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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Gidieon Kimutai

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/26/2019
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
  • Bio
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 Kimutai was named the NCAA Division II Mens' Athlete of the Week by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Assocation (USTFCCCA) as well as the MIAA Athlete of the Week for the second week in a row after malking a statement on his home course in Joplin last weekend. 

He won  won the Southern Stampede and led the Lions to a team crown over nationally-ranked Northwest Missouri State. The sophomore traversed the 8K course in 24:04.1 for a 17-second victory over two-time NAIA national champion Oscar KipKoros of Oklahoma City. His time also marked a new personal best at the distance, an improvement of 43 seconds from his showing last year when he finished second.

This is the third time in program history the Lions have had a National Athlete of the Week. Vincent Kiprop received the honor twice during the 2016 Cross Country season



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
4/24/2019 Desirea Buerge Women's Track and Field
4/24/2019 Freddie Landers Baseball
4/17/2019 Zac Shoemaker Baseball
4/17/2019 Emily Presley Women's Track and Field
4/11/2019 Desirea Buerge Women's Track and Field
4/11/2019 Dexter Swims Baseball
4/4/2019 Ryan Hunter Baseball
4/4/2019 Taurean Guzman Softball
3/27/2019 Dexter Swims Baseball
3/27/2019 Elizabeth Pomatto Women's Track and Field
3/14/2019 Bradly Hershey Baseball
3/14/2019 Jasmine Deckard Women's Track and Field
2/28/2019 Zach Parish Baseball
2/28/2019 Abby Atkin Softball
2/20/2019 Morgan Smith Women's Track and Field
2/20/2019 Will Bausinger Baseball
1/31/2019 Desirea Buerge Women's Track and Field
1/31/2019 Cam Martin Men's Basketball
1/23/2019 Cam Martin Men's Basketball
1/23/2019 Payton Roberts Women's Track and Field
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