Residence: Rome, GA
Hometown: Kapsabet, Kenya
Age on race day: 33
Best Qualifying Performance: 1:11:21, OBX Half Marathon, Roanoke Island, NC, 2010
PRs: Half-Marathon, 1:10:59 (2010); Marathon, 2:37:27 (2008)
Olympic Trials Marathon History: Debut
Career Highlights:
2011 USA 20K Champion
2011 USA 10 Mile Champion
2011 USA 10K Champion
Additional Highlights:
2011
1
st – Mercedes Half Marathon (1:14:44)
11
th – NYC Half (1:11:38)
1
st – Azalea Train Run 10K
4
th – Falmouth Road Race
1
st – Great Cow Harbor 10K (32:27, course record)
1
st – BAA Half Marathon (1:11:58)
2010
1
st – OneAmerica Festival Mini Marathon (1:10:59, PB and course record)
2
nd – BAA Half Marathon (1:11:50)
2009
1
st – Snickers Marathon, Albany, GA (2:37:57)
1
st – Cellcom Green Bay Marathon, WI (2:37:39)
1
st – Marine Corps Marathon (2:39:19)
Of Note:
Oldest of eight siblings raised alone by their mother … After a chance encounter with Peter Rono, the 1988 Olympic gold medalist at 1500m, Cherobon-Bawcom began running and earned an athletic scholarship to Harding University in Arkansas, where she competed in the first real race of her life but went on to become a three-time NCAA Division II Champion and eight-time All-American. She graduated in 2005 with a degree in Health Care Management … Later studied nursing at Georgia Highlands College in Rome, GA … Sammy Lelei, winner of the 1995 Berlin Marathon, is an uncle … Her win at the Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women, the USA 10K Championships race, gave her the USA Running Circuit Grand Prix title … Although she says she has not trained for a marathon until now, she knows how to win one: of the nine marathons she has run, she’s won eight of them … Married to Jay Bawcom … Became a U.S. citizen in November 2010 and received clearance to compete for the USA on Labor Day 2011. Won her first USA title, at 20K, just days later.
