Robert Cheseret
 Captain Cheseret in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 8, 1983 Kapsabet, Nandi District, Kenya |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Long-distance running |
| Club | U.S. Army |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 10,000 m – 28:20.11 (2005) HM – 1:04:14 (2016) Mar – 2:18:59 (2017)[1] |
Robert Cheseret (born October 8, 1983) is a
Cheseret enrolled at the
Pac-10 Champion and runner of the year.[10]
Cheseret became the first Pac-10 athlete to earn Track Athlete of the Year honors three times. He successfully defended his Pac-10 titles in 5000 meters (13:47.50) and 10,000 meters (30:32.92). He also added a Pac-10 title in 1500 meters (3:41.88) to give him a total of eight Pac-10 titles during his career – the most ever by a Pac-10 track and field athlete.
In his junior year he defended his Pac-10 title when he finished in 23:57 (8000 meter run) to become the second Arizona runner, and ninth runner in Pac-10 history, to win back-to-back conference titles. Cheseret went on to capture the
He joined the
U.S. citizenship.[16]
References
- ^ Robert Cheseret at World Athletics
- ^ "History: 2007". bostonindoorgames.com.
- ^ 2007 Run Down Crime 5k – Overall Results. rundowncrime.org
- ^ Jere Longman (May 19, 2008) In a Running Family, Someone Had to Be First. The New York Times
- ^ New Pole Vault Record For Erin Kinnear. athleticsireland.ie. January 28, 2007
- ^ "Sports – Carlsbad 5000 results. Elite Top Finishers". signonsandiego.com. April 2, 2007
- ^ FSU Cross Country: The Family Business. YouTube (November 15, 2012). Retrieved on 2018-02-19.
- IAAF. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ Greg Hansen (September 14, 2007). "Opinion by Greg Hansen : UA's Li finding his stride amid Olympic trials". Arizona Daily Star.
- ^ 2006 Pac-10 Track and Field Honors Announced. pac-10.org. June 19, 2006
- ^ Faces In The Crowd. Sports Illustrated. May 29, 2006
- ^ "Arizona Daily Wildcat – Robert Cheseret earns Pacific 10 Conference athlete of year honors – Friday, December 2, 2005". arizona.edu. December 2, 2005.
- ^ Arizona's Chesert and Stanford's Lambie Named Cross Country Athletes of the Year. pac-10.org. December 1, 2005
- ^ Helen Yim (December 4, 2005) "ID forgers face tougher law". ucla.edu.
- ^ Sara Bei, Michael Robertson Win NCAA West Regional Titles. gostanford.com. May 27, 2005
- ^ Chris Nickinson (June 26, 2009) "News – Robert Cheseret joing (sic) US Army, becoming US Citizen". RunnerSpace.com.
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