Personal Bests
Mile - 4:09.89
3,000 meters - 8:06.95
3,000 meter steeplechase - 8:55.13
5,000 meters - 14:19.66
All-Big 12 (Scored at Conference Meet)
2007 Cross Country
2008 Indoor 5,000 meters
2008 Outdoor 3,000 meter steeplechase
2008 Cross Country
2009 Indoor 5,000 meters
2009 Outdoor 3,000 meter steeplechase
Honors and Awards
2010 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
2010 Outdoors: Second-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... Competed in both the 5,000 meters and the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Big 12 Championships, placing 23rd in the 5K with a 14:46.61 and 11th in the steeplechase with a 9:12.85 ... His 8:56.36 in the steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational was good for a season best ... Ran the 1,500 meters at both the John McDonnell Invitational and the Tulsa Duels, posting a season-best 3:53.31 at the John McDonnell ... Was 22nd in the steeplechase at the NCAA West Preliminary in 9:03.70.
2010 Indoors: Ran both the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships, posting an 8:22.82 in the 3K to place 15th and a 14:23.98 in the 5K to finish 10th ... Ran the mile in 4:11.39 at the Razorback Invitational and ran the 3,000 meters in 8:19.04 at the Husky Classic.
2009 Cross Country: Competed at the biggest meets of the season for the NCAA champion Cowboys ... Was 58th at the 8,000-meter Cowboy Jamboree in 25:22 ... Clocked a 26:25 at the Big 12 Championships to place 55th ... Highest finish came at the NCAA Regional Championships, where he was ninth in 31:03 ... Placed 80th at the NCAA Championships by crossing the finish line in 30:59.6.
2009 Outdoors: Turned in an all-Big 12 performance in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a 9:06.24 at the conference meet that was good for a fourth-place finish ... Qualified for the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship when he set a personal best in the steeplechase with an 8:55.13 at the Stanford Invitational ... That mark stands as the seventh-fastest time in school history ... Placed 12th at the regional meet with a 9:14.99 ... Ran the 1,500 meters in 3:51.64 at the John McDonnell Invitational.
2009 Indoors: Earned all-Big 12 honors in the 5,000 meters by placing seventh with a personal best 14:19.66 ... Turned in an 8:20.51 in the 3,000 meters at the Husky Classic ... His 4:13.32 in the mile at the Razorback Invitational set a new personal best ... Ran the 1,000 meters in 2:29.88 at the J.D. Martin Invitational.
2008 Cross Country: Earned all-Big 12 and all-Midwest region honors for the second consecutive year ... Placed 13th at the Big 12 Championships in helping the Cowboys to their first-ever Big 12 team title ... His 31:20.65 at the NCAA regional meet was good for a seventh-place finish at the event and helped propel the Pokes to their fourth straight regional crown ... Finished 106th at the NCAA Championships with a 31:06.7 ... His 24:13 at the Cowboy Jamboree was good for a fifth-place finish.
2008 Outdoors: All-Big 12 selection in the steeplechase placed sixth at the conference meet with a 9:27.19 ... Season-best mark in the steeplechase was a 9:07.20 at the John McDonnell Invitational ... His 9:08.31 at the Stanford Invitational was good for a 15th-place finish in section one.
2008 Indoors: All-Big 12 honoree after placing eighth in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 14:27.42 ... Turned in a season best when he ran an 8:06.95 in the 3,000 meters to place sixth in the invitational race at the Tyson Invitational ... Clocked a 4:16.94 in the mile at the Arkansas Invitational.
2007 Cross Country: All-America performer who placed 15th at the NCAA Championship with a time of 30:20 despite hanging back in the pack for the first 5,000 meters of the race as part of Oklahoma State's team strategy ... Coaching staff says he could have easily finished higher in the standings, but his willingness to be part of the team strategy was one of the key factors in the Cowboys taking third in the team standings ... Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and all-Big 12 selection after running a 25:02 to place eighth at the conference meet ... All-Midwest region honoree ran a 30:11 at the regional meet to place seventh overall and lead the Cowboys to their third consecutive Midwest regional championship ... Ran the NCAA pre-national meet in 24:44 ... Clocked in at 25:34 at the Cowboy Jamboree.
2007 Outdoors: Did not compete. Cameron University does not compete in outdoor track and field.
2007 Indoors: Did not compete. Cameron University does not compete in indoor track and field.
2006 Cross Country (at Cameron University): Earned Freshman of the Year and all-Lone Star Conference honors in his only season of competition at NCAA Division II Cameron University, where he finished fourth at the conference meet ... All-Region honoree ... Placed 42nd at the NCAA Division II Championships ... Lone Star Conference Runner of the Week after winning the East Central University Cross Country Meet by more than a minute.
High School: Attended St. Patrick's High School in Iten, Kenya, where he was coached by Brother Colm O'Connell ... Member of the history club, the Christian union and the traditional festivals team.
Personal: David Chirchir was born in Eldoret, Kenya ... Son of Eric and Eshter Chirchir ... Sister, Sylvia, runs track and cross country at Oklahoma Christian University ... Marketing major.
