Champion SEC, which current Elid kipsang dies a few days after heart stop

Former Alabama -Track star Elihu Kipsang died a few days after he had a heart stop, announced the university. He was 28.

Kipsang, born in Kenya and is the current owner Several software records, On Friday, June 6, the heart stopped, reports GoFundme, created on behalf of his family. It was admitted to the intensive care department at the Samaritan Hospital in Puyalpe, Washington, but died only a few days later.

File – Alabama, Elliud Kipsang, leads the field during the quarter -finals of the 1500 -meter run at the previous NCAA athletics championship at the Hodg Stadium on May 28, 2021. (Clayton Freman/Florida Times-Union)

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“We are broken by the heart from the passage of Elid Kipsang, one of the most gifted athletes who, if they wore raspberry and white,” said head coach Dan Waters in a statement provided by the university.

“His impact on our program went far beyond records and championships; he was a favorite teammate, brothers so much and dear friends for me, personally. On behalf of the whole family of Alabama, we express our deep condolences to our loved ones. the current community lost a wonderful soul. “

Elihu Kipsang of Alabama notes his finish in the finals of the miles during the athletics and women’s flight in the Division I on March 13, 2021 in Fietville, Arkansas. (Andy Hancok/NCAA photos via Getty Images)

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Kipsang won gold at the South -Eastern Conference on 2021 at the 1500m men’s championship and the SEC Cross Country Championship. In the same year it was named Moment The runner of the year.

Next season, he set a collegial record in the 1500m men, and his time 3: 33.74 remains a five in colleges.

File – Elliud Kipsang of Alabama, Sam Tanner from Washington and Yusuf Bizziman from Texas, hold a heat for heat during the NCAA track and field championships in the center of Tyson’s Randal on March 12, 2021. (Kirby Lee-Usa Today Sports)

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Kipsang still has three software entries both in the premises and outdoors and has six best 10, all the time in the history of Alabama.

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