Evans Cheruiyot
KENYA
BIRTHDATE:
May 10, 1982
PERSONAL BEST:
2:06:25 (Chicago, 2008)
WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:
20Apr09 Boston Marathon 8th 2:12:45
12Oct08 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 1st 2:06:25
ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
02Dec07 Milano City Marathon 1st 2:09:16
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 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 he passed 15km in 41:34 and 20km in 56:13.
In 2007, Cheruiyot 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.
To kick off the 2009 season, after a second place at the Rome-Ostia Half-Marathon (1:01:07), Cheruiyot was eighth at the Boston Marathon.
