WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – For 33 years, the Wichita State Univeristy's men's cross-country never crowned an individual conference champion. Everything changed on Saturday.

Elkana Kipruto's journey to Wichita is one of over 8,000 miles.

"It was a long, long way. I didn't even expect that one day I would be here, but because of God, I'm here," said Kipruto.

A native of Kenya, Ely didn't expect to be suiting up for his sophomore season in a Shocker uniform, but the moment he stepped on campus, it was home. Spending his first year with Stephen F. Austin, his teammate Kelvin brought him to town.

"We recruited a young man that's on the team now from a junior college, and they just happened to be really good friends. At the end of the year, Ely went to the transfer portal and contacted us, and o

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