Robert Cheseret, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Kenyan-born long-distance runner competing for the United States
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Place of Birth: Kapsabet, Kenya
About Robert Cheseret
- Robert Cheseret (born October 8, 1983) is a Kenyan-born American long-distance runner.
- He is the younger brother of Bernard Lagat and older brother to Violah Lagat.
- Cheseret won the 2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships.Cheseret enrolled at the University of Arizona, majoring in business.
- He was the 2004, 2005, and 2006 Pac-10 Champion and runner of the year.
- 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 NCAA West Regional individual crown (with 30:03 for the 10,000 meter) and was the Pac-10's top finisher at the NCAA Championships with a tenth-place finish (29:51 for the 10,000 meter).He joined the U.S.
- Army in 2009, training in the army's World Class Athlete Program to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.
- This put in place the steps towards gaining U.S.
- citizenship.
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