El Paso Times · Apr 30, 2017
Korir runs second fastest 800 in NCAA history
UTEP runner Emmanuel Korir talks about winning the national championship in the 800 meter race.Buy PhotoUTEP's superstar 800-meter runner Emmanuel Korir is only a freshman, but he just added another brick to a growing legend.
At the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkley, in a race that turned into a training run, Korir ran the second-fastest 800 in NCAA history, clocking a 1:43.73 that won by more than eight seconds and was just off the NCAA record of 1:43.55. He's the second collegiate runner in history to break 1:44.