Birmingham, Al. – The UTEP track and field team tallied eight medals on the final day of the 2018 Conference USA Indoor Championships Indoor Track Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham. “We have a very young team and we had some good performances today,” said head coach Mika Laaksonen. “It’s good for us to […]Read More
The UTEP track and field team will compete in the 2018 Conference USA Men’s and Women’s Championships beginning on Saturday, February 17 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Al. The championship events begin on Saturday at 8 a.m. MT starting with the combined events, field events will start at 1 p.m. and running events will […]Read More
UTEP’s Jonah Koech was named Conference USA Athlete of the Week for his performance in the mile run at the Don Kirby Invitational, it was announced by the league office Tuesday morning. The Kenya native took home gold in the mile running a time of 4:01.06. Running at an elevated altitude, his time converts to […]Read More
The UTEP track and field team will make its final trip to the Land of Enchantment to close out the indoor regular season at the Don Kirby Invitational in Albuquerque on Friday. The Miners will compete Friday and Saturday at the Albuquerque Downtown Convention Center hosted by the University of New Mexico. 42 teams will […]Read More
Albuquerque – The UTEP track and field team closed out the New Mexico Classic by recording 23 personal bests over the two-day competition in Albuquerque, N.M. “The team had a solid performance over this weekend. I saw a lot of improvement from all of our athletes,” head coach Mika Laaksonen said. “We are two weeks […]Read More
The UTEP track and field team makes its second trip of the season to Albuquerque, N.M. this Friday and Saturday to compete in the New Mexico Classic. The Miners will compete against some of the top programs in the country, including, Alabama, Arizona, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas and Nevada. Getting the action started will be […]Read More
UTEP sophomore Michael Saruni continues to rack up the awards, both on and off the track. Saruni was named Conference USA Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week, it was announced by the league office Tuesday morning. In addition, Saruni added a USTFCCCA (U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) National […]Read More
Lubbock – Sophomore sensation Michael Saruni shocked the world again with an impressive 800m performance when he ran 1:45.19 at the Texas Tech Invitational Saturday afternoon. “Saruni had another outstanding performance and puts himself in a class of his own,” head coach Mika Laaksonen said. “I would not be surprised if he takes down coach […]Read More
The UTEP track and field team continue the 2018 season with a trip to Lubbock, Texas for the Texas Tech Invitational starting Friday, January 25 with multi-events and Saturday with open competition. FRIDAY Senior Lucia Mokrasova will be the lone Miner competing on Friday in the indoor pentathlon. The Slovakia native heads into the meet […]Read More
UTEP’s Michael Saruni was named the Conference USA Athlete of the Week for the second week in a row the league office announced on Tuesday afternoon. Saruni followed his stellar week one performance with a world record in the 600m run with a time of 1:14.79 after his performance at the Dr. Martin Luther King […]Read More
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