2002 Cross Country Roster
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John Bitok
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kitale, Kenya
- High School:
- Paul Boit
Bio
2003-04 cross country and track & field captain … Six-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … Two-time BIG EAST Academic All-Star … Member of the 2003 Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team … 2003 USCCCA All-Academic Team selection … 2003 Winner of Hisako Fujitsuka Award for Outstanding International Service and Caring …Two-time Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar … Junior Year: Cross country captain and team MVP … Won the mile run at the Syracuse Invitational (4:14.27) … Finished fourth in the mile run at the N.Y. Elite Collegiate/Open Invitational (4:14.99) … Third place at Armory Invitational in the 3,000 – meter run (8:10.93) … Won the 3,000-meter run at the Penn State USTCA (8:22.72) … Third place at the IC4A Championship (8:11.13) in the 3,000-meter run … Placed third at the Tom Tellez Invitational (8:34.96) in the 3,000-meter run … Named to the All-BIG EAST cross country team … Won the IC4A Championship Division cross country race with a time of 25:05.8 … Was the first Syracuse runner to win the IC4A Championship since 1919 … Finished ninth at the NCAA Regional meet (30:56.4) … Placed eighth at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championship (24:05) … Won the Orange Classic with a time of 24:52.46 … Finished first at Gardner-Webb (18:41) … Won the Albany Invitational (25:05.79) … Sophomore Year: Earned the track & field team’s Most Improved Award …Finished second in the 5,000-meters at the Clemson Invitational (14:42.90) … Won the 1,500-meters at the Tellez Invitational (3:55.58) and qualified for BIG EAST Outdoor Championship … Qualified for IC4A Indoor Championship in the 3,000-meters … Placed third in mile at the Husky Invitational (4:17.85) … Placed fourth in the 3,000-meters at the Greater Boston TC Invitational (8:25.41) … Qualified for the BIG EAST Indoor Championship in the mile and 3,000-meters … Placed sixth in the mile at Penn State (4:18.08) … Earned the cross country team’s MVP award … Top finisher in each cross country race for the Orange in 2001 … 2001 cross country team captain … Finished 29th at the Northeast Regional in Boston, Mass. (31:03.40) … Became the first Orangeman to win the University Division of the IC4A Cross Country Championship since 1990 with a time of 25:34 … Placed 27th at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championship (25:51) … Eleventh at the Furman Invitational (26:02) … Freshman Year: Had the fastest 3,000-meter run time on the team (8:59.40) … Top three 5,000-meter times on the team, with a personal-best of 14:20 … Placed fourth at the Vielbig Invitational in the 1,500-meter run (4:02.83) … Fastest indoor 5,000-meter time on team (15:27.47) … High School: Three-year runner at Paul Boit High School in Kapkong … Personal: Son of David and Rael Serem … Born Sept. 30, 1979 … Three sisters … Majoring in bio-chemistry.
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