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Nationality | American | ||||||||||
Born | November 6, 1989 | ||||||||||
Height | 5.9 | ||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||
Event(s) | 3000 meters steeplechase, 5000 meters | ||||||||||
College team | Arkansas | ||||||||||
Club | Nike | ||||||||||
Turned pro | 2015 | ||||||||||
Coached by | Scott simmos | ||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | 15TH | ||||||||||
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Stanley Kebenei (born November 6, 1989) is a Kenyan-American distance runner who ran for the Iowa central community college and University of Arkansas.
Stanley Kebenei is a professional runner for Nike, Inc. [3]
Kebenei won in 44:37 in the 2016 USATF 15 km championships in Jacksonville, Florida. [4] Interview after 2016 USATF 15 km championship victory
Kebenei placed second in steeplechase at 2016 Payton Jordan Invitational in 8:22.85. [5] Kebenei placed fifth in steeplechase at 2016 Diamond League Golden Gala in Rome in 8:18.52. [6] As of June 3, 2016, Kebenei is ranked in the United States and twenty-sixth in the world going into the Trials. [7]
In 2014, Stanley Kebenei became the most recent senior in Arkansas history to earn all American honor at the NCAA National Cross Country Championships. [8]
Stanley Kebenei earned six NCAA Division 1 Track and Field All-American honors [9] and two NCAA Division 1 cross country awards. [10]
Stanley Kebenei earned nine NJCAA national championship titles at Iowa Central Community College.
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