Justus Soget

Justus Soget (born 22 October 1999) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. He was the bronze medalist at the 2018 World U20 Championships in the men's 1500 metres.

Biography
Soget grew up in Nakuru, Kenya where he attended Kirobon High School. Soget was a star prep athlete in Kenya, finishing second representing his high school at the Rift Valley Secondary Schools Sports Association National Games. While in high school his roommate was Bethwell Birgen, World Indoor 3000 m bronze medalist for Kenya.

At the 2018 World U20 Championships in the men's 1500 metres, Soget finished 3rd, only losing to countryman George Manangoi and future Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

At the 2022 Hokuren Distance Challenge organized by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Soget won the men's 5000 m despite being employed as a pacemaker. He won in a time of 13:12.90, under the 2022 World Athletics Championships qualification standard.

Soget's father is Christopher Soget, who was part of the gold medal-winning Kenyan team at the 1999 World Cross Country Championships U20 race.