Tucsonan Bernard Lagat came to the United States from Kenya in 1996 to run collegiately for Washington State. Less than ten years later he became a U.S. citizen.

And out of all of his accomplishments over the years including nationals championships, world championships and medals, seemingly the only thing missing is an Olympic medal as an American.

Click on the video to watch News 4 Tucson's Ryan Recker's profile of Lagat.