Aggies Sign World Leader, Two-Time NJCAA Champion Mpoke

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The all-time world indoor best in the 600 yard and two-time NJCAA champion Moitalel Mpoke makes his way from the Texas Panhandle to Brazos Valley after signing his National Letter of Intent, track & field head coach Pat Henry announced. 

A native of Nairobi, Kenya, Mpoke is a transfer from South Plains Community College where he claimed the 2020 NJCAA Indoor Championship in the 600m (1:16.93) and 800m (1:52.64). Mpoke will be a mid-year transfer and is eligible for the 2021 indoor and outdoor seasons.

During the 2020 indoor season, he won eight of the nine individual races he entered, in distances ranging from the 400m, 600m, 600 yard, 800m and 1000m. Most notably, he won the Texas Tech Shootout 600 yard with a World Record time of 1:06.93. In his lone appearance in Aggieland, he won the Charlie Thomas Invitational 800m with a time of 1:50.72, nearly three seconds faster than the second place finisher.

During the 2020 indoor season, he won eight of the nine individual races he entered, in distances ranging from the 400m, 600m, 600 yard, 800m and 1000m. Most notably, he won the Texas Tech Shootout 600 yard with an all-time world indoor best time of 1:06.93. In his lone appearance in Aggieland, he won the Charlie Thomas Invitational 800m with a time of 1:50.72, nearly three seconds faster than the second place finisher.

As a freshman at South Plains, he ran a season best 400m hurdles time at 51.11 and was an NJCAA National Outdoor Championships qualifier finishing third with a time of 51.12.

In 2017, he represented Kenya at the IAAF World U18 Championships finishing as the silver medalist in the 400m hurdles with a time of 52.06.

Moitalel Mpoke (South Plains CC/Nairobi, Kenya)

Personal Bests
400m (i) – 46.32
600yd – 1:06.93 (World Record)
800m – 1:50.72
400m Hurdles – 50.87