Posted: May 24, 2004

Athletics: Kibet-Zing Around

From David Monti

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Two men, one country and similar names is where this little story begins.

Luke Kibet and Luka Kibet are both accomplished distance runners and both are from Kenya, but they are not the same person.

"There has been some confusion with regard to Luke Kibet and Luka Kibet Chebeii," wrote Ken Young in an e-mail message to RRW yesterday. "I was able to sort out these listings, thanks to Luke Kibet's manager who went through all of the performances that I listed for Luke Kibet."

Luke is the younger of the two, born 12-Apr-1983. He races mostly from 10-K to the half-marathon, nearly always on the roads, and often in the Netherlands. He only started racing internationally in 2003. He just ran his first marathon in Enschede on 16-May (2:11:13).

Luka Kibet (b. 19-Jun-1973) has been racing internationally since 1997, and momst recently won the Country Music Marathon in Nashville, Tenn., USA (2:14:11).

Thanks to Ken, here are the performances of these athletes completely sorted out:

Luke Kibet, b. 12 Apr 1983

16 May 04   (2)  2:11:13     RD Marathon     Enschede NED 
09 May 04   (2)  1:12:52     RD 25 km        Berlin GER   
28 Mar 04   (6)  1:00:00x    RD Half Mara    Lisbon POR   
11 Jan 04   (2)  1:04:54     RD Half Mara    Egmond Aan Zee NED 
04 Jan 04   (2)    28:48     RD 10 km        Ratingen GER
31 Dec 03   (1)    33:02.3   XC 10 km        Soest NED 
07 Dec 03   (4)    44:32     RD 15 km        Heerenberg NED 
30 Nov 03   (1)    29:16     XC 10 km        Tilburg NED 
05 Oct 03   (3)  1:02:09     RD Half Mara    Breda NED 
28 Sep 03   (2)    45:41     RD 15 km        Velp NED
21 Sep 03   (3)    46:10a    RD 10 mi        Zaandam NED 
07 Sep 03   (1)    46:18     RD 10 mi        Tilburg NED  
04 May 03   (2)    29:02     RD 10 km        Almere NED 
27 Apr 03   (5)  1:02:37     RD Half Mara    Vitry-sur-Seine FRA 
21 Apr 03   (1)    29:16     RD 10 km        Eindhoven NED
06 Apr 03   (1)    28:50     RD 10 km        Hilversum NED 
29 Mar 03   (4)  1:01:10x    RD Half Mara    The Hague NED 
23 Mar 03   (3)    28:18     RD 10 km        La Courneuve FRA 
09 Mar 03   (2)    58:34     RD 20 km        Alphen aan den Rijn NED 


Luka Kibet, b. 19 Jun 1973

24 Apr 04   (1)  2:14:11     RD Marathon     Nashville TN/USA 
11 Jan 04   (5)  2:16:41a    RD Marathon     Tempe AZ/USA
26 Oct 03   (2)  2:13:13     RD Marathon     Lausanne SUI
13 Jun 03   (1)    29:04.3   OT 10,000 m     Nairobi KEN 
26 Apr 03   (3)  2:14:12     RD Marathon     Nashville TN/USA
23 Mar 03   (8)  2:12:53     RD Marathon     Rome ITA
08 Feb 03   (1)    35:45     XC 12 km        Ruriri KEN
08 Feb 03   (1)    11:20     XC 4 km         Ruriri KEN
26 Jan 03   (5)    24:54     XC 8 km         Eldoret KEN 
11 Jan 03   (1)    14:18     XC 4 km         Kericho KEN
10 Nov 02   (4)    12:26.4   XC 4 km         Eldoret KEN 
20 Oct 02   (9)  2:14:44     RD Marathon     Beijing CHN
08 Jun 02   (1)    29:11.0   OT 10,000 m     Nairobi KEN 
21 Apr 02   (9)  2:11:58     RD Marathon     Rotterdam NED 
09 Feb 02   (1)    35:33     XC 12 km        Nairobi KEN 
12 Jan 02  (23)    39:00.6   XC 12 km        Eldoret KEN 
29 Dec 01   (4)    38:16     XC 12 km        Kisii KEN 
21 Oct 01   (3)  2:10:18     RD Marathon     Amsterdam NED
28 Apr 01   (2)  2:13:45     RD Marathon     Nashville TN/USA 
08 Apr 01   (3)    32:05.05  OT 10,000 m     Kamariny KEN
10 Feb 01   (3)    25:17     XC 8 km         Eldoret KEN 
11 Nov 00   (5)    23:32     XC 8 km         Eldoret KEN 
15 Oct 00  (15)    29:23.6   RD 10 km        Eldoret KEN
15 Oct 00   (3)  2:13:40     RD Marathon     Münich GER  
06 May 00   (3)    24:47     RD 8.56 km      Lucerne SUI  
29 Apr 00   (1)  2:12:55a    RD Marathon     Nashville TN/USA
23 Jan 00   (7)    25:41.3   XC 8 km         Eldoret KEN 
23 Jan 00   (7)    25:41.3   XC 8 km         Eldoret KEN 
01 Jan 00   (7)  2:11:16     RD Marathon     Rome ITA 
11 Oct 99  (18)    29:32     RD 10 km        Eldoret KEN  
31 Jul 99  (14)    34:28     RD 11.26 km     Davenport IA/USA  
19 Apr 99  (15)  2:17:50a    RD Marathon     Boston MA/USA 
25 Oct 98   (3)  2:12:55a    RD Marathon     Venice ITA 
26 Apr 98  (43)  1:07:49     RD Half Mara    Nizhniy Novgorod RUS 
05 Apr 98  (10)    29:48     RD 10 km        Paderborn GER 
29 Mar 98   (6)  1:01:46     RD Half Mara    The Hague NED  
08 Mar 98  (11)     8:19.05  IT 3000 m       Sindelfingen GER  
01 Mar 98   (4)  1:04:17     RD Half Mara    Frankfurt GER 
25 May 97  (10)  2:17:14     RD Marathon     Vienna AUT 

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