Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Cross Country
5,000 Meters: 18:31.50 (2010 MEAC XC Champ.)
Indoor
Mile: 5:26.63 (2010 Va. Tech Invitational)
3,000 Meters:  10:39.46 (2010 MEAC ID)
Outdoor
1,500 Meters: 4:47 (High School)
3,000m Steeplechase: 11:34.54 (2010 MEAC OD)
5,000 Meters: 18:26.86 (2011 Raleigh Relays)

2011-12: Cross Country: Earned All-MEAC honors for the third year in a row … finished ninth at the MEAC XC Championship in a time of 19:35.42. Indoor: Earned fifth place at the MEAC Indoor Championship in the 5,000 meters (19:14.73) … finished ninth in the 3,000 meters at the conference meet (10:58.90) … season-best 5,000m time was 19:00.76, good enough for eighth place at the Tyson Invitational. Outdoor: Took two top-four finishes at the MEAC Outdoor Championship … placed third in the steeplechase (11:38.62) and fourth in the 5,000 (19:19.31) … season-best 5,000m time was 19:06.14 at the Penn Relays.

2010-11: Cross Country: All-MEAC for the second straight year after placing fifth at the conference championship meet…ran a personal-best 5K cross country time of 18:31.50 at the MEAC meet to help the Spartans to a third-place finish…earned three MEAC Athlete of the Week awards during the season, following the UMES Lid-Lifter and both meets at William & Mary…was the individual winner at the UMES Lid-Lifter (19:31.75)…finished 12th overall at U.Va…was fifth overall, second on NSU, in 18:57.53 at the UMES Cappy Anderson Invitational…also placed 12th overall at the 2.5-mile Colonial Inter-Regional Challenge at W&M (15:11)…placed second overall at the Great American XC Invitational (19:05.8), helping NSU finish third out of 19 teams…finished fourth at the Tribe Open in 23:08 for the 6K course. Indoor: Ran a season-best 3,000m time of 10:54.94 at Penn State, placing 14th…ran a season-best 5,000m time of 18:52.52 to win the event at the CNU Holiday Open…at the MEAC Indoor Championship, placed seventh in the 5,000m, 11th in the 3,000m and ran a leg on the eighth-place distance medley relay team. Outdoor: Ran an outdoor PR of 18:26.86 to earn 16th place at the Raleigh Relays…MEAC outdoor champion in the steeplechase…also placed fifth at the conference outdoor meet in the 5,000m (18:57.73).

2009-10: Cross Country: Finished sixth at the MEAC Cross Country Championship in 19:00.57 to help the Spartans to their first-ever conference title…earned All-MEAC honors at the cross country championship…paced the Spartans at the NCAA Southeast Regional by finishing the 6K course in 22:44.56. Indoor: Finished third in the 3,000 meters at the MEAC Indoor Championship in a season-best time of 10:39.46. Outdoor: Ran a season-best 5,000-meter time of 18:28.89 at Wake Forest…placed third in the 3,000m steeplechase at the MEAC Outdoor Championship (11:34.54)…was fourth in the 5,000 meters (18:55.55).

High School: Posted career-best times of 22:41 in the 6K and 4:47 in the 1,500.

Personal: Kellen Cherotich Rutto…born on Dec. 29, 1987…daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Rutto…majoring nursing…wants to become a nurse.