Samuel Chelanga
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| Nationality | American | ||||||
| Born |
February 25, 1985 Baringo, Kenya |
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| Residence | Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||
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| Sport | Track, Track and field, long-distance running | ||||||
| Event(s) | 5000 metres, 10,000 meters | ||||||
| College team | Liberty University | ||||||
| Club | Nike | ||||||
| Turned pro | 2011 | ||||||
| Now coaching | Scott Simmons | ||||||
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Samuel Chelanga (born February 25, 1985 in Baringo County) is a Kenyan born American track and field athlete who competed for Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia from 2008 to 2011. He holds the NCAA record for the 10,000 meters run with a time of 27:08.49. His brother, Joshua Chelanga, is a professional marathon runner.
Originally hailing from Nairobi, he moved to the United States on a sports scholarship. He attended Liberty University, with whom he won the 2009 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship in Terre Haute, Indiana and set a course record in 28:41.3. He won a third consecutive title at the Big South Conference cross country championships in October, leading the race by a margin of over half a minute. He defended his title by winning the NCAA cross country championship in 2010, becoming only the 11th man in NCAA history to win at least two such titles. He ended his time at Liberty University with fourteen All-American distance honours.
Chelanga signed a contract with Nike and made his professional race debut at the B.A.A. 10K in Boston in June 2011 under Jerry Schumacker and managed to take fourth place.
In November 2013, he won the 77th Manchester Road Race (4.748 miles), an annual race held on Thanksgiving Day in Manchester, Connecticut, in a time of 21 minutes, 31 seconds. Sam ran a 13:04.35 at Boston University's BU Multi-Team Meet, coming in second. He came in second behind his old college rival Galen Rupp who won in 13:01.26 – a new American indoor 5k record.
From 2013 - January 2015, Sam trained with Dartmouth College alumnus Ben True in Hanover, New Hampshire.
In January 2015, Sam joined coach James Li in Tucson, Arizona.
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