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2022
Named team captain...First-Team All-MAC...2022 MAC Championship Runner-Up Team...Ran a PR time of 23:53.0 and finished sixth at the 2022 MAC Championships on Oct. 29...Ran in five races, including the highest finish of first place (15:06.96) at the Ohio XC Invitational on Sept. 2...Finished 45th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships on Nov. 11.
2021
Ran in six races… Named to All-MAC Second Team… Placed second in the 8000m run after running a 24:17.8 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct. 15) in Tallahassee Fla… Placed sixth the Spartan Invitational (Sept. 17).… Placed seventh after running a 24:40.7 in the 5000M Gold Race at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite (Oct. 1)… Earned ninth place in the 5K with a time of 15:38.5 at the Mel Brodt Invitational (Sept. 3)… Placed 10th with a time of 24:42.4 at the MAC Championships (Oct. 30) in Ypsilanti, Mich... Placed 27th in the 10K with a time of 30:32.4 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 12).
2019-20 (Benedict (SC) College)
Won the 2019 NCAA Division II South Region Cross Country Championship with a time of 31:48.9 in the 10,000m race...39th place at the 2019 Division II Championships with a time of 30:43.9...Received SIAC cross country championship honors... Recipient of the Black A/A award.
Personal
Full name is Mathew Kibiwott Chesum... Parent is Joan Chesum... Has one sister... Majoring in public health.
Best Times:
5K: 2022 Ohio XC Invitational – 1st place – 15:07.0
8K: 2022 MAC Championships – 6th place – 23:53.0
10K: 2021 NCAA Great Lakes Regional – 27th place – 30:32.4
5M: 2021 Joe Piane Invitational –7th place – 24:40.7
