Aggrey Chirchir Class: Sophomore Hometown: Kapsabet, Kenya Last College: Univ. of Nairobi Height: 5-10 Event: Distance Birthdate: 11/22/1984

2007: (Freshman): Cross Country: Part of a UTEP team that automatically qualified for nationals and finished 10th at the NCAA Championships ... finished eighth at the Lobo Invitational (25:03) ... came in 97th at the elite Bill Delinger Invite on Sept. 29 ... 19th at the C-USA Championships (27:07) ... finished 62nd at the Mountain Regional on Nov. 10.

Before UTEP: Transferred from the University of Nairobi with PRs of 1:48.41 in the 800-meter dash, 52.0 in 400-meter hurdles, 48.0 in the 400-meter dash and 22.5 in the 200-meter dash.

Personal: Full name is Aggrey Birgen Chirchir ... major is international business ... son of John Kipchirchir and Scholastica Birgen ... hast two brothers (Leonard and Ignatius) and two sisters (Liberty and Ada) ... born Nov. 22, 1984, in Kapsobet, Kenya.