Bill Rogers
Male, Person
1985 –
Who is Bill Rogers?
Bill Rogers in Kakata, Liberia is a Liberian runner. He is a graduate of El Paso Community College in El Paso, Texas and of Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology
He competed in the 1500m dash in the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics in Debrecen, Hungary in July, 2001.
He currently holds the Liberia national record for the 1500m. He ran a 4:01.56 for the Liberian record in Cotonou, Benin on 27 June 2004.
Rogers was slated to run the 800m representing Liberia in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece but instead joined Sayon Cooper and Kouty Manweh in a boycott of the games due to alleged unfair treatment of the expelled Liberia National Olympic Committee boss, Clemenceau Urey.
In 2010 Bill formed the Bill Rogers Youth Foundation, benefiting and empowering the youth of Liberia.
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