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UTEP Track and Field Head West to Finish Regular Season

UTEP Track and Field Head West to Finish Regular Season

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The Miners are westbound for the second time during the outdoor season as they head to Berkley, Calif. for the Brutus Hamilton Challenge. This will be the final competition the Miners will see before the Conference USA Outdoor Championships hosted by UTEP (May11-14).

The historic two-day meet starts Friday 9:00 a.m. PT with the men’s hammer throw. Sophomore Karol Koncos will be one of the top competitors in the field. Koncos threw for 63.43m (208-1) last week at the UTEP Invitational. His mark is the third-best his season in C-USA.

Senior Fayon Gonzales and junior Lucia Mokrasova will compete in the women’s javelin set for 5:30 p.m.Gonzales (39.37m) ranks ninth in the league, while Mokrasova holds the number eight spot (39.94m).

The running events will see Daniel Cheruiyot in the 3,000m steeplechase starting at 3:30 p.m. Cheruiyot clocked the fourth-fastest time in conference running a season-best 9:03.31. Antony Kosgei and Evans Kiprono will run at 4:10 p.m. in the 5,000m. Kosgei (14:16.60) ranks fifth in the league.

Gladys Jerotich and Winny Koech will tussle in the women’s 5,000m starting at 3:45 p.m. Koech (16:22.26) ranks first in C-USA.

Saturday’s events will start with the women’s long jump at 10:00 a.m. Tobi Amusan will make her first jump of the outdoor season. Senior Samantha Hall will compete in both the shot put (10:45 a.m.) and discus throw (12:30 p.m.). Hall ranks 12th in the NCAA West Region (54.62m) in the discus throw.

Runners to look out for on the track will be UTEP’s freshman duo Emmanuel Korir and Michael Saruni in the men’s 800m starting at 3:10 p.m. The Kenyan natives have both started their collegiate careers off with a bang.

Korir won the 800m indoor national title and ranks second in the west region. The Kenyan has clocked a blistering 44.67 in the 400m ranking second in the West Region.

Saruni ranks first in the West Region in the 800m after stopping the clock at 1:45.82 winning gold at the Texas Relays. The mid-distance runner ranks ninth in the 400m clocking 45.69 in the 400m in the West Region.

Brandon Moss will compete in the men’s long jump at 11:45 a.m., where he ranks ninth in the league after jumping out to 7.20m (23-7.5) in his first outdoor competition at last week’s UTEP Invitational.

Ada Benjamin will race at 2:05 p.m. in the 400m. Benjamin ranks first in conference with a time of 53.16. Florence Uwakwe will take the track at 2:25 p.m. in the 100m. Uwakwe will race her first short sprint of the outdoor season.

Lilian Koech and Truphena Sum will run in the 800m set for a 3:00 p.m. Koech ranks third in the league with a personal-best 2:05.86.

For live updates and breaking news follow @UTEPTrack on Twitter and uteptrack on Instagram.

Miners Notch Four First Place Finishes at Brutus Hamilton Challenge

Miners Notch Four First Place Finishes at Brutus Hamilton Challenge

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Berkley, Ca. – The UTEP track and field team had four first-place finishes in six different events on day one Friday at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge.

Karol Koncos won the men’s hammer throw tossing 63.35m (207-10). Koncos has thrown over 60m four times this season. Kevin Rincon placed 12th overall with a throw of 45.02m (147-08).

Daniel Cheruiyot took the lead in the 3,000m steeplechase and never looked back stopping the clock at 9:07.17. Antony Kosgei (14:37.21) and Evans Kirpono (15:07.87) finished first and second respectively in the 5,000m run.

Winny Koech took home gold in the women’s 5,000m run leading the race from the start to finish with a time of 16:45.77, followed by teammate Gladys Jerotich with a season-best 17:23.25.

Fayon Gonzales threw 50.11m (164-05) to place fourth in the javelin and placed eighth in the hammer throw with a toss of 37.75m (123-10). Abedola Akomolafe took ninth-place with a toss of 48.96m (160-07), followed by Cierra Chenault in 10th with a personal-best 45.91m (150-07).

Lucia Mokrasova placed fourth in the women’s javelin with a toss of 36.67m (123-07).

The Miners return to action on Saturday with the first field event starting at 10:00 a.m. PT and the first running event starting at 1:20 p.m.

For live updates and breaking news follow @UTEPTrack on Twitter and uteptrack on Instagram.

UTEP�s Korir Chases Collegiate Record at Brutus Hamilton Challenge

UTEP�s Korir Chases Collegiate Record at Brutus Hamilton Challenge

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Berkley Ca. – UTEP’s freshman Emmanuel Korir was just .18 seconds away from the NCAA outdoor record in the 800m after running 1:43.73 at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge Saturday afternoon.

