Saif Saeed Shaheen at one time held every steeple record, as he just added the World Record (7:53.63) to all his impressive age group records.
2000m steeple
1999.........5:31.89 WYB16
Steeple
1999.........8:19.62 WYB16 (was WYB16 until 3 Sep 2004)
2000.........8:16.21 WYB17
2001.........7:58.66 WJR, WYB18,19
2004.........7:53.63 WR
enters young Ronald Kipchumba who have been running impressive times since he was 14 years old and then the world found out about him at age 15. Already in less than two years he has captured the World Junior title at age 16 and started breaking Saif Saeed Shaheen (Stephen Cherono) age group records.
RONALD KIPCHUMBA
2000m steeple
2003.........5:30.27 WYB15
ran 5:27.64 same year but was forwarded for certification.
Steeple
2003.........8:24.54 WYB15
2004.........8:18.51 WYB16 (old 8:19.62 by S.S. Shaheen)
He also has a very impressive mark from his only 5000m at age 15-13:41.63. Ronald is smashing the age group records by Saif and has continued to improve since he emerged on the world scene. Do you look for the trend to continue and all of Saif's record fall by Ronald Kipchumba?
VIPAM
As far as this year if he gets to run 2 more steeples in September, I think the WYB16 will fall again.