Teresa Cherotich

position Distance
class Sophomore
Hometown Kenya

position Distance
class Sophomore
Hometown Kenya

Career Honors and Recognition
2024 Cross Country All-SEC Second Team
2024 Cross Country SEC All-Freshman Team
2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete

Season and Career Results

2024-25

Indoor

Appeared in three meets during the indoor season, running both the 3000m and the 5000m … Opened the season with a win in the 3K at the Gamecock Challenge, turning in a time of 9:26.33 … The following week she ran a new indoor 3K personal best time of 9:15.16 for the fourth fastest mark in program history … Competed in both the 3K and the 5K at the SEC Indoor Championship, finishing 13^th in the 5K with a time of 16:28.34.

Cross Country

Appeared in six meets in her freshman campaign with the cross country squad … Earned a spot on the All-SEC Second Team as well as the SEC All-Freshman Team after finishing 14^th overall at the SEC Championship, running a personal best 6K time of 19:42.8 for the second fastest 6K time in Gamecock history … Placed 13^th at the NCAA Southeast Regional, running 20:51.3 and finishing one spot shy of an NCAA Championship at-large bid … Made her cross country debut with a first-place finish at the Covered Bridge Open, running 17:16.14 in her first 5K race … Ran a PR time of 16:54.2 in the Live in Lou Classic 5K, finishing seventh overall with the third fastest 5K in program history … Her first 6K event resulted in a first-place finish at the Furman Invitational with a time of 20:21.1 … Placed fifth overall at the Crimson Classic, running 19:46.7.

2023-24
Indoor
Competed in four meets during her first indoor season with the Gamecocks, running the 3K and the 5K … Made her collegiate debut at the Razorback Invitational running a personal best time in the 3000m of 9:24.73 to finish 10^th … Her time at the Razorback Invitational ranks third all-time in Gamecock history … Finished runner-up in the SC Invite 3K, clocking 9:29.01 … Ran her first collegiate 5K at the David Hemery Valentine Invite, recording a new program record time of 16:06.16 to finish 24^th overall … Finished ninth at the SEC Indoor Championship in the 5000m, running 16:10.29.

Outdoor
Appeared in five meets during her first outdoor season, running the 1500m, 5000m and the 3K steeplechase … Finished 18^th at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the steeplechase, running 10:06.10 … Made her way to the championship meet after running a program record in the steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional, turning in a time of 9:59.61 … Scored in the steeplechase at the SEC Championship, finishing fourth with a time of 10:06.63 … Also ran the third fastest outdoor 5K time in program history at the SEC Championship, finishing 11^th after clocking 16:13.55 … Opened her outdoor season at the Tom Jones Invitational by winning the 5K (17:00.08) and running a personal best in the 1500m (4:36.19).

Personal Records

Indoor