2008 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Jonathan Rono
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Kenya
2007 CROSS COUNTRY:
MSU’s top runner at four out of seven meets ... Broke MSU Cross Country 6K Course record with time of 18:54.93 en route to his second individual title of the season ... Recorded time of 26:10.82 to take individual crown at Sewanee Invite ... Ran best 8K time at Pre-National Invitational (24:27) ... Finished 31st at SEC Championships, crossing the line at 25:22.42 ... Ran 31:45.00 at NCAA South Regional, taking 26th.
2007 OUTDOOR:
Posted personal-best 1:51.66 time in the 800-meter run at the SEC Championships ... Anchored 4x1500-meter that won at the Alabama Relays (15:49.91) ... Notched personal-bests at the Bulldog Invitational, including a first-place time of 3:57.84 in the 1500-meter run and 8:54.21 in the 3000-meter run ... Ran first leg at the Texas Relays on the 4x800-meter relay team that broke MSU school record for the event with a time of 7:20.29 ... Ran third leg of distance medley relay tandum at Penn Relays that ran time of 9:45.80.
2006 CROSS COUNTRY:
Made his maroon and white debut at the Sewanee Invite, finishing ninth with a time of 27:08.59 ... Competed in five events in the fall season.
AT MISSOURI STATE:
Earned all-Missouri Valley Conference honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase ... Named MVC Male Track Athlete of the Week (3/26/06) ... Seventh-best time in MVC in the 800-meter run (1:51.20).
AT ALABAMA:
Competed in the 800-meter run and 4x1500 relay during the indoor season ... Finished third at Clemson Invitational and was apart of the 4x1500-meter relay team that won the Clemson Invitational ... Placed second in the 800-meter run at the Ole Miss Invitational ... Participated in the distance medley relay squad that won the Alabama Relays (10:05.30).
PERSONAL:
Born Jonathan Rono on May 19 in Kaptagut, Kenya ... Son of Samuel Kiprono Chemisto and Agnes Jeruto Rono ... Majoring in physical education.