“This is by far the most impressive performance by a freshman. You can tell he has more to a lot left in the tank,” Head coach Mika Laaksonen said. “He is a very special athlete who will continue to surprise everyone watching.”

Korir clocked the second-fastest time in the world this year and set a new school record held by Peter Lemashon (1:45.68) set back in 1978. The talented freshman won the NCAA indoor national title in the 800m and set a world-best 1:14.97 in the 600m earlier this year. Korir notched the second-fastest time in program history in the 400m with a time of 44.67 just eight days ago.

The UTEP track and field team wrapped up the final regular season with 11 first-place finishes in 25 different events. Asa Guevara claimed the top spot with a time of 47.23 in the 400mk, while Carvellion Horn clocked a personal-best 50.31 to finish third.

Brandon Moss in his second competition of the outdoor season notched third-place in the long jump with a mark of 7.32m (24-0.25). James Bias clocked 10.74 in the 100m to garner a third-place showing.

In the men’s mile Jonah Koech (4:02.96) and Cosmas Boit (4:05.43) placed second and fifth respectively.

On the women’s side, Tobi Amusan notched a first-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 5.83m (19-1.50), followed by Tyler Ragin in fifth-place jumping out to 5.51m (18-1).

Samantha Hall threw for 14.06m (46-1.50) in the shot put and 55.17m (181-0) in the discus for a first and second-place showing. Lucia Mokrasova placed third in the shot put tossing for 13.22m (43-4.5), followed by Cierra Chenault with a mark of 11.95m (39-2.5) in eighth-place.

In the women’s 100m hurdles, Rebecca Oshinbanjo notched gold running a season-best 14.00, while Danielle Trought clocked a personal-best 14.33 to finish in third-place. Yanique Bennett (58.57) and Dreshanae Rolle (1:00.19) garnered first and second in the 400m hurdles.

Lilian Koech won the 800m clocking a personal-best 2:04.68 and puts her with the fourth-fastest time in school history. Linda Cheruiyot also ran a personal-best of 4:23.60 in the 1,500m claiming fourth overall.

The Miners will enjoy a week off after competing for three consecutive weeks and will return to action to host the Conference-USA outdoor championships May 11-14.

For live updates and breaking news be sure to follow @UTEPTrack on Twitter and uteptrack on Instagram.

UTEP�s Korir Garners C-USA Athlete of the Week

UTEP�s Korir Garners C-USA Athlete of the Week

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Korir etched himself into the UTEP recordbooks with the second-fastest time in program history, just .02 seconds behind Bert Cameron�s time of 44.58 set in 1980.

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UTEP�s freshman Emmanuel Korir was named Conference USA Athlete of the Week after his performance on Saturday at Kidd Field, announced the league office Tuesday afternoon.

The Kenyan clocked the nation�s second-fastest time of 44.67 in the 400m and broke the 37-year old stadium record (Billy Mullins, 45.03, USC, 1980).

Korir etched himself into the UTEP recordbooks with the second-fastest time in program history, just .02 seconds behind Bert Cameron�s time of 44.58 set in 1980.

This is Korir�s second weekly award of the outdoor season. Last weekend, the mid-distance runner clocked the fourth-fastest time in school history with a time of 1:47.19 in the 800m, which rates him 12th in the nation in the event.

The UTEP track and field team travel westbound to Berkley, Calif. for the Brutus Hamilton Open at Edwards Stadium. For live results and breaking news follow @UTEPTrack on Twitter.

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Gallery+Story: UTEP�s Amusan Doubles Up on Gold, Korir Breaks Stadium Record

Gallery+Story: UTEP�s Amusan Doubles Up on Gold, Korir Breaks Stadium Record

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In just his second meet of the outdoor season, UTEP freshman Emmanuel Korir clocked a blistering 44.67 in the 400m to break a 37-year old stadium record (Billy Mullins, 45.03, USC, 1980) at Kidd Field Saturday afternoon.

Korir’s time of 44.67 ranks first in the nation and is the second-fastest time in the world. The Kenyan was just .09 seconds away from Bert Cameron’s school record established back in 1981. Teammate Michael Saruni followed by claiming silver with at time of 45.69, which is the 10th fastest time in the nation. Seniors Asa Guevara (46.81) and James Bias (47.24) notched the third and fourth spots, respectively.

Sophomore Tobi Amusan claimed gold in both the 100m hurdles (12.67) and the 200m (22.60). Amusan already has the fastest time in the nation (12.63) in the 100m hurdles and is now tied for third in the country in the 200m.

UTEP claimed the top four spots in the women’s 1,500m run with Lilian Koech (4:29.15), Linda Cheruiyot (4:29.38), Winny Koech (4:34.08) and Gladys Jerotich (4:46.89).

