2011 Indoor Track Season: Won the
5,000-meter run at the ASU Invitational in 14:59.10 ranking him sixth in UALR
career records…Placed third earning All-Sun Belt Conference honors as the
fourth leg of the Distance Medley Relay team at the Sun Belt Indoor
Championships with a time of 10:28.79 ranking them ninth in UALR career records…Placed
ninth at the Indoor Championships in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:09.94.
2010 Cross Country Season: Top Trojan finisher
with fourth place finish at the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Championships
recording a time of 25:07.5 for the 8K helping the Trojans to the championship
title and earning All-Sun Belt honors…Recorded career-high in the 8K at the
Brooks M Memphis Twilight placing eighth in 24:34.12 and ranking him third in
UALR career records…Recorded career-high in the 10K at the Chile Pepper
Festival placing 48th in 30:51.02 ranking him fourth in UALR career
records…Recorded a 26th place finish at the NCAA South Central
Regional in 31:05.5 for the 10K and helping the Trojans to a seventh place
finish…Recorded a second place finish at the UALR Invitational recording a
season-high time of 15:22.30 for the 5K.
2010 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded season-high
in the 3,000-meter steeplechase placing second at the UCA Relays in
10:06.36…Recorded season-high in the 5,000-meter run at the Sun Belt
Championships placing eighth in 14:57.85…Recorded highest finish in the 5,000
meters at the Ole Miss Invite placing third in 15:04.74…Recorded season-high in
the 1,500-meter run at the Rhodes College Open placing 11th in
4:05.44.
2010 Indoor Track Season: Redshirted.
2009 Cross Country Season: Recorded season-high
in the 8K placing 21st at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in
28:43.29 and helping the team to a third place finish…Placed 43rd at
the NCAA South Central Region recording a season-high time of 33:08.7.
2009 Outdoor Track Season: Qualified for the
NCAA Mideast Regional in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Stanford
Invitational placing second in his section in 9:00.42 setting the UALR career
record and ranking him first in the Sun Belt Conference as well as earning him
Sun Belt Conference Track Performer of the Week honors...Won the Sun Belt
Conference title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:09.69 and placed 20th
at the NCAA Mideast Regionals in 9:10.15...Also recorded a first place finish
in the steeplechase at the Hendrix Invitational winning in 9:19.28...Recorded
career-high in the 5,000-meter run at the LSU Alumni Gold placing third in
14:21.77 ranking him first in UALR career records and fourth in the Sun
Belt...Recorded highest finish in the 5,000 meters at the Ole Miss Invitational
placing second in 14:24.00...Also placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the SBC
Championships in 14:25.88...Recorded career-high and highest finish in the
1,500-meter run at the LSU Alumni Gold placing fourth in 3:57.00 ranking him
sixth in the Sun Belt and tenth in UALR career records...Also placed tenth in
the 1,500 meters at the Rhodes Open in 4:02.82.
2009 Indoor Track Season: Recorded career-high
in the 3,000-meter run at the Iowa State Classic placing 25th in
8:32.39 ranking him fifth in UALR career records and in the Sun Belt
Conference...Recorded highest finish in the 3,000 meters at the Sun Belt
Championships placing fifth in 8:46.18...Recorded career-high and highest
finish in the 5,000-meter run at the SBC Championships placing fifth in
15:00.60 ranking him fifth in UALR career records and in the Sun Belt.
Cowley College: Competed two years
for Cowley College where he earned All-American five times.
High School: Competed at Kipsoen
High School.
Personal: Born May 6, 1987, in
Iten, Kenya...Son of William Cherono...Has three brothers, Christopher,
Abraham, and Sait, and one sister, Jennifer...Majoring in environmental science with a minor in public health.
