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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND

2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Rodney Chirchir

Rodney Chirchir

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Eldoret, Kenya
  • High School:
    St. Patrick's

Summary

Biography

Graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting in May 2018.

2017: Ran in all seven competitions as a senior...Placed eighth in the 5K Hofstra Quad in 16:55...Recorded a season-best 8K time of 27:06 to place 94th at the Lehigh Paul Short Run...Finished 43rd in 28:44 at the 8K CAA Championships...Clocked a time of 37:44 to finish in 246th place in the 10K NCAA Regional.

2016: Ran in all six meets…Was the Pride’s number one runner in meets at Stony Brook and Princeton…Placed 24th in 28:26 in the 8K Stony Brook Invitational…Placed 153rd in a season-best 26:25 at the Princeton Invitational…Finished sixth overall in 26:35 at the NJIT Challenge-Tri-Meet…Placed 46th in 28:24 at the CAA Championships…Posted a career-best 10K time of 34:29 at the NCAA Northeast Regional.

2015: Ran in all five meets…Clocked a time of 21:11 at the 6K Manhattan Invitational…Clocked a season-best 8K time of 27:22 to place 109th at the UVA Panorama Farms Invitational…Finished 45th in 28:10 at the CAA Championship…Posted a time of 34:35 to place 211th at the 10K NCAA Northeast Regional.

2014: Ran in five of the seven meets as a freshman…Placed seventh in 16:28 at the 5K St. John’s-Hofstra Fall Festival…Finished ninth and posted a time of 25:46 at the 8K LIU Post Invitational…Clocked a time of 27:31 to finish 221st at the 8K Lehigh Paul Short Run…Posted a time of 28:35 to finish in 51st place at the CAA Championship.

High School: 2011 graduate of St. Patrick’s High School in Iten, Kenya… Ran on the cross country and track teams for three years…Won the District 8K Cross Country Championship in a time of 25:02…Captured the 2010 District Track Games 3000-meter title in 8:52…Received the District Cross Country Championship Award in 2011…Voted St. Patrick’s Athlete of the Year in 2010…Also received the Most Improved Student Award in 2010…Recorded an 8K cross country average of 25:16 in 2011-12 25:20 in 2010-11 and 25:32 in 2009-10.
 
Personal: Born October 5, 1993…Has two brothers and one sister…Enjoys reading and training in his free time…Member of the Community Youth Environmental Club…Aspires to utilize and share the skills and knowledge that will be learned in college to improve the economy in Kenya...Accounting major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

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  • 2015Sophomore

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  • 2016Junior

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  • 2017Senior

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