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Edwin Kurgat

Edwin Kurgat

January 27, 2024

2024 BU Terrier: Nico Young Runs 12:57 NCAA Record As Adrian Wildschutt & Edwin Kurgat Win 5Ks as

At 21 years old, Young is the youngest American to break 13:00 by more than three years. Yared Nuguse ran 13:02 in his first 5,000 in three years.
December 02, 2022

Alicia Monson and Edwin Kurgat Win 2022 Sound Running FitnessBank Cross Champs

Monson and Kurgat got the big wins at Cross Champs just like they did at the 2019 Nuttycombe Invitational.
April 23, 2021

Teenage Dreams: 18-Year-Old Nico Young Runs 13:24, 19-Year-Old Cole Hocker Runs 13:19

It was a great day for US distance running as American teens broke 13:25 twice in the span of five hours.
March 10, 2020

2020 NCAA Indoors Men's Mid-D/Distance Preview: Studs Galore & Wide-Open Races

We break down the men's distance action for this weekend's NCAA Champs which are LOADED with 11 guys under 3:58, 12 guys under 7:50, 4 under 13:30 plus the fastest DMR team in NCAA history. *MB: 2020 NCAA Indoors men's fields are LOADED. Who you got?
November 23, 2019

2019 NCAA Men's XC Champs: #3 BYU Shocks #1 NAU To Win 1st Title, Iowa State's Edwin Kurgat Delivers As Favorite

Edwin Kurgat of Iowa State came through as the individual favorite but there was a big upset in the team race as BYU won its 1st-ever title.
November 19, 2019

NCAA XC Men's Individual Preview: Can the American Drought Finally End, or Will Favored Edwin Kurgat of Iowa State Complete Perfect Season?

Galen Rupp was the last American man to win an NCAA xc title in 2008. Conner Mantz, Joe Klecker, and Thomas Ratcliffe hope that changes on Saturday.
October 18, 2019

Edwin Kurgat & Alicia Monson Stamp Themselves as NCAA Title Contenders as NAU Men & Arkansas Women Roll at 2019 Nuttycombe Invite

We break down the biggest regular-season NCAA meet of the season for you. As good as NAU and Arkansas were, the men from the ACC were bad as their top 4 teams all bombed.
November 14, 2018

2018 NCAA XC Men's Individual Preview: Grant Fisher & Morgan McDonald Look to End Droughts; Can They Hold Off the NAU Duo of Baxter and Day?

An American hasn't won the individual title in 10 years. Similarly, a runner hasn't won on his home course in 26. That could change on Saturday. *MB: Who is going to win the men's individual title at NCAAxcs - Fisher, McDonald, Baxter, Day, Kurgat or Sugira?