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JONAH KDPTARUS, left, and Cleophas Boor have finished 1-2 in every race they’ve entered this
fall.
Boor, Kiptarus lead pack
By Gregg Madsen
Staff Reporter
Jonah Kiptarus and Cleophas
Boor just can’t see enough of each
oiher.
The two Nebraska cross coun
try runners live together, train to
gether and, so far this season, they
finish races together.
Natives of Kapsabet, Kenya,
Kiptarus and Boor have stormed
onto the scene this season, finish
ing 1-2 in every race they have en
tered. — .
Kiptarus won two of those races,
and Boor was first two weeks ago
at the Pre-NCAA Meet in Tucson,
Ariz. But the two friends agree that
it does not matter who crosses the
finish line first, as long as it is one
of them.
I m nappy tor mat, Kiptarus
said, “because it proves if you have
a partner you can train with that you
can both still do very good.”
Kiptarus and Boor, both juniors,
have been running all their lives.
They currently log about 85 miles
per week, and Nebraska Coach Jay
Dirksen said their potential is lim
itless.
“From all the other results I’ve
seen,” Dirksen said, “I figure those
two are among the top four or five
in the country.”
Dirksen said Boor and Kiptarus
have run against some of the top
competition in the nation this sea
son.
After standout careers at differ
ent high schools in Kapsabet,
u
From all the other results Fve seen, I
figure those two are among the top
four or five in the country ”
Jay Dirksen
NU cross country coach
Kiptarus and Boor signed with
Barton County (Kan.) Community
College.
Boor was third at the National
Junior College Cross Country
Championships in 1994 and second
in 1995. In the outdoor track sea
son, he was the national champion
in the 5,000 meters in 1995.
Kiptarus was the NJCAA na
tional champion cross country run
ner up in 1994, and he was the 1995
national champion indoors in the
1,000 meters and the mile. He also
struck gold outdoors at Barton, win
ning the 1,500 in 1995.
“Everybody in the country was
after them,” Dirksen said. “And I
never really did have a great feel
ing that they would be here.”
After one visit, Kiptarus decided
he would come to Nebraska.
Kiptarus’ choice turned out to be all
the coaxing that Boor needed.
“Lincoln was one of my first
choices,” Boor said “Seeing as we
were friends and we’ve been to
gether for a long time, that made it
easier for me to come here.”
Kiptarus came to Nebraska at
the start of the 1996 outdoor sea
son. He ran the 1,200-meter leg of
the Huskers’ distance-medley relay,
which placed first at the NCAA In
door Championships and was the
third-fastest time in collegiate his
tory.
He was also the national runner
up in the NCAA indoor mile run and v
the outdoor 1,500.
Kiptarus and Boor, both agricul
ture majors, said they planned to
return to Kapsabet after graduating
to help their families on the farm.
But neither would mind a small
detour first.
“After I graduate,” Boor said, “I
hope to train and run pro maybe, I
guess I’ll just have to see.”
But before their pro debuts,
Kiptarus and Boor will compete in
the NCAA Championships, Nov. 25
in T\icson, where they know a 1-2
finish won’t be easy to accomplish.
“With the Pre-NCAA Meet, we
realized how the course will be with
all the rolling hills, so that will
help,” Boor said. “We are going to
try and aim to be in the top five.”
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