The former Iowa State distance standout Richard Kaitany and his wife Andrea have opened an all-girls secondary school in Rift Valley.
On the edge of Iten, Kenya, near the old dirt track, hundreds of runners pass by the red-roofed buildings, the white gate, and vegetable plots of Simbolei Academy. While the architecture and rural setting are common enough, the school is not.
Richard was noted as a good runner in primary school but didn’t intend to run when he entered St. Patrick’s High School. He wanted to focus on academics. But when he was one of the first to return from a six-mile run, the athletics coach encouraged him. That was 1974, when running for a U.S. university was starting to be a viable pathway to higher education for Kenyan kids. In fact, St.
After graduation Richard stayed in Ames working for a seed company. And he met Andrea, an English Literature major and book-loving soul mate, though they’d grown up continents apart. With four children, Andrea’s job teaching English composition and Richard’s as a plant pathologist with the Department of Agriculture, life in Michigan was full. They were living their dreams, raising a family, working in professional jobs, but already they were making plans for a second act—more of a calling than a job.
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