2022-23 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
View career results for Rugenerwa
NCAA DII Outdoor National 800-meter Champion (2021)
USTFCCCA First-Team All-American (2022)
USTFCCCA Second Team All-American Honors (2019)Â
USTFCCCA All-South Central-Region (4x)Â
2022 Cross Country:Â Finished 4
th at the LSC Championship. Finished 90
th in the 10k at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship with a personal best time of 31:10.1. Finished 46
th at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championship. Finished 76
th in the 8k at the Louisville Classic with a personal best time of 24:35.9. Finished 4
th in the 6k at the Big Country XC Festival with a personal best time of 18:40.5.Â
2022 Outdoor: Ranked 2nd in the 800-meter. Finished 1st in the 800-meter and 1st in the 1,500-meter at the LSC Championship. Finished 2nd in the 800-meter at the NCAA Division II National Championship. Finished 1st in the 800-meter with a personal best time of 1:48.09 and breaking his own WT 800-meter school record at the Jo Meaker Classic. Finished 3rd in the 400-meter with a personal best time of 48.12 at the WT Spring Break Classic.
2022 Indoor: Ranked 3rd for the 800-meter. Earned Team All-American honors by finishing 10th in the 800-meter at the NCAA Division II Championships with a time of 1:51.68. Finished in the mile at the LSC Championships. Finished 2nd in the DMR at the Texas Tech Open, and finished 2nd in the 800-meter at the GVSU Big Meet. Broke his own school record in the 800-meter with a new season best time of 1:48.48.Â
2021 Cross Country: Did not compete.
2021 Outdoor: National champion in the 800-meter. Earned First-Team All-American honors by finishing 1st in the 800-meter at the NCAA Division II Championships. Ran a personal best in the 1500-meter with a time of 3:46.73 at the GVSU Extra Weekend Meet. Ran a Personal best in the mile at the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 4:10.13. Finished 1st in the 800-meter at the WTAMU Last Chance meet. Finished 1st in the 1500-meter at the LSC Championships.Â
2021 Indoor: Earned First-Team All-American honors by finishing 3rd in the 800-meter at the NCAA Division II Championships. Finished 1st in the mile at the LSC Championships with a personal best time of 4:16.55. Finished 1st in the DMR at the LSC Championships. Finished 2nd in the 800-meter with a personal best time of 1:48.48 at the Texas Tech Shootout.
2020 Outdoor:Â Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.Â
2020 Indoor: Ranked 24th in NCAA DII in the 800-meters. Earned Third Team All-Lone Star Conference honors after finishing third in the 800m in a seasonal best time of 1:52.14. Also ran the 1,200-meter leg on the distance medley relay that finished fourth in 10:29.47. Finished 24th in the 800m. at the Boston University Last Chance running 1:52.81. Also recorded an eighth-place finish in the 800m at the Texas Tech Shootout in 1:53.27.
2020 Cross Country: Earned All-Lone Star Conference honors after finishing 3rd at the championships covering the 8,000-meter course in 25:15.1. Also finished 18th at the D2 XC National Invite in a time of 32:56.5. Finished 2nd at the Angelo State Blue & Gold.Â
2019 Outdoor:Â Earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Second Team All-American honors after finishing 10thin the 800 meters at the NCAA DII Championships running 1:54.16 in the prelims. Won the 800m at the West Texas A&M Last Chance en route to breaking the school record in 1:49.78 (1:49.41). Finished fourth in the 1,500 meters at the Lone Star Conference Championships running 4:03.50 while finishing seventh in the 800m. His time of 1:51.14 at the Bryan Clay Invitational is the fifth-fastest time in program history. Also ran a seasonal best time of 10:12.05 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the WT Classic & Multi. Ran a seasonal best time of 3:56.84 in the 1,500m at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational.Â
2019 Indoor:Finished fourth in the mile at the Lone Star Conference Championships running a personal best 1:53.72 in the final. He also finished ninth in the mile running 4:26.97. Ran a personal best time of 4:22.56 in the mile at the Indoor Gorilla Classic to finish 18thoverall. Finished eighth in the 3,000-meters at the Texas Tech Open in 9:29.38. Won the 800m at the GAC All Comers/Last Chance Meet in 1:56.0.
2018 Cross Country: Capped off his impressive redshirt freshman campaign with a 103rd place finish at the NCAA Division II Men’s Cross Country Championships at Bob O’Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park in Pittsburg, Pa. running 34:38.7 for 10,000-meters. Two weeks earlier, he had finished 108th at the South Central Regional Championships in Denver, Colo. He earned all-conference honors following a 6th place finish at the Lone Star Conference Championships where he helped the Buffs win their sixth-straight team title. He finished 16th at the FHSU Tiger Open running a season best time of 25:37.1 for 8,000-meters. Also finished 13th at the South Plains College Cross Country Invitational and 250th at the MSSU Southern Stampede. Was named the LSC Male Runner of the Week after winning the Buffalo Stampede at The Range on Sep. 1.
2018 Outdoor: Redshirt.
2018 Indoor: Redshirt.
2017 Cross Country: Redshirt.
High School: Graduated from nearby Amarillo High School in 2017. Competed in the 1500, 800, 2 Mile and 400m Relay for the Sandies under head coach Skyler Walden. He claimed the Texas 5A State Championship in the 800m and the 3200m as a senior to become the first Sandie in school history to claim a pair of gold medals in the same meet. Lettered for two seasons in soccer at AHS.
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