2016 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Edward Cheserek
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-6
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newark, N.J.
- High School:
- St. Benedict Prep
17-Time NCAA Champion (14 Track, 3 Cross Country)
Three-Time NCAA Cross Country Champion (2013, 2014, 2015)
Two-Time NCAA Outdoor 5,000 Meters Champion (2015, 2016)
Three-Time NCAA Outdoor 10,000 Meters Champion (2014, 2015, 2016)
NCAA Indoor Mile Champion (2015)
Three-Time NCAA Indoor 3,000 Meters Champion (2014, 2016, 2017)
Three-Time NCAA Indoor 5,000 Meters Champion (2014, 2016, 2017)
Two-Time NCAA Indoor Distance Medley Relay Champion (2015, 2016)
21-Time All-American
Seven-Time Pac-12 Champion (3 Track, 4 Cross Country)
Four-Time Pac-12 Cross Country Champion (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Pac-12 5,000 Meter Champion (2015)
Two-Time Pac-12 10,000 Meter Champion (2016, 2017)
Three-Time Bowerman Award Finalist (2014, 2015, 2016)
Five-Time USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Year (2 Track, 3 Cross Country)
Pac-12 Athlete of the Year (2015, 2016)
Academic All-American, 2nd Team (2015)
First Team All-Pac-12 (2016)
Claimed two NCAA individual titles at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships to pass Suleiman Nyambui (Texas-El Paso, 1979-82) fpr the most combined national cross country/track and field championships won - 17 - in NCAA history. He finishes his incredible career as the winningest male athlete in the history of NCAA Division I athletics, and he is only two championships shy of Jenny Thompson's (Swimming, Stanford) all-time NCAA record for most individual championships won by an NCAA athlete in any sport (19).
2016-17: Outdoor - Claimed the Pac-12 title in the 10,000 meters with a time of 29:11.76, his second Pac-12 title in the 10K and seventh conference championship of his career... Finished first in the 10,000 meters (28:46.48) at the Stanford Invitational... Placed fourth in the 5000 Meters (13:29.85) at the Payton Jordan Invitational. Indoor - Made history at the NCAA Indoor Championships, winning the 5K (13:41.20) and 3K (7:55.91) to run his career NCAA championship total to 17 and pass Nyambui for the most titles ever won in NCAA track and field or cross country ... Cheserek also finished second in the mile to score the most individual points ever with 28 and become the all-time leader in points scored at the NCAA Indoor Championships with 91 for his career ... Beat the indoor collegiate record in the mile (3:52.01) at the Last Chance Meet ... Made his season debut at the Columbia EastWest Challenge by finishing first (7:45.85) in the 3000 meters, and helping his team finish first in the DMR (9:30.86)... Took over the 2017 world and NCAA lead in the 5000 meters by finishing with a time of 13:32.59 at the Husky Classic. Cross Country - Began his senior season by finishing first at the Washington Invitational (23:06.30), scoring points for the Ducks... Took first place at the 2016 ISU Pre-National Invitational with a time of 23:34.7... Won his fourth straight Pac-12 title at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 23:58.9 to make him the most decorated runner in conference history... Named Pac-12 Athlete of the Year to become the only athlete who has won this award four years in a row... Presented with the National Athlete of the Week award by USTFCCCA... Won the NCAA West Regional by finishing in 29:23.7... Took third place overall in the NCAA Championships with a time of 29:48.0
2015-16: Bowerman Award finalist won an incredible six NCAA titles as a junior. Joined former Duck Galen Rupp as the only men to win the NCAA cross country title, the indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meters and the distance medley relay, and the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meters in the same academic year. Is the first three-time Bowerman Award finalist in that honor's history. Outdoor – Swept the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year ... Light regular season schedule with appearances in the Pepsi Invitational and the Oregon Twilight meet after a heavy workload at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Started his championship run by winning his first Pac-12 10,000 meter title in a season-best 28:58.57 ... Claimed the NCAA 10,000 meter crown in 29:09.57, and then came back two days later to win the 5,000 meter title in 13:25.59, a time that was just :07 off his personal best. Indoor – Won