In the field events, senior Fayon Gonzales notched two second-place showings in the hammer throw (52.58m) and the discus throw (42.95m). Adebola Akomolafe claimed fourth (48.07m) in the hammer throw and third (40.89m) in the discus. Samantha Hall notched gold in the shot put after throwing for 14.30m.

In the men’s hammer throw, Karol Koncos threw for a personal-best 63.43m. Koncos ranks third in Conference USA. Brandon Moss claimed gold in the long jump with a mark of 7.20m and Austin Ondijo leaped over 1.89m in the high jump. In the men’s 1500m seniors Cosmas Boit, (3:50.99) and Daniel Cheruiyot (3:54.23) went 1-2 while sophomore Antony Kosgei (3:55.60) snagged the bronze.

Lucia Mokrasova placed second in the high jump with a mark of 1.65m, while Israel Ramsay (5.89m) and Tyler Ragin (5.62m) took fifth in the long jump. In the women’s 400m Ada Benjamin (53:39) edged out Central Arizona’s Shawkia Iddrisu (54:53) to secure the first-place finish.

In the 4x400m relay, UTEP’s Yanique Bennett, Madison Gibson, Brittney Adams and Imani Adams teamed up to cross the line in 3:48.71 to finish in second place.

The UTEP track and field team will return to action April 28-29 at the Brutus Hamilton Open in Berkley, Calif. For live updates and breaking news be sure to follow @UTEPTrack on Twitter.

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

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UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

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2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

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UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

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UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

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2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

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2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP's Tobi Amusan in the Women's 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

UTEP’s Tobi Amusan in the Women’s 200 meter dash at the 2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

2017 UTEP Invitational, Kidd Field El Paso, TX

Flyin� Miners Set for Final Home Meet of the Regular Season

Flyin� Miners Set for Final Home Meet of the Regular Season

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The UTEP track and field team will host its final regular season meet on Saturday at Kidd Field, starting with the running events at 10:00 a.m. MT and running events at 2 :00 p.m.

The UTEP track and field team will honor 15 seniors prior to the running events.

Two seniors Fayon Gonzales and Abedola Akomolafe will compete in the hammer throw set for 10:00 a.m. The pair will join Samantha Hall in the discus throw at 2:15 p.m. Hall earned Conference USA athlete of the week honors last week and ranks first in league.

In the long jump, Israel Ramsay will compete at 2:30 p.m. Ramsay ranks eighth in C-USA with a mark of 5.88m posted at the UTEP Springtime.

In the track events, Truphena Sum will compete in the 1,500m run set for 2:10 p.m. Yanique Bennett will take the track at 2:30 p.m. in the 100m hurdles along with sophomore Tobi Amusan. Amusan opened the season at home notching the fastest time in the nation (12.63).

Ada Benjamin, who currently leads the league in the 400m will race at 2:45 p.m. Brittney Adams will see action in both the 100m and the 400m hurdles, along with Yanique Bennett at 3:45 p.m.

Florence Uwakwe compete in the 200m at 4:05 p.m. Uwakwe will run the anchor leg of the 4x400m relay, which ranks third in the league.

On the men’s side, Kevin Rincon will compete in the hammer throw starting at 11:30 a.m. Brandon Moss will compete in the long jump set for 2:30 p.m.

Seniors, Cosmas Boit and Evans Kiprono will compete in the 1,500m run at 2:20 p.m. Yinka Oyebanjo-Odofin will race in the 400m hurdles starting at 3:55 p.m.

James Bias will run in the 400m at 3:15 p.m. along with Emmanuel Korir and Michael Saruni. This will be the second meet for Korir this outdoor season after running the fastest time in the country in the 800m last week at the Jim Bush Invitational.

Saruni has competed in three different events claiming the number one spot in all three races. His highlight of the season so far was at the Texas Relays where he won the 800m and posted the third-fastest time in the nation.

This will be the last home meet of the regular season before the Miners travel to Berkley, Calif. for the Brutus Hamilton Open on April 28-29 UTEP host the 2017 C-USA Outdoor Championships May 11-14.

For live updates and breaking news follow @UTEPTrack on Twitter.

Hall Garners C-USA Athlete of the Week

Hall Garners C-USA Athlete of the Week

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UTEP senior Samantha Hall was named Conference USA Female Athlete of the Week for her performance in the discus and shot put this past weekend at the 2017 Jim Bush Collegiate Invitational, announced the league office Tuesday afternoon.

The senior recorded a season best of 54.62m (179-2) in the discus earning a second-place showing. Her mark ranks first in C-USA and 21st nationally.

Hall tossed the shot put out to 13.86m (45-5.75) to finish seventh overall and rank 13th in C-USA. This is Hall�s first C-USA athlete of the week award of the outdoor season and the second of her career.

The Miners will return home for the UTEP Invitational at Kid Field on Saturday.

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