Career - Three All-American awards (two indoor, one outdoor) ... has 22 career top-10 finishes.
2008 Indoor - Ran the 5000 meters at two meets ... finished 11th at the NCAA Nationals ... did not start competition until late February at Nebraska's Prairie Wolf Invite ... provisionally qualified for nationals with a 14:24.16 run to finish second.
2007 Outdoor - Competed in three events ... earned All-America honors by placing third in 14:12.54 in the 5000 meters at NCAA Nationals ... ran 14:47.99 in the 5000 meter preliminaries ... ran 14:19.58 to provisionally qualify for nationals, placing 11th at Drake ... placed second in the 3000-meter steeplechase in 9:51.40 at Harding ... placed 33rd in the 10,000 meters at Mt. SAC, running 30:25.27.
2007 Indoor - Competed in the 3000 meters and 5000 meters ... broke the Harding record in the 3000 meters, running 8:06.69 at the Razorback Invitational ... also ran 8:11.22 at the Arkansas Last Chance Meet ... earned All-America honors by placing fourth in 14:09.89 in the 5000 meters at the NCAA Nationals ... his time was also a school record ... qualified for nationals by running 14:17.37 at the Tyson Invitational.
2006 Outdoor - Ran in the 3000 meters and 5000 meters ... Placed 10th in the 5000 meters at NCAA Nationals, running 15:19.31 ... ran 14:56.47 in the preliminaries ... qualified for the national meet by running 14:11.09 at Drake ... won in 14:22.22 at Missouri ... placed second in the 3000 meters in 8:34.07 at Alabama-Huntsville.
2006 Indoor - Competed in the mile, 3000 meters and 5000 meters ... earned All-America honors by placing eighth in the mile at the NCAA Nationals ... ran 4:08.78 in the prelims ... qualified for nationals by running 4:08.50 at Arkansas ... placed ninth in 8:22.08 in the 3000 meters at Arkansas ... placed 10th in the 5000 meters at Nationals in 14:49.92 ... qualified for the national meet by running 14:32.93 at Arkansas.
2005 Outdoor - Competed in the 800 meters and 1500 meters ... placed second in the 800 meters in 1:56.12 at Rhodes ... ran a season-best 3:59.96 in the 1500 meters at Tennessee ... also ran 4:01.01 at Southeast Missouri and 4:06.09 at Louisiana-Monroe.
2005 Indoor - Ran 4:15.78 at Arkansas, placing 16th in the mile ... placed sixth in the 3000 meters in 8:29.21 at Arkansas.
Personal - Born: Dec. 1, 1980 ... Major: Political Science.
Kern's Indoor Personal Bests
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Event
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Result
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Meet
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Year
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Mile
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4:08.50
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Arkansas (Razorback)
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2006
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3000 Meters
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8:06.69
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Arkansas (Razorback)
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2007
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5000 Meters
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14:09.89
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NCAA Nationals
|
2007
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Kern's Outdoor Personal Bests
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Event
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Result
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Meet
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Year
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800 meters
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1:56.12
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Rhodes
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2005
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1500 meters
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3:49.04
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Arkansas
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2008
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3000 meters
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8:34.07
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Alabama-Huntsville
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2006
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3000 Steeplechase
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9:51.40
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Harding
|
2007
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5000 meters
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14:11.09
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Drake
|
2006
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10,000 meters
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30:25.27
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Mt. SAC
|
2007
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