three NCAA titles at the 2016 NCAA Championships…won the 5,000 (13:47.89) before anchoring the distance medley relay 30 minutes later with an unofficial split of 3:52.89 in the 1,600…completed the triple by winning the 3,000 in 8:00.40…became the second person to win that triple, joining Galen Rupp in 2009…was named the USTFCCCA Men’s Track Athlete of the Year…ran the second fastest 3,000-meter time in NCAA history while finishing sixth at the Millrose Games (7:40.51)…The time broke Galen Rupp’s school record by four seconds…opened the season as a part of the winning DMR team at the Razorback Invitational and also winning the mile in 3:57.38…Cross Country - Began year with a win at the Bill Dellinger Invitational...Led five Ducks across the finish line in 24:26.0... First place finish at the Washington Invitational in 23:15.4...Was his 10th win in the last 11 races... Oregon's first finisher and second place overall at Pre-National Invitational in 23:22.8... Led the group across the finish line with another first place finish in 23:06.3 at the Pac-12 Championships...In winning, became the first man in the 100-year history of the Conference to win three consecutive individual titles...Overall, joined legends Steve Prefontaine of Oregon (1970-71, 73) and Henry Rono of Washington State (1976, 78-79) and the only men with three career Pac-12 titles...Got his 12th win in the last 14 races with his finish at the NCAA West Regional in 30:43.5... Made history with his third consecutive NCAA Championship win in 28:45.8...Became the first man in NCAA history to win three consecutive NCAA individual titles...Overall, joined Gerry Lindgren of WSU (1966-67, 69), Prefontaine (1970-71, 73) and Rono (1976-77, 79) as the only three-time NCAA individual champs...Pac-12 and USTFCCCA Althete of the Year and All Pac-12 First Team... Added another All American honor to his list of awards...Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention. Season Bests: Outdoors - 3,000 Meters - 7:57.26 (PR), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/6/16); 5,000 Meters – 13:25.95, NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore. (6/10/16); 10,000 Meters – 28:58.57, NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore. (6/8/16). Indoors – Mile - 3:57.38, Razorback Invitational, Fayetteville, Ark. (1/29/16); 3,000 Meters – 7:40.51 (PR), Milrose Games, New York, N.Y. (2/20/16); 5,000 Meters - 13:35.86 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/12/16).
2014-15: A five-time NCAA champion and six-time all-American as a sophomore ... Bowerman Award finalist for the second straight year ... Also a second team academic all-American. Outdoor - Was the NCAA champion at both 5,000 and 10,000 meters and the Pac-12 winner at 5,000 ... Won the 5,000 meters at the Pepsi Team Invitational (14:00.72) ... Helped Ducks win the distance medley relay at the Penn Relays in 9:33.86, as well as a runner-up showing in the 4xMile relay (16:18.93) ... Won the 3,000 meters at the Oregon Twilight (7:57.97) ... Claimed his first Pac-12 track title with a win at 5,000 meters in 13:45.25 ... Wrapped up season with a pair of impressive wins at the NCAA Championships ... First, took the 10,000-meter title in 28:58.92 and followed that with the 5,000-meter crown in 13:48.67 to help wrap up the Ducks' team title ... Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention. Indoor - Competed in only four meets, but was a two-time NCAA champion and a runner-up at 3,000 meters ... Opened indoor season at the McCravy Memorial, where he won the 3,000 meters (7:49.56) and helped the distance medley relay team win in 9:32.61 ... Set the school record in the indoor mile at the Millrose Games, where he was eighth in 3:56.43 ... Helped the distance medley relay team win the MPSF title in a season-best 9:27.01 ... At the NCAA Championships, anchored Oregon's distance medley relay victory in 9:30.53 ... Came back the next day to win the mile in 3:57.94, before finishing second in the 3,000 meters (7:59.42). Cross Country – NCAA individual champion, winning well clear of the field in 30:19.4 (10,000 meters) ... Became just the Oregon runner to repeat as NCAA champion, joining the legendary Steve Prefontaine (1970-71, 73) ... Named the USTFCCCA National Runner of the Year, in addition to earning All-America honors ... Finished second at the NCAA West Regional in 29:35.0 (10,000), the only time in 2014 that he did not win ... Pac-12 Athlete of the Year ... Repeated as Pac-12 individual champion by