Kim Ruck Season 2011-12

Career Honors • USTFCCCA Indoor All-American, 5000 (2010) • NCAA Qualifier, Indoor 5000 (2010) • NCAA Qualifier, 10,000 (2010) • NCAA Provisional Qualifier, Indoor 3000 (2010) • ACC Champion, Indoor 5000 (2010) • ACC Champion, 10,000 (2011) • All-ACC, Indoor 3000 & 5000 (2011) • All-ACC, Outdoor 5000 (2010) • All-ACC, 10,000 (2010) • All-ACC Academic, Indoor Track & Field (2010-11) • All-ACC Academic, Outdoor Track & Field (2009-11) • USTFCCCA All-Academic (2010-11) • AgSouth Homegrown Student-Athlete of the Year (2011) • USA Championships Participant, 10,000 (2011) Clemson Highlights • Ranks first in Clemson history in the indoor 5000, second in the indoor 3000, second in the 10,000, third in the outdoor 5000, & eighth in the indoor mile. 2010-11 Outdoor Highlights • ACC champion for the second time in her career after winning the 10K at Duke’s Wallace Wade Stadium with a time of 33:47.85 • Established personal best in the 10K with a time of 33:16.45 in fourth-place showing at the Stanford Invitational early in the season • Posted team’s top two times in the 5K, with a best of 16:53.36 at the Final Qualifier • Finished 23rd in the USA Championships, her first-ever appearance at the national championship meet, in the 10K 2010-11 Indoor Highlights • Earned a pair of bronze medals in the 3K and 5K at the ACC Championships • Produced personal best time in the 3K at the ACC meet with time of 9:21.34 • Top time in the 5000 meters was 16:23.47 at the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, IN 2009-10 Outdoor Highlights • Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships after fifth-place East Preliminary finish in 10K • Placed 13th in the 10K at the NCAA meet with personal best time of 33:42.88, the No. 2 time in Clemson history for the event • Produced solid 10K time (34:20.28) in runner-up finish at ACC Championships • Also earned all-conference recognition via third-place finish in 5K • Top 5K time of the season and No. 3 in Clemson record books was 16:12.05 in winning effort at Florida Relays • Competed in 5K at East Preliminary Round and finished 17th overall 2009-10 Indoor Highlights • NCAA qualifier in the 5000 meters after winning the event at the ACC Indoor Championships • Earned first-ever All-America honor by virtue of finishing seventh at the NCAA nationals, Clemson’s first female indoor All-American in 16 years • Produced season-best, school-record time of 16:01.24 at the national indoor meet • Clemson’s first female ACC indoor champion since Mareike Ressing won the 3K in 1993 • Posted an automatic qualifying time of 16:04.02 at the league meet in Blacksburg • Won the 5K at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 16:11.49 • Scored at ACCs with fifth-place finish in the 3K, her time was 9:32.21 • Provisional NCAA qualifier in the 3K with time of 9:30.21 at the Virginia Tech Invitational, a time that ranks fifth in Clemson history • Became first Clemson female since 2001 to go under five minutes in the mile when she ran 4:54.96 at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet 2008-09 Highlights • Did not compete during indoor season • Scorer at the ACC Outdoor Championships for the Tigers in the 10K; she posted a personal best time of 36:45.78 which was good enough for a fifth-place finish • Ranks among the top 10 in school history for the 10K event Eastside High School Highlights • Earned several accolades as a soccer player • Named All-State in 2007 and three-time All-Region • Played in 2007 North/South All-Star soccer game • Led 2007 team to state championship • Led 2004 to region championship and 2005 team to finals of the state tournament Personal • Born 3/24/89 • Daughter of Gene and Valorie Ruck • Earned undergraduate degree in health science in May of 2011 • Three-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll • Brother, Kevin, played soccer for Towson University • Walked on to the women’s cross country team in the fall of 2008 and was the team’s second-best finisher at the ACC Championships • Earned All-ACC honors in cross country in 2009 and all-region recognition in 2009 and 2010, earning her way to the NCAA national meet in the fall of 2010 Best Collegiate Times • 800 – 2:19.38 • 1500 – 4:34.16 • Mile – 4:54.96 • 3000 – 9:21.34 • 5000 – 16:01.24 • 10,000 – 33:16.45