Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Cross Country
5k: 15:51.80 (2024 UMES Hawks Season Opener)
8k: 23:34.60 (2024 MEAC Championships)  
10k: 30:23.80 (2023 NCAA Division I Southeast Regional)

Indoor
Mile: 4:15.55 (2025 MEAC Championships)  
3,000 meters: 8:27.08 (2025 East Coast Invitational)  
5,000 meters: 14:07.14 (2024 Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener)

Outdoor
1,500 meters: 3:57.47 (2025 Bill Carson Invitational)
3,000 meters: 8:23.34 (2022 Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge)
5,000 meters: 14:23.36 (2022 Ichabod Invite)
10,000 meters: 30:29.27 (2024 Virginia Challenge)

2024-25: Selected to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters … Also named to the MEAC All-Academic team for cross country, indoor, and outdoor seasons ... Received CSC All-Academic Team accolades. XC: Named MEAC Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week on Oct. 23 … Earned a second place finish at the MEAC Championships, running the 8k course in a personal best time of 23:34.60 … Recorded a time of 31:17.30 in the 10k at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regionals … Placed third in the 5k to open the season at the UMES Hawks Season Opener (15:51.80) …Clocked a time of 23:07.50 to place 10th in the 8k at the Pirate Cross Invitational.  Indoor: Competed at four meets … Broke the school and MEAC record in the 5,000 meters to open the season with a time of 14:07.14 at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener … Won the 3,000 meters at the East Coast Invitational with a personal best time of 8:27.08 … Placed third in the 5,000 meters (14:52.06), while earning fourth in a pair of events, including the mile (4:15.55 – personal best) and 3,000 meters (8:29.03) at the MEAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Competed at three meets … Received the bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the MEAC Championships (31:53.65) … Posted a personal best in the 1,500 meters at the Bill Carson Invitational (3:57.47) … Also placed second in the 5,000 meters at the same event (15:02.94) … Clocked a third-place time of 14:56.59 in the 5,000 meters at the NSU Invitational.


2023-24: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters … Also named to the MEAC All-Academic Team. XC: Competed in five meets … Placed third at the MEAC Championships clocking in at 25:22.20 … Competed at the NCAA Division I Southeast Region Championships in a 10k finishing 57th (30:23.80 … Recorded a personal best at the Pirate Invite in an 8k (23:54.30) … Also took third place at the Great American Festival (25:09.00). Indoor: Competed in five meets … Placed second to open the season in the 5,000 meters at the Marlin Invite (15:39.95) … Helped the Spartan DMR team take first at the DIII Pre-Nationals Invite (10:31.86) … Took second at the same meet in the mile (4:21.37) … Earned four top ten finishes at the MEAC Indoor Championships, taking second on the DMR team (10:12.92), sixth in the 5,000 meters (14:56.86), eighth in the mile (4:22.21), and 10th in the 3,000 (8:53.11). Outdoor: Competed in five meets … Opened the season with a first place finish in the 5,000 meters at the NSU Invite (15:01.30) … Clocked a fourth place finish at the Duke Invite in the 5,000 meters (14:32.96) … Posted a personal best in the 10,000 meters at the Virginia Challenge (30:29.27) … Placed third in the 1,500 meters at the MEAC Outdoor Championships (3:58.24) … Gathered a pair fifth place finishes at the same meet in the 5,000 meters (14:54.28) and in the 10,000 meters (31:02.63).

At Trinidad State: Cross Country: Earned NJCAA Division I All-America honors by placing seventh at the national championship meet in an 8K PR of 24:25 … Took second place in the at the NCJAA Region 9 Cross Country Championship, clocking in at 25:41.9. Indoor: Took third place in the NJCAA Half Marathon Championships with a time of 1:04:49, earning All-America status … Placed seventh in the 5K run at the NJCAA Indoor Championships (14:34.55), earning another All-America nod … Placed first in the mile run at the Western Colorado Alumni Open (4:25.90) along with a second-place finish in the 1,000 meters (2:37.45). Outdoor: Did not compete.

Personal: Brian Kipkurui Rotich … Son of Jane Rotich … Hobbies include listening to music and traveling … Majoring in computer science.