2010-11 Cross Country
Roster
Carolyne Chelulei
- Height:
- 5-3
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Kenya
2011 Outdoor: Set an Upstate record in the4x400-meter with a time of 4:13.22, teaming with Ashley Edmond,Jemeli Sang and Joan Tangwar at the Furman Invitational inGreenville, S.C., April 9 … Recorded a career-best time inthe 10,000-meter with a 38:08.62 mark at the Atlantic Sun IndoorChampionships in Jacksonville, Fla., April 15 … Posted atime of 2:21.43 in the 800-meter at the Shamrock Invitational inMyrtle, Beach, S.C., March 19 … Crossed the 1,500-meterfinish line in 5:03.03 March 19 at the Shamrock Invitational… Registered a time of 10:44.27 in the 3,000-meter at theTiger Track Classic in Auburn, Ala., April 2 … Recorded atime of 18:04.93 March 25 at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh,N.C.
2011 Indoor: Ran the 3,000-meter with a10:25.87 mark Feb. 18 at the Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships inJohnson City, Tenn., helping the Spartans to a seventh-place finish… Posted a time of 17:57.12 in the 5,000-meter Feb. 19 atthe A-Sun Championships.
2010 XC: Named to the All-Atlantic Sun SecondTeam, after finishing ninth at the A-Sun Championship Oct. 30 witha time of 18:01.40 … Posted a season-best time of 17:54.84at the Upstate Invitational Oct. 16, taking third-place …Crossed the line in 18:08.13 at the Greater Louisville Classic Oct.2, coming in 60th … Recorded a time of 18:23 fora fifth-place finish at the Eye Opener Sept. 5 … Finished in18:43.72 at the Clemson meet Sept. 17 for17th-place.
2010 Indoor: Upstate’s number one runnerin three events – the mile (5:01.50 on 3/6), the 3000m(10:03.02 on 2/26) and 5000m (17:26.83 on 2/27) … Alsocompeted in the 800m event with a 2:22.18 which she earned on2/12.
2010 Outdoor: Finished the season as theSpartan’s number one runner in four events … Posted a2:19.22 800m on 3/20, a 4:40.97 1500m on 5/15, a 10:13.74 3000m on4/17 and a 17:14.10 5000m on 3/26.
2009 XC: Recorded three first-placefinishes during the season ... Finished at the top at the WoffordRelays (9/1), the Eye Opener (9/5) and the USC Upstate Invitational(10/17) ... Set a school record with a time of 17:31.40 at theCharlotte Invitational (10/2) en route to a third-place finish ...Earned the A-Sun Runner of the Week award on Oct. 7 ... Was thesecond Spartan to cross the finish line at the A-Sun Championships(10/31) as she finished ninth with a time of 18:16, earning hersecond-team all-conference accoloades.
2009 Outdoor: Scored points with afifth-place finish in the 5,000 meters and a sixth-placeperformance in the 1,500 meters at the A-Sun Championships(5/15)...Earned personal-best times in both events, finishing the1,500 in 4:45.09 and the 5,000 in 18:13.59 ... Also competed in the5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays (3/27) ... Posted herseason-best time in the 800 meters at the 49er Classic (3/21) ...Competed in the 1,600-meter relay at the Wofford Dual Meet, helpingthe women post a school record in 4:14.37 (4/17).
2008-09 Indoor: Competed in the mile runat the A-Sun Championships, where she finished 12th overall with apersonal-best time of 5:21.24 (2/20) ... Also competed in the3,000-meter run at conference championships ... Ran the mile at theCarolina Invitational (2/13) and ETSU Niswonger Invitational (1/31)... Finished eighth of 58 competitors in the 3,000-meter run with apersonal-best time of 10:35.65 and also competed in the 800-meterrun at the ETSU Invitational ... Ran her best time in the 800-meterevent at the UNC Classic, finishing in 2:29.80 (1/24).
2008 XC: Finished 56th at A-SunChampionships with a time of 21:00 ... Finished first for theSpartans and 21st, at the Covered Bridge Open in 19:52, helpinglead the women to a sixth-place finish (8/29) ... Earned aneighth-place finish at the Mercer Invitational with a season-besttime of 18:52 and helped the team earn their season-bestfourth-place finish (9/7) ... Finished 21st at Eye OpenerInvitational in 19:13 (9/6) ... A consistent top-three finisher forthe Upstate women ... A member of the A-Sun All-Academic Team.
Before USC Upstate: Went to Alliance GirlsHigh School in Kenya ... Participated in soccer ... Earned theschool''s certificate of merit in the heptathlon.
Personal: Born July 25, 1989 ... Daughterof Joseph and Nancy Chelulei ... Has four brothers and four sisters... Majoring in non-profit administration and minoring ininternational studies ... Favorite book is "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" ...Admires Mother Teresa ... Favorite food is chappattie.
