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Justus Soget
Justus Soget (born 22 October 1999) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. He was the bronze medalist at the 2018 World U20 Championships in the men's 1500 metres. BiographySoget grew up in Nakuru, Kenya where he attended Kirobon High School.[2] Soget was a star prep athlete in Kenya, finishing second representing his high school at the Rift Valley Secondary Schools Sports Association National Games.[3] While in high school his roommate was Bethwell Birgen, World Indoor 3000 m bronze medalist for Kenya.[2] At the 2018 World U20 Championships in the men's 1500 metres, Soget finished 3rd, only losing to countryman George Manangoi and future Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[4] At the 2022 Hokuren Distance Challenge organized by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Soget won the men's 5000 m despite being employed as a pacemaker. He won in a time of 13:12.90, under the 2022 World Athletics Championships qualification standard.[5] Soget's father is Christopher Soget, who was part of the gold medal-winning Kenyan team at the 1999 World Cross Country Championships U20 race.[6] StatisticsPersonal bests
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