Education
University of Texas at El Paso.
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Michael Musyoki
Edit Profilelong-distance runner athletics competitor
Career
Collegiate Musyoki was recruited by University of Texas at El Paso, a school which was building a star-studded team of distance-runners in the late 1970s. Suleiman Nyambui and Musyoki were UTEP"s two premier foreign distance-runner recruits at the time, and both of them finished in first and second place respectively in the 10,000 metre race at the 1979 National Collegiate Athletic Association Outdoor Track Championships. Post-collegiate At the 1978 he was silver medalist behind his famous compatriot Henry Rono.
At the 1978 All-Africa Games, Musyoki was also 5000 meters silver medalist.
In 1982 he broke the half marathon world record by running 61:36 in Philadelphia.
