Kenyan student athlete missing in Alaska snowstorm

By Yereth Rosen, Reuters

Last Updated: November 8, 2011 5:56am

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - A search team with dogs scoured the woods around the University of Alaska at Anchorage on Monday for a Kenyan student athlete who went missing in a heavy snowstorm, police and school officials said.

Marko Cheseto, a star runner recruited by the university's cross-country team, was last seen on Sunday evening near the campus library, the school said in a statement. Snow was falling heavily at the time, and officials were concerned that he might have succumbed to exposure.

"He is likely not dressed for freezing temperatures," the university's statement said.