American International College

Glarius Rop was inducted into the AIC Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024 following an incredible career in cross country and track for the Yellow Jackets.

Rop utterly dominated the cross country scene for AIC, taking the NE10 crown in 2009 for AIC's first individual championship, and his first of three, sparking a run of 12 straight individual men's titles at the conference level. He additionally won eight individual NE10 indoor track and field titles and five more outdoor for 15 individual NE10 gold medals.

At the regional and national level, Rop was no less spectacular. He won multiple East Region titles in cross country and was an All-American in each of the four seasons he competed from 2009-12. Additionally, he was a four-time All-American in the 5000-meter run for indoor track and once for outdoor track as well as three times earning All-American status in the 10000-meter run outdoors for a grand total of 12 All-American honors.