Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor
400 Meters: 1:02.96 (2016 Hampton Invitational)
Outdoor
400 Meters: 1:00.95 (2016 Fred Hardy Invitational)
400 Meter Hurdles: 1:06.26 (2015 Morgan State Legacy Meet)
 
2016-2017: Cross Country: Placed 50th at the UMES Lid-Lifter, which was her only race of the season, with a time of 26:05.6.
 
2015-16: Indoor: Captured third place in the 400 meters at the Hampton Indoor Invitational (1:02.96) … Ran on the fifth-place 4x400 relay team at the Art & Linda Maillet UNC Open (4:06.48) … Placed third in the 600m at the CNU Captains Invitational, finishing in a time of 1:49.75 … Finished second in the 200 hurdles at the same meet (30.37) … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester. Outdoor: Competed in five meets, running the 400 hurdles in each one … Season-best time was 1:07.49 at the Colonial Relays … Also competed in the 400 meters at the Fred Hardy Invitational at the University of Richmond … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester and was named to the MEAC All-Academic Team.
 
2014-15: Indoor: Ran a leg on NSU’s sixth-place distance medley relay team at the MEAC Indoor Championship … Ran the 800 meters at the CNU Vince Brown Invitational and ran a leg on the 4x400m relay team at the Penn State Relays … NSU AD’s Honor Roll member for the fall semester. Outdoor: A regular on NSU’s 4x400 relay team … Helped the Spartans run a season-best 4x400 time of 4:00.33 at the MEAC Outdoor Championship, good for 10th place … Posted a season-best 400 hurdles time of 1:06.26 at Morgan State, earning 21st place … Also ran a season-best 400m time of 1:02.51 at Richmond’s Fred Hardy Invitational (21st place) … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester and was named to the MEAC All-Academic Team.
 
2013-14: Indoor: Ran a leg on the 4x400 meter relay team that finished 11^th at the MEAC Indoor Championship … Ran the 400 meters at the Hokie Invitational (1:02.20) and the 800 at the Joe Hilton Invitational (2:46.47) … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester. Outdoor: Competed in the 400 meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay … Placed second in the 400 hurdles at the Joe Hilton Invitational in a season-best 1:07.87 … Helped the 4x400 relay to an 11^th-place finish at the Morgan State Legacy Meet (4:04.33).
 
High School: State champion as part of Windsor’s 4x100 relay team her senior year … National qualifier for the sprint medley relay (indoor) and the Swedish Relay (outdoor) her senior year … Helped Windsor win Connecticut Class L outdoor championships each of her four years in addition to a pair of indoor titles.
 
Personal: Courtney A. Kearse was born on May 16, 1995 … Daughter of Kelvan and Lorraine Kearse … Majoring in kinesiotherapy.