Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Cross Country
5,000 meters: 19:11.1 (2017 MEAC XC Championship)
6,000 meters: 22:41 (2019 ECU Pirate Invitational)
Indoor
3,000 meters: 10:47.20 (2017 Jack Pyrah Invitational)
5,000 meters: 18:54.44 (2020 MEAC Indoor)
Outdoor
1,500 meters: 5:10.34 (2018 Colonial Relays)
3,000 meters: 10:57.91 (2018 Colonial Relays)
5,000 meters: 18:47.26 (2019 Charlotte Invitational)
10,000 meters: 39:15.06 (2019 Colonial Relays)
 
Career Statistics

2019-20: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters. Cross Country: All-MEAC performer for the second time in her career … Earned a ninth-place showing at the MEAC Championships with a season-best time of 19:11.6 … Was 34th at the East Carolina Pirate Invitational (6K PR of 22:41) and 39th at the Cavalier Classic (19:49.3 for 5K). Indoor: Placed fifth in the 3,000m at the season-opener, the CNU Holiday Open … Also competed in the 5,000m at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational … Finished fourth in the 5K at the MEAC Indoor Championships in 18:54.44, a new indoor PR. Outdoor: Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19: Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters and was selected to the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team. Cross Country: Named the cross country team’s Most Improved runner for 2018 … Top finish was a 16th-place showing at the MEAC Cross Country Championship .. Completed the 5K championship course in 20:13.7 … Ran a 6K PR at East Carolina, posting a time of 23:42. Indoor: Placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Virginia Tech Invitational (20:36.36) … Three weeks later, finished third in the 5K (19:13.86) and 12th in the 3,000 (11:19.00) at the Liberty Flames Invite … Finished 11th in the 3,000 at the JDL Invitational (10:56.61) … Took home two top-eight finishes at the MEAC Indoor Championship … Was sixth in the 5,000 (season-best 19:02.38) and eighth in the 3,000 (season-best 10:50.36). Outdoor: Clocked a 10,000 meter PR of 39:15.06 at the Colonial Relays, where she finished 29th … That was the first of three straight meets in which she set a new personal record … Clocked an 18:47.26 in the 5,000 meters at the Charlotte Invitational, taking fifth place … Ran a 5:01.36 in the 1,500 at the Virginia Grand Prix … Was seventh in both the 5,000 (19:06.47) and 10,000 (40:30.06) at the MEAC Outdoor Championships.

2017-18: Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters and was selected to the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team. Cross Country: All-MEAC cross country performer for the first time … Improved on her 5K time in each meet … Began with season with a 20:14 clocking at the William & Mary Invitational … Placed 11th at the Cappy Anderson Invitational with a time of 19:50.6 … Placed 35th at both the George Mason and ECU Pirate meets, which were both 6K or longer … Capped cross country season with a PR of 19:11.1, good for 15th place overall and earning her All-MEAC honors at the conference championship. Indoor: MEAC Indoor Championship qualifier in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters … Best finish during the regular season was a 12th-place finish in the 5,000 at the VMI Winter Relays, where she clocked a PR of 19:12.95 … Clocked a 3K PR of 10:47.90 at Villanova’s Jack Pyrah Invitational … Placed 11th in the 5K at the MEAC indoor meet and 16th in the 3,000 meters (11:01.48). Outdoor: Opened the outdoor season by winning the 10,000 meters at the Fred Hardy Invitational (40:19.70) … Won the 3,000 (11:08.31) and took fifth in the 1,500 (5:12.98) at the Virginia State Trojan Invitational … MEAC Outdoor Championship qualifier in both the 5,000 and 10,000 … Scored for NSU in the 10K, placing eighth in 43:50.31.

2016-17: Member of the NSU AD’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters. Cross Country: Named the team’s Most Improved Runner for 2016-17 … Made her Spartan debut at the George Mason Invitational, finishing the 6,000-meter course in a time of 24:58.4, placing 19th … Finished 20th at the Christopher Newport Invitational in a time of 24:31 … Closed out the season with a 5,000-meter season-best time of 19:35.66 at the MEAC Championship, crossing the line in 19th place. Indoor: Competed in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters … Took sixth place in the 5K at CNU’s Holiday Open (19:51.85) and third at the Art & Linda Maillet UNC Open (19:49.21) … Also ran the 3,000 at the UNC Open and CNU Vince Brown Invitational … Qualified for the MEAC Indoor Championships in the 5,000, placing 12th in a season-best time of 19:25.28. Outdoor: Won the 10,000 meters at the William & Mary Tribe Invitational (41:01.65) … Posted a time of 19:02.54 in her first 5K of outdoor season, crossing the line fifth at the Fred Hardy Invitational … Claimed sixth in the 3,000 meters at the Charlotte Invitational (11:15.35) … Was ninth in a season-best time of 19:01.96 in the 5,000m at the MEAC Outdoor Championships … Also finished 10th in the 10,000 at the MEAC outdoor meet (41:08.21)
 
Personal: Full name is Caroline Cherono Samoei … Born June 7, 1995 … Daughter of Julius Samoei and Hellen Binott … Has one brother and one sister … Majoring in health services management.
 
Personal: Born June 7, 1995 … Daughter of Julius Samoei and Hellen Binott … Majoring in accounting.