10] He competed over 1500 metres at the 2025 Meeting de Paris, running a personal best time of 3:29.03. [11] He ran a personal best of 3:48.93 at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July in the Bowerman Mile. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Festus Lagat". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Meet the 2024 SWM Athletes: Festus Lagat". Sirwaltermiler. July 25, 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Visser, Ben (April 23, 2021). "Drake Relays: Iowa State breaks 36-year-old 3,200-meter relay record". The Gazette. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Mile posts: Items on Festus Lagat, Josh Yeager, Adam Fogg, Jay Welp, Mike Gille, Reece Smith, Matt Lange". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Mile posts: Items on Chase Knoche, Alli Bookin-Nosbisch, Mallory Lindaman, Festus Lagat, Adam Fogg, Mattison Plummer, Payton Mauldin". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Last Chance National Qualifier At BU 2025 Results". Flotrack. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "2025 Last Chance Indoor Nat'nl Qualifier at Boston Univ". tfrrs.org. March 2, 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Kenya selects 10 athletes for Nanjing". World Athletics. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "AK picks team for World Indoors in Nanjing, China". Citizen. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Chebet storms to second on world 3000m all-time list with 8:11.56 in Rabat". World Athletics. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  11. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (20 June 2025). "Azeddine Habz & Phanuel Koech (Who?) Run 3:27: Paris Diamond League Thoughts". Lets Run. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Results - Eugene Diamond League - Pre Classic 2025". Watch Athletics Weekly. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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