Festus Lagat
Kenyan middle-distance runner
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Festus Lagat (born 10 October 1996) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Born | 10 October 1996 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
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]
