Sam Chelanga
Chelanga in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | February 23, 1985 Baringo, Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| 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 23, 1985, in Baringo County, Kenya) is a Kenyan-born American track and field athlete who competed for Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, from 2008 to 2011. He set the NCAA record for the 10,000 meters run with a time of 27:08.49 set at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Palo Alto, California, on May 1, 2010. (That record was broken by Nico Young on March 16, 2024.) His brother, Joshua Chelanga, is a professional marathon runner.