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Caroline Rotich

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CAROLINE ROTICH
KENYA

BIRTHDATE:
13 May 1984

PERSONAL BEST:
2:23:22 (Chicago, 2012)

WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:

07Oct12 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 5th 2:23:22
16Apr12 Boston Marathon DNF
27Aug11 IAAF World Championships, Daegu 29th 2:37:07
18Apr11 Boston Marathon 4th 2:24:26a
07Nov10 ING New York City Marathon 8th 2:29:46

ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

06Dec09 Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon 1st 2:29:47

CAREER NOTES:

Rotich's marathon debut was a memorable one as in near-freezing temperatures she won the 2009 Rock n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon along with a $10,000 bonus for first runner across the finish line after the women received a 19 minute head start over the men.

She sliced one second off her PR at New York City in 2010 and then ran some five minutes faster at Boston in 2011.

Her half-marathon PR is 1:10:42.

PERSONAL NOTES:

A Kenyan native, Rotich now lives and trains in Santa Fe, New Mexico.