GREENVILLE, S.C. – A strong performance this past weekend at the Colonial Relays has helped Joshua Chepkesir be named as the Conference Carolinas Track Athlete of the Week, league officials announced Tuesday. 
 
Chepkesir started his weekend with a dominating performance in the 5000-meter Run where he not only cruised to victory, but he also recorded an NCAA provisional qualifying time in the event. The Eldoret, Kenya, native finished the race in a personal-best time of 14:20.84.
 
The redshirt junior closed out his weekend competition in grand fashion by running a leg on the 4x1500m Relay team that shattered a four-year-old school record. Chepkesir teamed up with Delsin Burkhart, Jack Phieffer, and Ean Ormsby for a 10^th place finish in the relay crossing the finish line in a time of 16:26.33. 
 
Chepkesir has now registered NCAA provisional times in both the 5000-meter and 10000-meter Runs and currently holds the fastest times in both events in Conference Carolinas.