Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Marko Cheseto (University of Alaska, Anchorage)

Position: Men
Year: Senior
Hometown: Kapenguria, Kenya
High School: Chewoyet HS
Experience: 2 Letters


2010, 2008 ALL-AMERICAN
2010, 2009, 2008 ALL-REGION
2010, 2009 WEST REGION MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
2010, 2009, 2008 ALL-CONFERENCE
2010, 2009, 2008 GNAC MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
2010 GNAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

2010: Completed cross country career as one of the most prolific UAA runners to date … became the first male runner to claim three GNAC individual titles and the first Seawolf to win two West Region title … earned second career West Region and GNAC Male Athlete of the Year honors for cross country … named to the GNAC All-Academic Team for first time of career … finished senior season with six individual titles and was unbeaten until the NCAAs … posted 11 career wins, the second-most in GNAC history among male athletes … recorded a 25th-place showing at the national meet on Dec. 4 in Louisville, Ky., earning second career All-America honor … claimed a league-high three GNAC Runner of the Week accolades … helped the Seawolves to their fifth conference title and first-ever West Region title, while helping UAA post a program-best 8th-place finish at the NCAAs.
2009: Posted a team-high three first-place finishes during the season ... finished two places shy of All-American honors at Nationals, completing 10K course in 42nd place with a time of 32:38.8 ... received All-West Region honors after winning UAA’s first-ever individual West Region title on Nov. 7 ... selected as UAA’s first-ever West Region Male Athlete of the Year ... repeated as the GNAC’s male individual champion, leading the Seawolves to second place at the conference meet ... earned GNAC Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year honors ... registered a first-place showing at the West Region Preview on Oct. 9 – earning a GNAC Runner of the Week accolade ... competed in all six races.

2008: Dominated his first season as a Seawolf, finishing as UAA’s top runner in all six meets ... recorded two first-place finishes — UAA Invite and GNAC Championships ... had three second place finishes – Sundodger Invite (Div. I field), UCSD Triton Classic and the West Regional ... competed at the National meet in Slippery Rock, Pa., posting UAA’s all-time best finish (9th), earning All-American status ... finished NCAA race in 31 minutes, 32 seconds ... was honored with the GNAC Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year award.


BEFORE UAA: Ran five kilometers at 6,000 feet elevation on a dirt track in 14 minutes and 30 seconds.

PERSONAL: Nursing & nutrition major.



Season-by-Season Results
2010
Hawaii Pacific Invite 1st
BYU-Hawaii Invite 1st
Willamette Invite 1st
Western Washington Invite 1st
GNAC Championships 1st
NCAA West Regional 1st
NCAA Championships 25th


2009
UAA Invitational DNC
Sundodger Invite 5th
West Region Preview 1st
GNAC Championships 1st
NCAA West Regional 1st
NCAA Championships 42nd

2008
UAA Invitational 1st
Sundodger Open 2nd
UCSC Triton Classic 2nd
GNAC Championships 1st
NCAA West Regional 2nd
NCAA Championships 9th

Courtesy University of Alaska Anchorage

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