winning in 23:23 (8,000 meters) ... Surged to the lead with 3,000 meters to go and was never challenged ... Became just the third Duck to win back-to-back league titles, joining Steve Prefontaine (1970-71) and Jim Hill (1982-83) ... Named the USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week for his efforts ... Won the Pre-Nationals Invitational for the first time in his career ... Crossed the line in 24:04.5 to edge Colorado's Blake Theroux, who was second in 24:06.1 ... Opened season by winning the Bill Dellinger in 24:24 (8,000 meters) for his fourth consecutive cross country win dating back to the 2013 season ... Kept his winning streak intact at the Battle for Beantown as he took medalist honors in 24:20 (8,000 meters) … Led a 1-2-5-6 finish as the Ducks took the team title in Boston ... Pac-12 all-academic honorable mention. Season Bests: Outdoors - 3,000 Meters - 7:57.97, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/8/15); 5,000 Meters – 13:45.25, Pac-12 Championships, Los Angeles, Calif. (5/17/15); 10,000 Meters – 28:58.92, NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore. (6/10/15). Indoors – Mile - 3:56.43 (PR), Millrose Games, New York, N.Y. (3:56.43); 3,000 Meters – 7:49.56, McCravy Memorial, Lexington, Ky. (1/24/15).
2013-14: Outdoor – Was an NCAA Champion in the 10,000 meters with a time of 28:30.18, which is good for sixth in school history and a personal record…Ran the eighth fastest time in NCAA history with a mark of 13:18.71 in a runner-up finish in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships...A Bowerman Award finalist…Was the Pac-12 runner-up at 1,500 meters in a personal best 3:36.50 to help the Ducks win their eighth-straight league crown…time is the ninth-fastest in NCAA History…Earned USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week honors on April 28…Also a two-time athlete of the week…Finished first in the 5,000 meters at the Oregon Relays (13:46.77)…Member of the 4xmile team that ran the sixth fastest time in NCAA history at the Penn Relays with a time of 16:09.67…Also a member of the team that took first at the Penn Relays with the seventh-best time in NCAA history in the distance medley relay (9:25.40)...Cheserek was named the Penn Relays Men’s Runner of the Meet…Indoor – Was an NCAA Champion in the 3k (8:11.59) and 5k (13:46.67)…Named the USTFCCCA Indoor Track Athlete of the Year…Won every race during the indoor season, including the distance medley relay (9:28.91) at the UW Invitational, the 5,000 meters at the Husky Classic (13:40.51) and the 3,000 meters at the MPSF Championships (7:47.20)…His 3K time at the MPSF Championships was the second fastest time in school history…Cross Country - Became the first freshman ever in Oregon cross country history to win the NCAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 29:41.1...Named the USTFCCCA Athlete of the year as a well as the Division I West Region Athlete of the Year and the Pac-12 Athlete of the Year and Newcomer of the Year after an historic freshman season...Also earned All-America and first-team All-Pac-12 honors in the process…Kicked off his collegiate career at Oregon with a first-place finish with a 24:11 8,000 meter time in Boston, Mass., at the Coast to Coast Battle in Beantown and guided the Ducks to a their first win of the season…Followed up with a second-place finish at the Eighth Annual Bill Dellinger Invitational clocking in at 24 minutes flat as the men of Oregon won their second-straight meet…Claimed his third-straight top-five finish with a 23:32.95 time (8,000 meters) for fourth-place and guided UO to a second-place finish at the NCAA Pre-National race in Terra Haute, Ind…Became the first freshman in Oregon history to win the Pac-12 Cross Country Championship title crossing the finish line at 24:36 at the Pac-12 Conference Championships in Louisville, Colo…Became the first Duck since Galen Rupp (2007 & ’09) to claim the NCAA West Regional title with a time of 29:35 on the 10,000-meter course at Haggin Oaks Golf Course…Season Bests: Outdoors - 1,500 Meters - 3:36.50 (PR), Pac-12 Championships, Pullman, Wash. (5/18/14); 5,000 Meters – 13:18.71 (PR), NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore. (6/12/14); 10,000 Meters – 28:30.18 (PR), NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore. (6/11/14). Indoors – 3,000 Meters – 7:47.20, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (3/1/14); 5,000 Meters – 13:40.51, UW Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/14/14).
