Kipruto Wins Again as Norfolk State Men’s Team Shines at Virginia Invitational

EARLYSVILLE, Va. — Freshman Clinton Kipruto won his second straight race to open the season and Norfolk State packed three runners inside seven seconds of each other to finish fourth in a six-team field Friday morning at the Virginia Invitational, hosted by the University of Virginia at Panorama Farms. Kipruto again ran from the front and never let anyone else take the lead, moving through 2K in 5:53.1, 3K in 8:57.8 and 5K in 14:53.5 before winning the 6,000-meter race in 17:39.0, a personal best. He held off North Carolina’s Joe Barrett by 5.3 seconds and was the only runner…