Rose Jelagat Cheruiyot (born 21 July 1976) is a runner from Kenya.
[1] She is married to Ismael Kirui.
[2] The couple completed an unusual double, when they both won their senior races at the Belfast International Cross Country in 1995.
Cheruiyot broke the 5000 metres Kenyan record in 1996, timing 14:46.41.
[3] Cheruiyot's younger sister, Pasca Myers, a Seminole two-time runner up at the NCAA D-I Cross Country Championships,[4] cites Rose's positive influence in her collegiate and post-collegiate running career.