Prep: Broke the 49 year-old boys’ national indoor high school two-mile record at the 2013 Millrose Games in New York City…Finished in 8:39.15 to take down the 8:40 run by Gerry Lindgren of Rogers High in Spokane, Wash., in 1964…Was the 2013 Gatorade National Cross Country Runner of the Year and didn’t lose a prep cross country race since 2010, when he finished second as a freshman at the Nike National Championships…Included in his winning streak were two Footlocker national cross country titles, as he become just the fourth boy to win twice…Impressively, he broke cross country course records in 12 of his 21 career high school starts…Outdoors on the track in 2013, won the Essex County championship in the 800 (1:50.84) and then turned around and won the state title at 3,200 meters (9:08.63)…Was an eight-time high school national champion for St. Benedict’s Prep…In addition to breaking the national indoor two-mile mark, which ranks fourth in all conditions, also holds the national indoor record in the 5,000 meters, 13:57.04, a time that is No. 7 in all conditions…Is also ranked second in the indoor mile (4:02.21), fifth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:00.11) and eighth in the 10,000 meters (29:42.31)…High School Bests: 800 Meters - 1:49.98, 2012; 1,500 Meters - 3:55.53, 2013; 1,600 Meters - 4:09.90, 2012; Mile - 4:02.21i, 2013; 3,000 Meters - 8:05.46i, 2013; Two-Mile - 8:39.15i, 2013; 5,000 Meters - 13:57.04i (2012); 10,000 Meters - 29:42.31 (2012); 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 9:00.11, 2012.
Personal Bests
1,500 Meters - 3:36.50,
Pac-12 Championships,
Pullman, Wash., 5/18/14
5,000 Meters - 13:18.71,
NCAA Championships,
Eugene, Ore., 6/12/14
10,000 Meters - 28:30.18,
NCAA Championships,
Eugene, Ore., 6/11/14
Mile - 3:52.01 (i),
Last Chance Meet,
Boston, Mass., 2/26/17
3,000 Meters - 7:40.51 (i),
Millrose Games,
New York, N.Y., 2/20/16
NCAA Outdoor Championships
2016 - 5,000 Meters, 1st, 13:25.59
2016 - 10,000 Meters, 1st, 29:09.57
2015 - 5,000 Meters, 1st, 13:48.67
2015 - 10,000 Meters, 1st, 28:58.92
2014 – 10,000 Meters, 1st, 28:30.18
2014 – 5,000 Meters, 2nd, 13:18.71
NCAA Indoor Championships
2017 - 3,000, 1st, 7:55.91
2017 - 5,000, 1st, 13:41.20
2017 - Mile, 2nd, 4:05.42
2016 – 3,000, 1st, 8:00.40
2016 – 5,000, 1st, 13:47.89
2016 – Distance Medlay Relay, 1st, 9:27.27
2015 - Mile, 1st, 3:57.94
2015 - Distance Medley Relay, 1st 9:30.53
2015 - 3,000 Meters, 2nd, 7:59.42
2014 – 3,000 Meters, 1st, 8:11.59
2014 – 5,000 Meters, 1st, 13:46.67
NCAA Cross Country Championships
2016 - 3rd, 29:48.0
2015 - 1st, 28:45.8
2014 - 1st, 30:19.4
2013 - 1st, 29:41.1
NCAA Cross Country West Regional
2016 - 1st, 29:23.7
2015 - 1st, 30:43.2
2014 - 2nd, 29:35.0
2013 - 1st, 29:35
Pac-12 Track Championships
2017 - 10,000 Meters, 1st, 29:11.76
2016 - 10,000 Meters, 1st, 28:58.57
2015 - 5,000 Meters, 1st, 13:45.25
2014 – 1,500 Meters, 2nd, 3:36.50
Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
2016 - 1st, 23:58.9
2015 - 1st, 23:06.3
2014 - 1st, 23:23
2013 - 1st, 24:36
Indoor Collegiate Record Holder
2017 - Mile, 1st, 3:52.01
