I am keeping a tight eye on this thread. This sounds like a real tragedy. Posts about anything but the tragedy will be deleted.
This is not an appropriate thread for anyone to be talking about age limitations in the NCAA or the appropriateness of giving scholarships to foreigners.
If you think it is appropriate, please don't come back to LetsRun.com. Spend your time in therapy instead.
Damn, this is pretty sad news. I hope the search teams have some luck but this is pretty frightening. I've raced with Cheseto before but never knew him personally... but I can speak from a racing perspective this dude is one tough runner. Not afraid to surge and mentally break you.
Thank you Rojo.
I recently received a text from someone there on the ground....still nothing to report.
Hank Moody wrote:
Thank you Rojo.
I recently received a text from someone there on the ground....still nothing to report.
I'm concerned about this missing runner, and you're thanking Rojo? Stick to the subject.
Marko Cheseto deserves a bump. He is somebody that is revered not only among the entire GNAC, but the entire NCAA division II. I hope and pray that he is O.K.
Still hoping and praying. Marko is a incredible person, he;s taught me to never give up and I will always look up to him. I pray he comes home to our running family. He is a wonderful teammate.
Not giving up yet - he is one of the toughest individuals i know!
Glad to hear that he is alive and well. Now the question is.....Where was he?
From the above posted story:
"Missing UAA student athlete Marko Cheseto was found early Wednesday morning, alive.
At around 3:30am UAA officials say Cheseto walked into the Springhill Suites hotel near the UAA and APU campuses.
University Police say Cheseto was extremely hypothermic.
The 28-year-old has been taken to a local hospital for care.
Cheseto was reported missing by his roommates Monday morning after not returning home the night before.
Search parties combed the nearby areas for two days in search of Cheseto’s whereabouts."
The guy survived in the Alaskan wilderness for two days wearing nothing but a singlet??? Talk about some grit.
Good news! It didn't look hopeful as the story dragged on for a day or two.
Freakin awesome news.
Wow, thank God! It really didn't look good with that snowstorm. GREAT NEWS!!
First of all Kenyan's in Alaska sounds like a sitcom waiting to happen. But seriously where was this dude?? Maybe he found a tauntaun to hollow out.
Awesome news.
Awesome news. The article said he was severely hypothermic. Hopefully there's no serious frostbite
Glad to hear he was found. It will be interesting to hear the full story once it comes out.
GREAT NEWS! Thanks for the link!
I'm sure there's a wild story--that we may never hear all of--attached to this, but I'm very, very glad to hear that he is alive and (I hope, soon to be) well.
From the descriptions in the news reports, it sounded like mankind would have lost a lot if this guy had died.
Amazing to think one could survive several days and nights alone in the Alaska winter... What a tough dude.
I hope this doesn't effect his running in the long term.