Academic Notes:Majoring in community health.
Personal Bests:1:49.34 (800m), 3:46.43 (1,500m), 4:00.69 (mile), 14:55.28(5,000m)
2011 Cross Country: Was theLumberjacks’ consistent number-two runner once again in 2011,after sitting out 2010 with an injury ... Competed in the finalfive meets of the season, beginning with the Oklahoma State CowboyJamboree, where he finished 17th (24:24.82) ... Notched dualtop-five finishes at the first two postseason meets, placing secondat the Big Sky Championships (24:38.52) and fifth at the MountainRegion Championships (30:33.3) ... Kicked out a 48th-place finish(30:21.0) at the NCAA National Championships after pulling hishamstring only a third of the way into the 10K race.
2011 Track & Field: After over a year offfrom running due to injury, made his return to the track at the53rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays in the 1,500 (3:48.41) ...Recorded a personal-best time in the 5,000-meter run at the PaytonJordan Stanford Invite with a mark of 14:13.44 ... Finished theseason at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships where he scored afourth-place finish in the 5K (14:17.33) and placed fifth in the1,500m with a time of 3:50.95.
2010 CrossCountry: Redshirt season.
2010 Track &Field: Competed only during the indoor season for theLumberjacks … Capped off his 2010 campaign at the Notre DameAlex Wilson Invitational when he ran 4:00.69 in the mile run,giving him the second fastest indoor mile time in school history… His career-best time in the mile was the 26th-fastest timein the nation … Captured first Big Sky track title with avictory in the 800-meter run (1:49.34@) which earned him an NCAAprovisional mark, and the 28th fastest time in that event duringthe indoor season … Took third in the mile run at the indoorchampionships in a time of 4:05.47@ … Ran the 800-meter legof the record-setting DMR that took first place at the conferencechampionships (9:44.14) … Ran 4:01.75 in the mile at theHusky Classic to record a then personal-best time in the event… Opened track season with a NCAA provisional mark in the800m at the Mountain T’s Invitational (1:50.16@).
2009 CrossCountry: Was the Lumberjacks’ most consistent runneron the year recording five top-five finishes on the season,including a fifth-place finish (29:33.1) at the NCAA Cross CountryChampionships to earn his first career All-American award …Along with David McNeill, became the first NAU duo to record atop-five finish in a championship race … Took 14th at theNCAA Mountain Region Championships in a time of 30:49.5 to earnAll-Region honors … Finished second (25:31.7) at the Big SkyCross Country Championships to help the men’s team earn itsthird-straight conference title … Earned first All-Big Skyaward with the top-10 finish … In the “blue”race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, finished third overall in a time of23:47.3, and was the first Lumberjack to cross the stripe …Led the men’s team with his second win of the season at theCowboy Jamboree in a time of 23:44.7, his best 8K time of the year… With the victory, NAU finished first out of 25 teams inStillwater, Okla. … In his first race in uniform, capturedthe Aztec Invite title (25:17) by finishing 17 seconds ahead ofteammate Ahmed Osman … Won two Big Sky Cross Country Athleteof the Week awards during the 2009 campaign.
Before NAU:Attended Central Arizona College from 2007-2008... Junior CollegeNational Champion in the 1,500m in 2009 ... Junior College RegionalRunner of The Year in 2008 ... In both track seasons, finishedsecond overall in the 5,000m event ... Helped Central Arizona tothe 2008 cross country Regional Championship.
Personal: Born onNovember 12, 1988 to Piet and Kirk Chipangama ... Has one youngerbrother, PJ and one younger sister, Lisa ... Also consideredAlabama and Oregon before choosing to attend NAU.
