21 Facts About Caroline Rotich

Caroline Rotich was born on 13 May 1984 and is a Kenyan-American long-distance runner who competes in half marathon and marathon races.

Caroline Rotich has won the Las Vegas Marathon, New York Half Marathon and the Boston Marathon.

Caroline Rotich represented Kenya at the World Championships in Athletics in 2011 and has personal bests of 2:23:22 for the marathon and 1:09:09 for the half marathon.

On 3 October 2023, Rotich transferred her eligibility to represent the United States in international competitions.

Caroline Rotich began competing in Europe after graduating and won the 2004 Diecimiglia del Garda in Italy and the Semi-marathon Marvejols-Mende in 2005.

Caroline Rotich made her debut over the marathon distance in 2006 at the Nairobi Marathon, finishing in eleventh place.

Caroline Rotich moved to the United States to train and became based there full-time.

In May 2008, Caroline Rotich won the Ogden Newspapers 20K and came fourth at the Bay to Breakers 12K.

Caroline Rotich began training with Ryan Bolton's Harambee Running Club at the start of 2009 had top three finishes in the half marathon at the Yuengling, Coban, Spiriti of Columbus and Grandma's Marathon races.

In 2010, Caroline Rotich set a new 10K best of 32:43 minutes at the New York Mini 10K, she was runner-up at the Crim 10-Miler and won the Grandma's half marathon and Boston Half Marathon.

Caroline Rotich improved her marathon best by one second at the New York City Marathon, taking eighth place.

Caroline Rotich worked her way up into the top of the Kenyan rankings in 2011.

Caroline Rotich ran a personal best and course record of 68:52 minutes to win the New York Half Marathon, then came fourth at the 2011 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:24:26 on the downhill course, which gained her selection for the Kenyan national team.

Caroline Rotich won the Bix 7-Miler in July then finished 29th in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

Caroline Rotich ended the year with a personal best run of 2:27:06 hours at the 2011 New York City Marathon.

Caroline Rotich began 2012 at the New York Half Marathon, but did not defend her title and came eighth.

Caroline Rotich won the Crim 10-Miler with a personal best run of 53:43 minutes and completed her first marathon at the 2012 Chicago Marathon, where her time of 2:23:22 hours was enough for fifth position.

In 2013, Caroline Rotich began by winning again the NYC Half Marathon just ahead of Diane Nukuri.

Caroline Rotich won the 2015 Boston Marathon on April 20, with a winning time of 2:24:55.

In 2022 Caroline Rotich set a new personal best time in the 10K distance at the New York Mini 10K.

Caroline Rotich finished 8th overall with a time of 31:30.