Saw this on trackandfieldnews - anyone know what happened?
http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/D1women.pdf
Utah Valley’s Kemboi Has ’23 NCAA 10K Vacated??
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whats this about? wrote:
Saw this on trackandfieldnews - anyone know what happened?
I thought this might be a fake post but it is there.
Year Winner School Time
2013 Betsy Saina Iowa St. 33:08.85
2014 Emma Bates Boise St. 32:32.35
2015 Molly Seidel Notre Dame 33:18.37
2016 Dominique Scott Arkansas 32:35.69
2017 Charlotte Taylor San Francisco 32:38.57
2018 Sharon Lokedi Kansas 32:09.20
2019 Weini Kelati New Mexico 33:10.84
2021 Carmela Cardama Baez Oregon 32:16.13
2022 Mercy Chelangat Alabama 32:37.08
2023 #Everlyn Kemboi Utah Valley 32:39.08
2024 Parker Valby Florida 31:46.09#Participation in the championships vacated by the NCAA Committee on
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She recently won the Pittsburgh Half Marathon121
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whats this about? wrote:
Saw this on trackandfieldnews - anyone know what happened?
Is it going to be pointless and something that shouldn't have been a ban - about her 1500 she tanked - or a doping / amateurism ban?
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I am going with doping violation.
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Also noteworthy
she was 27 when she won the NCAA 10k.
that is 4 more training years than your average college senior
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There is an addition to the article at the top that indicates Kemboi's NCAA 10000m championship was later vacated due to rules infractions, but I could not find any article indicating why.
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These are the published NCAA infractions. I don't see any mention of Kemboi there.
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Sounds like an immediate escalation.
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The other question then is, does that make Emily venters an NCAA champion, or do they just basically have no winner?
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So has anyone figured out what happened here? Seems pretty significant that an NCAA title was vacated.
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Runner85702 wrote:
The other question then is, does that make Emily venters an NCAA champion, or do they just basically have no winner?
The NCAA traditionally leaves titles vacant rather than promoting second place finishers. For example, the 2013 Louisville men’s basketball team had to vacate their NCAA title, but the Michigan team they defeated in the final was not promoted to national champions.
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JackmanJones wrote:
Runner85702 wrote:
The other question then is, does that make Emily venters an NCAA champion, or do they just basically have no winner?
The NCAA traditionally leaves titles vacant rather than promoting second place finishers. For example, the 2013 Louisville men’s basketball team had to vacate their NCAA title, but the Michigan team they defeated in the final was not promoted to national champions.
That sure seems nonsensical, doesn’t it? Someone who was prevented from a legitimate victory by someone else’s cheating doesn’t get the victory they deserved? But, that’s the NCAA for you.
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Seminolerunner34 wrote:
JackmanJones wrote:
The NCAA traditionally leaves titles vacant rather than promoting second place finishers. For example, the 2013 Louisville men’s basketball team had to vacate their NCAA title, but the Michigan team they defeated in the final was not promoted to national champions.
That sure seems nonsensical, doesn’t it? Someone who was prevented from a legitimate victory by someone else’s cheating doesn’t get the victory they deserved? But, that’s the NCAA for you.
The NCAA champ should never have been there in the first place. Things may have played out different if that was the case. Doesn’t mean 2nd place would have been 1st
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Not drugs. She continued to compete regularly since. Ran Falmouth two months after NCAAs, raced in March, May, June, August, October, and November in 2024, and has raced twice in 2025. Clearly no ban.
I'm sure it was some NCAA violation regarding recruiting, academic requirements, etc. Probably discovered that she wasn't eligible to compete in spring 2023 and forced her to vacate the title. She already has a qualifier for USATFs in the 10000m so I'm sure she will be there.
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Plenty of athletes continue competing while drug bans are arbitrated. Seems more likely that its something related to academic eligibility, prize money, or something stupid knowing the NCAA though.
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Kvothe wrote:
Plenty of athletes continue competing while drug bans are arbitrated. Seems more likely that its something related to academic eligibility, prize money, or something stupid knowing the NCAA though.
You only strip it if the violation occurred before the NCAA title. It is thus highly unlikely it was stripped for drugs as the only violation that take that long typically are ABP violations.
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Academic violation per one of the coaches I know at UVU. He did not reveal the specifics.
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Congrats Emily Venters (Utah) on your NCAA 10,000 meters title!
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not a big deal wrote:
Not drugs. She continued to compete regularly since. Ran Falmouth two months after NCAAs, raced in March, May, June, August, October, and November in 2024, and has raced twice in 2025. Clearly no ban.
I'm sure it was some NCAA violation regarding recruiting, academic requirements, etc. Probably discovered that she wasn't eligible to compete in spring 2023 and forced her to vacate the title. She already has a qualifier for USATFs in the 10000m so I'm sure she will be there.
She represents Kenya lol
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