Evans Cheruiyot

EVANS CHERUIYOT
KENYA

BIRTHDATE:
10 May 1982

PERSONAL BEST:
2:06:25 (Chicago, 2008)

WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:

12Oct08 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 1st 2:06:25

CAREER NOTES:

Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot made a spectacular World Marathon Majors debut with a dominating victory at the 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. He went through the first half in 1:02:25, and despite unseasonably heat was under course record pace until the final few miles.

Cheruiyot has only run one other marathon, but it was a hard-fought four second victory at Milan, Italy last December.

Cheruiyot certainly has the potential to go much faster with ideal weather conditions as evidenced by his speedy 59:05 third place finish at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships half-marathon. En route passed 15km in 41:34 and 20km in 56:13.

Earlier in 2007 he was third at the Berlin Half-Marathon in 59:48 after ripping through the first 10km in 27:29. With better pacing he captured the Rotterdam Half-Marathon five months later in 59:12.

Last year Cheruiyot was also the winner of the Discover Kenya Cross-Country 12km and San Blas Half-Marathon, and he was second at the Beach to Beacon 10-K.

In September 2008 he returned to the Rotterdam Half-Marathon where he lost out to countryman Patrick Makau Musyoki by a split second, both timed in 59:29.

HIGHLIGHTS:

02Dec07 Milano City Marathon 1st 2:09:16