Completed Event: Women's Soccer at Oklahoma State on September 18, 2025 , Win , 1, to, 0
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2003-04 Track & Field Roster
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Chesang, Benson
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Benson Chesang
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ravine, Kenya
- High School:
- Kituro
Bio
2006 Indoor: Ran the 3000m at three meets for the Jayhawks…Finished eighth at Big 12 Championships in 8:08.81…RecordedNCAA provisional qualifying times at ISU Classic (7:58.05) and Husker Invitational (8:00.83). 2005 Cross Country: Won the Big 12 Championship for the second year in a row (23:45) … Garnered all-conference and all-region honors … Was the team[apos]s top finisher in four of the five races in which he competed … Helped the team to a 12th place finish at the NCAA Championships, the Jayhawks[apos] best result at nationals since 1989 … Finished second overall at the Roy Griak Invitational (24:05), losing only to the two-time national champion … Ran a 24:05.2 at Pre-Nationals, good for 14th overall … Finished 11th at NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in a time of 31:26. 2005 Outdoor: Finished second in the 5000m (13:53.01) and third in the 10,000m (29:33.74) at the Big 12 Championship … Ran a 13:59.69 at the Midwest Regionals, good for second place … Won the 5000m at the Penn Relays in a time of 13:57.42, good enough for fourth in the KU record books … A member of the winning team in the distance medley relay at the Texas Relays (9:40.95) … Won the mile in his section at the Kansas Relays in a time of 4:05.63 at his first meet of the season. 2005 Indoor: Broke a 37-year old record, previously held by KU legend Jim Ryun, after running a 7:59.46 in the 3000m at the Tyson Invitational … Broke his own record in the 3000m two weeks later at the Alex Wilson Invitational (7:57.86) … Finished first in the 3000m at the Husker Invitational in a time of 3:05.28 … Had an eighth place finish at the Big 12 Championship in the 3000m (8:13.86) … Was a member of the distance medley team that finished fourth at the Big 12 Championship (9:51.9). 2004 Cross Country: Earned All-American status after finishing seventh at the NCAA Championships in a time of 30:59.4 … Was the Big 12 Champion in a time of 24:08 … Placed third at the Pre-Nationals … Finished sixth at NCAA Midwest Regional with a 10k time of 30:30.74. 2004 Outdoor: Was the winner of the 1500m at the ESU Spring Twilight (1:59.23) … Placed 25th at the Stanford Invitational in the 5000m with a regional qualifying mark of 14:07.55. 2004 Indoor: Finished fourth at the Big 12 Championship in the 3000m (8:14.92) and seventh in the 5,000m (14:26.12) … Placed second in the 3000m at the Husker Invitational (8:11.13) … Had his best 3000m time of the season with a fifth place finish at the Iowa State Invitational (8:06.56). 2003 Cross Country: Finished second overall at the Midwest Regional Championships with a 10k time of 30:41 … Finished 48th with a time of 30:22.07 at the Division I NCAA Championships … An All-Big 12 Cross Country team selection … Earned Big 12 Men[apos]s Runner of the Week honors after a second-place performance at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree. 2003 Outdoor: Won the Big 12 Championship in the 10000m run with a time of 31:05.09 … Took fourth place finishes in the 5000m run at the Drake Relays (14:21.28) and Texas Relays (14:40.33) … Finished 11th at the Midwest Regional Championships with a 5000m time of 14:59.57. 2003 Indoor: Competed in four meets … Won the individual championship in the 3000m run at the Illini Classic with a season-best time of 8:13.63 … Placed 13th in the 3000m run at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 8:24.68 … Recorded an eighth place finish in the 5000m run at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 14:45.72. High School: Placed third in the 8k at the 1998 District Championship … Finished second in the 5000m at the 1999 Provincial Championships … Placed first in the 1500m in 2000 at the Interhouse Championships, good for a school record. Personal: Born Dec. 27, 1982, in Eldama Ravine, Kenya … Parents are Susan and Kipsang Cheptallam … Uncle of teammate Victor Chesang … Majoring in biochemistry.
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