Aliphine Tuliamuk came to Wichita State to run and study nursing in 2011. Now she is an Olympian, continuing a path that included 13 NCAA All-American honors, United States citizenship and a move to running marathons.
On Saturday, she won 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials with a time of two hours, 27 minutes, 23 seconds in Atlanta. Former Shocker Kellyn Taylor finished eighth with a time of 2:29:55. The top three finishers make the Olympic team.
Tuliamuk will run in the Tokyo Olympics in July and become the second former Shocker female track and field athlete to compete in the Olympics, the first for Team USA.