JOSEPH CHIRLEE

UNITED STATES

BIB NUMBER: 9

BIRTHDATE: February 14, 1981

PERSONAL BEST:  29:23 (Atlanta, 2007)

10-K HIGHLIGHTS:
03Mar07  Chattahoochee Road Runners 10-K 1st  29:23
21Oct06  Medical Center 10K Classic, Bowling Green, KY  3rd  29:26

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
20Mar11  NYC Half-Marathon  32nd  1:05:33
16Jan11  PF Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Half-Marathon  3rd  1:05:00
24Oct10  Army Ten-Miler  8th  49:12
06Sep10 New Haven Road Race 20-K  10th  1:01:11
10Oct09  Baltimore Marathon  4th  2:18:03
16Aug09  NYC Half-Marathon  20th  1:09:09
01Feb09  Surf City Half-Marathon  1st  1:04:31

CAREER NOTES:
Joseph Chirlee immigrated to the US from Kenya in 2006 and became a US citizen in June 2010. He is a private in the US army and is stationed in Colorado Springs.

He was in Boston last April to compete in the Boston Marathon but dropped out past the 35km marker.

Chirlee was also one of the finishers in the 30,000 meters track race at Eugene in early June where Moses Mosop set a world record; he placed fourth in 1:34:12.