Personal Records
Cross Country
8,000 Meters: 24:40.90 (2010 MEAC XC Championship)
Indoor
3,000 Meters: 8:54.71 (2011 Hokie Invite)
5,000 Meters: 14:33.15 (2009 Hampton Invite)
Outdoor
3,000m SC: 9:45.42 (2011 MEAC OD)
5,000 Meters: 14:43.29 (2010 Sea Ray Relays)
2011-12: Cross Country: Captured his third consecutive All-MEAC award by finishing sixth at the conference championship meet in 26:25.75 … season-best 8K time was a 25:46.10 at the Great American Cross Country Festival, where he finished fourth overall. Indoor: Placed eighth at the MEAC Indoor Championship in the 5,000 meters (15:29.72) … ran a season-best 3,000m time of 9:14.13 at the CNU Holiday Open. Outdoor: Earned two top-five finishes at the MEAC Outdoor Championship … crossed the line third in the 3,000m steeplechase (9:55.98) … finished fifth in the 5,000m (15:36.06) … won the steeplechase at the NSU Relays in 9:54.68.
2010-11: Cross Country: Finished as the MEAC runner-up at the conference cross country championship in a personal-best 8K time of 24:40.90…won the individual title and earned MEAC Runner of the Week accolades after running a time of 25:30.19 at the UMES Lid-Lifter to open the season…clocked a 25:24.91 to finish fifth overall and second on the squad the following week at U.Va…placed second on the 6K course at the Colonial Inter-Regional Challenge (18:33)…broke 25 minutes on an 8K course for the first time in his career with a time of 24:59.5 to place second overall at Great American…led NSU runners with a 40th-place finish at the 10K NCA Southeast Regional (31:50.50). Indoor: Finished top-five in the both the 3,000m (fifth, 8:59.81) and the 5,000m (fourth, 15:28.40) at the MEAC Indoor Championship…finished seventh in the 3,000 at Virginia Tech’s Hokie Invitational in an indoor PR of 8:54.71. Outdoor: Placed sixth in both the 3,000m steeplechase (9:45.42) and the 5,000 meters (15:13.15) at the MEAC Outdoor Championship…ran a season-best 5,000m time of 15:10.68 at the Raleigh Relays, finishing 21st.
2009-10: Cross Country: Earned All-MEAC honors by placing seventh at the conference championship in a time of 26:30…season-best time was 25:40.70, which earned him 11th place at the Lou Onesty Invitational. Indoor: Redshirted. Outdoor: Ran a season-best 5,000m time of 14:43.29 in finishing 10th at the Sea Ray Relays…took third place at the MEAC Outdoor Championship in 15:12.29.
2008-09: Indoor: Ran an indoor PR of 14:33.15 to win the 5,000 meters at the Hampton Invitational in his collegiate debut…named the MEAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week for that performance…at the MEAC Indoor Championship, placed fifth in the 5,000 and seventh in the 3,000. Outdoor: Season-best outdoor time in the 5,000 meters was 15:50.81 at the Wake Forest Open.
Before NSU: Top time in the 5,000 was 14:43…has run a personal-best of 30:16 in the 10,000 meters.
Personal: Vincent Kipkemoi Rono was born on June 22, 1986…son of Daniel and Selina Chepckwony…majoring in physics.
