Personal Bests
800 meters - 2:10.43
1,000 meters - 2:52.23
1,500 meters - 4:23.25
3,000 meters - 9:35.15
5,000 meters - 16:44.65
3,000 meter steeplechase - 10:18.70
All-Big 12 (Scored at Conference Meet)
2008 Outdoor 1,500 meters
2009 Indoor 1,000 meters
2009 Outdoor 1,500 meters
Honors and Awards
2010 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12
2010 Outdoors: Second-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... Advanced to the second round in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, placing 22nd in 4:30.30 ... Placed 10th in the 1,500 meter prelims at the Big 12 Championships with a 4:29.39 ... Was 12th in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships in a personal-best 16:44.65 ... Best 1,500 meter time of the year was a 4:25.50 in the first round at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds ... That mark ranks eighth on OSU's all-time outdoor list ... Ran a 4:30.19 at the Arkansas Twilight Meet and a 4:31.05 at the John McDonnell Invitational ... Ran the 5,000 meters in 16:55.52 at the Mt. SAC Relays.
2010 Indoors: Competed only once during the indoor slate, recording a 9:51.34 in the 3,000 meters at the Tyson Invitational.
2009 Cross Country: First-team academic all-Big 12 performer ... Saw all of her action in the post-season, running a 23:07 at the Big 12 Championships to place 48th and a 21:42 at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships to place 28th.
2009 Outdoors: NCAA regional qualifier in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:47.07 at the Stanford Invitational ... Ran the race at the regional meet, but did not finish ... Ran the 1,500 meters in a pair of meets, recording a 4:32.97 at the Mt. SAC Relays and a 4:35.58 in her preliminary heat at the Big 12 Championships ... Was timed at 4:37.85 in the Big 12 finals to place eighth and score for the Cowgirls.
2009 Indoors: Only competed at the Big 12 Championships, where she scored for the Cowgirls with a 2:54.36 in the 1,000 meters that was good for a seventh-place finish ... Ran a 2:52.23 in the preliminary heat of that race.
2008 Cross Country: One of the key performers in Oklahoma State's lineup ... Was the first Cowgirl to cross the finish line at both the Iowa State Open, where she finished in 11th place with a 22:36 and at the Cowboy Jamboree, where she was 10th in 21:37 ... Placed 35th at the Big 12 Championships with a 22:14.70 and was 57th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship with a 22:32.55 ... Ran a 21:55.6 to place 107th at the NCAA Pre-National meet in Terre Haute, Ind.
2008 Outdoors: All-Big 12 selection after running a 4:37.86 in the 1,500 meters at the Big 12 Championships to place seventh ... That mark was not even close to her season-best mark of 4:29.13 that she clocked at the Peyton Jordan Cardinal Invitational ... Ran a 4:38.01 at the John Jacobs Invitational ... Competed in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays, running a 10:48.90 to place fifth.
2008 Indoors: Competed in a pair of indoor events, running the 1,000 meters in 2:59.03 at the Sooner Invitational and finishing the 3,000 meters in 10:22.71 at the Big 12 Championships.
2007 Cross Country: Did not compete.
Prior To OSU: Attended Severodonetsk HS No. 5 in Severodonetsk, Ukraine, where she was coached by Coach Chibisov ... Winner of the 2006 Ukrainian junior national championships in the 3,000 meters, setting a junior national record in the event with a 10:18.17 ... Winner and prize-winner at the indoor and outdoor junior and all Ukrainian Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... Also competed in volleyball.
Personal: Natalia Kovtun was born Oct. 26, 1987 in Severodonetsk, Ukraine ... Daughter of Valentina and Sergei Kovtun ... Both parents played competitive volleyball and mother also competed in track and field ... Majoring in economy and business.
