William Kosgei
Our Club Manager and Director

William was born and raised in Kenya. He competed in many Track and Cross Country races across the U.S. during his years in college.

Personal Records:
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
All American Cross Country - Abilene Texas
All Regional - Peach Belt Conference - South Carolina

10K 31:05
 5K 14:46
 1Mile 4:11
 Half Mile 1:56
8K 23:59
3000 Steeple Chase 9:02

Currently William Kosgei lives in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, USA.

William has been running most of his youth and adulthood. Along with running William also Coaches at Coon Rapids High School. He has been the Girls Distance Track Coach since 2007. He has was also the Assistant Coach for Coon Rapids High School Boys Cross Country Team for the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

His knowledge and expertise will be a big asset to the Duma Club. William will be designing training schedules for our Club Members here in Coon Rapids area as will as for our Members in Kenya.

Bernadette Mutua
Ladies Distance Assisant Coach

Bernadette Mutua was born and raised in Kenya. Bernandette has many years of experience in the running arena and a great addition to our staff. 

She began as a high school runner many years ago posting 33:25 in 10km and later, she earned recognition from Athletics Kenya for her valuable contributuion to the success of distance running.

She was assistant coach of the winning Kenya National team to Chiba Ekiden Marathon - Japan in 2000 and chaperoned The Kenya National to the World Junior Championships held in Hungary in July 2001.

Bernadette was a member of the Atheletics Kenya national Women sub-committe, Vice Treasurer Athletics Kenya Eastern Branch and Secondary  Schools Sports Association before relocating to U.S A recently.

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Joseph Kirior
Athlete Personal Manager

Joseph was born and raised in Kenya. Joseph and William competed together in Track and Cross Country races across the U.S. during their years in college.

Personal Records:
All American Country - Abilene Texas
All Regional - Peach Belt Conference - South Carolina

8K 23:56 (New Orleans, NO)
4Miles 19:08 (Mobile, AL)
10K 31:20 (Spartanberg, SC)
Half Marathon 1:05:03 (Moab, UT)
5K 14:20

Joseph as also worked as an assistant coach for Columbus State University from 1999-2004.

Joseph is currently working with Hutchinson Technology Management in the Quality Assurance Department as a Lead Assistant.

(Great to have you on board Joseph!)


You may contact Joseph at:

Joseph.Kirior@hti.htch.com
or
Kirior_Hannah@yahoo.com

Kevin Shepard
Birth Place: U.S.
Birth Date: N/A

Family: Wife Holly, children Dylan & Kristina.
Occupation: Small Business Owner for 20 years.
Runner for Past 10 years.

Events:
Marathons
Twin Cities (3 Times)
Grandma's (3 Times)
Journey's
San Francisco
Chicago
Madison
New York

Cross Country Ski
Mora Vasaloppet
American Birkebeiner
Twin Cities Loppet

Triathlons
3 - Olympic Distance
Life Time Fitness
1 - 70.3 Chisago  City

Best Times
5K - 18:02
10K - 39:21
Half Marathon - 1:29
Marathon 3:24

We would just like to thank Kevin for his inspiration and motivation. He is one of the reason why the club became a reality and not just a dream. We also thank him for all of his assistance over the last year.

Send Questions via Postal Mail To:

Duma Runners Club
Attn: William Kosgei
11831 Vintage St. NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433

Email Us At:

DumaRunners@msn.com

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WebDuma@hotmail.com