Personal Records
Indoor
3,000 meters: 11:55.39 (2017 CNU Vince Brown Invite)
5,000 meters: 20:37.67 (2017 CNU Vince Brown Invite)
Cross Country
5,000 meters: 20:23.64 (2016 MEAC XC Championship)
Career Statistics
2019-20: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters … Also named to the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team.
Cross Country: Competed in all four meets for NSU … Helped the cross country team win the 2019 MEAC championship … Placed 24th at the conference meet in 20:33.8, good enough for 24th place – her top finish at a MEAC Championship in her career … Ran a personal-best 6K time of 25:01 at the ECU Pirate Invitational.
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: Helped the Spartans finish as MEAC runner-up … Season-best 5K was a 24:44.7 showing at the MEAC Cross Country Championship.
Indoor/Outdoor: Did not compete.
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: Competed in four meets during the season … Ran a season-best 5K time of 23:05.2 at the Cappy Anderson Invitational, placing 32nd.
Track: Redshirted the season.
2016-17: Member of the NSU AD’s Honor Roll for both semesters.
Cross Country: Made her college debut with a 19th-place finish at the Cappy Anderson Invitational in a time of 21:51.1 … Placed 15th at the East Carolina Pirate Invitational in a time of 22:48.41 … Completed the 6,000-meter course at the George Mason Invitational in 26:43.7, which was good enough for 30th … Registered a 28th-place finish at the Christopher Newport Invitational in a time of 26:09 … Ran a season-best time of 20:23.64 at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship, placing 30th.
Indoor: Ran in a pair of meets, the CNU Holiday Open and the Art & Linda Maillet UNC Open … Placed 10th in the 5K at CNU and sixth at UNC.
Outdoor: Competed in the 10,000 meters at the Tribe Invitational and also ran the 5,000 at the U.Va. Grand Prix.
Personal: Full name is Nelly Jerop … Born June 12, 1998 … Daughter of William and Salina Birgen … Has three brothers and one sister … Majoring in electrical engineering.