caption fullname event club birth_place weight image_size nationality height pb medaltemplates sport birth_date residence image article_title name collegeteam
sança in 2014 rúben sança 1500 meters , 5000 meters , marathon whirlaway racing team santa maria , cape verde 154 lbs -lrb- 70 kg -rrb- 260px cape verdean 6 ft 2 in -lrb- 188 cm -rrb- '' ' 10,000 meters '' ' : 29:49.48 '' ` half ' marathon '' ' : 1:05:24 '' ` marathon '' ' 1500 : 2:18:47 meters '' ' : 3:49.17 '' men 's athletics track , long-distance running 13 december 1986 lowell , massachusetts picture_of_ruben_sança_2014-05-13_22-57 . jpg rúben sança
 rúben sança umass lowell
rúben sança

rúben pascoal sança -lrb- born december 13 , 1986 -rrb- is a cape verdean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon .
he attended and ran for the university of massachusetts lowell , after which he began training under gary gardner as a member of the whirlaway racing team .
sança is the current cape verdean record-holder at 3,000 m indoors at 8:07.50 , the 5000 m indoors at 13:56.46 , the 5000 m outdoors at 14:05.39 , road 5 km at 14:11 and the marathon at 2:18:47 .
he was one of three members of the 2012 cape verdean olympic committee .
