Cross Country Sweeps American Weekly Honors

Irving, Texas – Tulane's cross country teams swept the weekly cross country honors by the American Conference as Bernard Cheruiyot was named the Men's Athlete of the Week and Blezzin Kimutai took home the Women's Athlete of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday afternoon. It was the third time this season for Cheruiyot and first time for Kimutai.

Cheruiyot placed third among all 230 runners at the prestigious and ultra-competitive 8K Championship race at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday with a 23:10.4. He now has finished in the top three in each of his first three races of the season. He aided the Tulane men to a 12th place finish of 32 teams with 329 points. Tulane beat six fellow ranked teams in the competition including No. 1 Iowa State at the race.

Kimutai was Tulane's highest finisher with a 19:31.7 at the 6K Crimson Classic on Friday. She placed fifth of 183 runners in competition at the race. She aided the program place second overall of 23 teams at the race. The program finished ahead of Alabama, Vanderbilt, Auburn and Miami and only trailed South Carolina in the race.

2025 American Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Sept. 2 – Bernard Cheruiyot – Men's
Sept. 2 – Dorcas Naibei – Women's
Sept. 30 – Bernard Cheruiyot – Men's
Oct. 21 – Bernard Cheruiyot - Men's
Oct. 21 – Blezzin Kimutai – Women's

Tulane's cross country teams now set their sights on the American Conference Championship on November 1, hosted by the University of Charlotte at Frank Liske Park in Concord, North Carolina..

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Players Mentioned

Bernard Cheruiyot

Blezzin Kimutai

Dorcas Naibei

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