Campbell cross country and & track and field announced the addition of Cameron Ruppe as an assistant in the fall of 2021. Ruppe will primarily work with cross country and distance athletes.
Ruppe joins the staff after serving as the head coach for both cross country and track & field at Louisburg College during the 2020-21 season.
During the 2022 cross country season, Ruppe guided Athanas Kioko to become Big South Men's Runner of the Year honors after winning the Big South Cross Country Championships. He also guided Dorcus Ewoi and Lesego Mpshe to finish second and third at the conference championships. Kioko placed first at the NCAA Southeast Regional, setting the top 10k course time out of every regional event. At the NCAA Championships Kioko placed third, the best finish ever for a Campbell runner at the event, earning All-American honors.
The 2022 indoor season saw three school records broken (Kioko - 5000m, Ewoi - mile, men's DMR). Ruppe coached the distance runners of Campbell to win five individual titles at the Big South Championships helping the men's team earn the program's first ever conference title. Kioko qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 3000m where he earned second team All-American status after finishing 15th.
Success from the indoor season carried over to the outdoor season as three distance school records were broken (Kioko - 10,000m, Ewoi - 800m and 1500m). Ruppe coached runners to win five individual event titles and seven to all-Big South honors. Kioko and Ewoi both qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary and then the NCAA Championships. Kioko earned first team All-American honors at the NCAA Championships after placing fifth in the country in the 10,000m and honorable mention All-American honors in the 5000m after placing 19th. Ewoi finished 10th in the 800m to earn second team All-American honors.
Prior to his time at Louisburg, Ruppe was an assistant with the cross country and track & field program at College of Charleston where he assisted in coaching three top-10 performances in program history.
He has also spent time as an assistant at Buena Vista University located in Iowa from 2018-19. He coached 15 top-10 performances in program history, including five program records. Ruppe also coached an academic All-American of the Year and helped the men’s cross country team achieve their best regional finish in over a decade.
Ruppe was a member of the cross country and track & field teams at Winthrop, graduating in 2018 with a degree in special education. During his time at Winthrop, Ruppe spent time as an assistant coach at Rock Hill HS. He helped coach four regional team championships, fifteen individual regional champions, eight All-State performances and three All-State runners-up while eight athletes earned collegiate scholarships.
