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2018-19 Women's Track and Field Roster

Kerri Ruffo

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Plainfield High School
  • Hometown Central Village, Conn.

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
1500m 4:47.32
Mile 5:02.17
3000m 9:55.47
5000m 16:52.74
10000m 34:32.79

Career Highlights:
  • Ranks 1st, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, 10,000m (34:32.79).
  • Ranks 2nd, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, mile (5:03.66).
  • Ranks 6th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, 3000m run (9:55.83).
  • Ranks 6th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, 4x800m relay (9:09.50).
  • Ranks 5th, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, 5000m run (16:47.65).
  • Ranks 8th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, 5000m run (17:39.77).
  • Ranks 9th, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, 3000m run (10:29.31).
  • Ranks 12th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, mile (5:02.17).
  • Ranks 24th, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, 1500m run (4:47.42).
  • 2018 CAA Championship silver medalist: 5000m (17:25.93). 
  • 2019 CAA Championship gold medalist: 5000m (17:26.06).
  • 2019 CAA Championship gold medalist: 10000m (36:04.07).
  • 2019 CAA Championship Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet
  • 2018 NCAA East Regional qualifier (10000m)
  • 2019 NCAA East Regional qualifier (10000m)
2018-19:
OUTDOOR

Qualified for the New England and IC4A/ECAC Championships in the 10000m invite with a program record time of 34:32.79, placing 19th at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 29-30) … Moved into second on the all-time NU outdoor performance list for the mile with a time of 5:03.66 at the Ocean State Invitational (Apr. 12) … Placed 38th in the 5000m invite (17:09.22), qualifying for the New England and IC4A/ECAC Championships at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 19-20) … Won gold in both the 5000m (17:26.06) and 10000m (36:04.07), earning Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet at the CAA Championships (May 3-4) … Placed third in the 5000m with a time of 16:47.65, good for fifth on the all-time NU outdoor performance list, at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (May 11-12) … Finished 34th in the 10000m (35:36.80) at the NCAA East Preliminary Championships (May 23).

2017-18:
OUTDOOR:

Finished 26th in the 10000m (35:22.15) at the Raleigh Relays (March 30-31) ... Secured a personal best and ranked sixth in the 10,000m (35:09.70) at the Virginia Challenge (April 20) ... Took silver in the 5,000m (17:25.93) at the CAA Championships (May 4-6) ... Placed seventh in the 5000m (17:07.14) at the IC4A Championships (May 11-13) ... qualified for the NCAA East Regionals preliminaries in the 10,000m where she ran 35:59.51. 

INDOOR
Finished 27th in the 5000 meter run (17:19.27) against Boston University (Dec. 2) … Finished 6th in the 3000 meter run (10:13.93) against Dartmouth College (Jan. 7) ... Placed 5th in the 1 mile run (5:09. 00) in the Battle of Beantown (Jan. 13) … Took first place in the 3000m (9:59.32) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 19) ... Finished sixth in the 5000m (17:53.52) and ninth in the 3000m (10:07.41) at New England Championships (Feb. 2-3) ... Finished eighth in the 5000m (16:52.74) at ECAC & IC4A Championships (March 2-4).

2016-17: 
OUTDOOR
1st 10,000m Bridgewater State (36:40.50) ... 13th 5000m Ocean State Invite (17:51.87)* ... 1st 5000m Albany Spring Classic (17:27.13) ... 6th 10000m 2017 CAA Outdoor Championships (36:57.35) ... 4th 5000m New England Championships (17:12.73)

INDOOR
4th 3000m Beantown Challenge (10:16.98) ... 21st 5000m BU John Thomas Terrier Invite (17:28.94) ... 4th 3000m New England Championships (10:02.41) ... 3rd 5000m New England Championships (17:41.77)

CROSS COUNTRY

281st Roy Griak Invitational (25:22.3) ... 119th New England Championships (19:34.30) ... 54th CAA Championships (23:41.85) ... 28th ECAC Championships (19:27)  

2015-16:
CROSS COUNTRY

Finished 38th overall at the Nassaney Invitational (Sept. 12) ... Posted a time of 19:28.4 at the New England Championships (Oct. 10) ... Placed 42nd with a time of 22:43.2 at the CAA Championships (Oct. 31) ... Posted a time of 23:13.1 at the NCAA Northeast Regional (Nov. 13) ... Took 50th place in the 5k with a time of 19:29.0 at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (Nov. 21).

2014-15:
OUTDOOR

Placed fourth in the 3000-meter run (10:29.31) at the Carolina Classic in Puerto Rico (March 21) ... Took home second in the 5000-meter run (17:32.69) at the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational (April 4) ... Finished third in the 10000-meter run (36:05.04) at the CAA Championships (May 1-2) ... Placed eighth in the 3000-meter run (9:55.47) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (May 15-17).

INDOOR

Finished fifth in the 5000-meter run at the Jay Carisella Invitational with a time of 18:33.13 (Dec. 13) ... Placed sixth in the 3000-meter run (10:15.82) at the Harvard Multi meet (Jan. 17) ... Finished fourth in the mile (5:02.17) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 23) ... Finished ninth in the 5000-meter run (17:39.77) and 17th in the mile (5:09.07) at the New England Championships (Feb. 28).

CROSS COUNTRY

Finished second overall at the KSC Alumni Invitational (2-mile) (Aug. 30) with a time of 11:44 ... Part of a team that earned first place overall at KSC Alumni Invitational (Aug. 30) ... Finished third overall at Shawn M. Nassany Invitational with a time of 18:12.7 (Sept. 6) ... Part of a team that earned third place at Shawn M. Nassaney Invitational (Sept. 6).

Before Northeastern:

Placed sixth in the 3200-meter run at the 2014 Connecticut State Championships. Finished 17th in the 5000-meter run at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals.

Personal:

Class of 2019.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

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  • 2015-16Sophomore

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  • 2016-17Junior

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  • 2017-18Senior

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  • 2018-19Redshirt Senior

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