- October 4th, 2011, 2:16 pm
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Universal Sports wrote:Sam Chelanga to make half-marathon debut in BostonClick Here for Full Story
By David Monti, Race Results Weekly
The Boston Athletic Association announced that Sam Chelanga, John Korir, and Caroline Rotich will headline the elite athlete fields at this weekend's B.A.A. Half-Marathon, to be run through Boston's Jamaica Plain and Dorchester neighborhoods on Sunday. The 26-year-old Chelanga, the NCAA record holder for 10,000m with a 27:08.39 personal best, will be making his debut at the half-marathon distance.
A 14-time all-American while at Liberty University, Chelanga will be returning to Boston, the same city in which he made his professional racing debut at the B.A.A. 10-K last June. Last month, the native of Nairobi finished second at the CVS Caremark Downtown 5-K in 13:45.9.