Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Cross Country & Track
- Title:
- Director of Track & Field and Cross Country
- Email:
- dave.smith@okstate.edu
- Phone:
- (405) 744-2108
Coaching History
1997-98 | Washington | Volunteer Assistant
1998-02 | Texas Tech | Head XC Coach; Assistant T&F Coach
2002-05 | Oklahoma State | Men’s Assistant Coach
2006-Pres. | Oklahoma State | Men’s XC Head Coach
2008-Pres. | Oklahoma State | Men’s T&F Head Coach
2009-Pres. | Oklahoma State | Director of XC/T&F; Men’s & Women’s Head Coach
Biography
Dave Smith is truly at the top of his profession and is only getting better.
The Oklahoma State head coach was honored as the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Men’s Division I Cross Country National Coach of the Year in 2009, 2010, 2012 and again in 2023. That is the highest honor awarded to a cross country coach.
Internationally, Smith served as the men’s distance coach for Team USA during its stay at the 2014 World Junior Championships and the USA coach for the Great North Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2023, he served as the coach for Team USA during the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia.
Smith has led the Cowboys to four NCAA cross country team championships (2009, 2010, 2012 and 2023) and has navigated the men’s program to a Big 12-record 13 conference titles in cross country. Under Smith’s reign, the Cowboys have won nine Big 12 titles on the grass in Smith’s 18 years as the head coach of the men’s squad. Alex Maier and Brian Musau have won the past two individual titles in 2022 and 2023 with the men claiming four straight conference titles heading into the 2024 season.
He was voted by his peers as Big 12 Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022 and 2023. He also coached the Cowgirls to their first Big 12 cross country championship in 2015 and was named the 2015 Big 12 Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year, capping a stretch of six seasons of top-four finishes for the Cowgirls at the conference meet. Smith led the Cowgirls to their second-ever conference title during the 2019 cross country season, in which he was again named the Big 12 Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year. He would go on to be named Big 12 Coach of the Year four more times in a row from 2020-23 as the Cowgirls would win the conference in 2021 and 2022.
The Cowboys completed a perfect 2023 season by upending the defending NCAA Champions Northern Arizona by a score of 49-to-71. OSU’s 49 points on the day was a program record at the national meet and was the third-lowest winning score by any school since 2000. They placed all five scorers in the top 15 as Denis Kipngetich, Musau, Fouad Messaoudi, Victor Shitsama and Maier all earned All-America honors. It was just the third time in program history that the Cowboys finished with five All-Americans, joining the 2010 national championship team and the 2022 runner-up squad.
The Cowgirls earned their second straight trophy at the NCAA Championships with their third-place finish. BIllah Jepkirui, Molly Born and Taylor Roe each picked up All-America honors with their seventh, 13th and 34th-place finishes. For Roe, she became the second Cowgirl in program history to earn four All-America honors in cross country. Born also collected her second All-America honor after picking up her first in 2019. Entering the 2024 season, the Cowgirls have improved their finish at each of the last four NCAA Championships, moving from 24th in 2020 to third in 2023.
At the NCAA Indoor Championships, both the Cowboys and Cowgirls placed in the top 10 for the first time in program history as the men tied for seventh and the women tied for eighth. The men’s Distance Medley Relay squad of Musau, DJ McArthur, Mehdi Yanouri and Ryan Schoppe collected their second straight NCAA title in the event, becoming the second Cowboy relay to win back-to-back indoor titles after the Two-mile Relay did so in 1965 and 1966. Musau and Schoppe would come back the next night to earn their second All-America honors of the weekend in the 3,000 Meters. Alex Maier also earned a pair of All-America honors indoors, placing third in the 3,000 Meter and sixth in the 5,000 Meters.
On the women’s side, Roe and Jepkirui helped lead the Cowgirls to a program-record 27 points with their runner-up finishes in their respective events. Roe placed second in the 5,000 Meters after leading for much of the proceedings and Jepkirui placed second in the Mile, both breaking the school records in their respective events. Born, Gabija Galvydyte, Winny Bii and the women’s DMR of Grace Boone, Tamara Woodley, Maddie Salek and Sivan Auerbach also picked up first team All-America honors.
Outdoors, the women’s team broke over 20 points for the second time in program history, scoring 23 points for a 14th-place finish overall. Galvydyte (800 Meters), Roe (5,000 & 10,000 Meters), Born (10,000 Meters) and Bailey Golden (Heptathlon) each earned first team All-America honors in the process. Golden was the first Cowgirl multi-event athlete in program history to earn the honor either indoors or outdoors. For the men, Kipngetich (10,000 Meters) and Musau (5,000 Meters) each picked up first team All-America honors as the Cowboys placed 27th overall as a team.
In 2022, Smith led the Cowboys and Cowgirls to their third consecutive sweep at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships in 2022, with the women scoring a Big 12-record 22 points.
At the NCAA Championships held in Stillwater, the Cowboys nearly returned to the top of the mountain, finishing level on points with NCAA Champions NAU in the NCAA’s first-ever tiebreaker at the championships meet. At the same meet, the Cowgirls picked up their first NCAA trophy with their fourth-place finish overall.
Smith and OSU continued the momentum during the 2022-23 season with the program’s first-ever women’s track & field conference title, winning the Big 12 Indoor Championships by 9.5 points over No. 1 Texas with a program-record 146 points. Taylor Roe was named Big 12 High-Point Award winner after scoring 24 points at the meet.
At the NCAA Indoor meet in 2023, Smith coached the men’s Distance Medley Relay squad of Fouad Messaoudi, Charlie Bartholomew, Juan Diego Castro and Ryan Schoppe to the program’s first individual NCAA title on the men’s side since 1986. Earlier in the season, the DMR squad of Messaoudi, Schoppe, Hafez Mahadi and DJ McArthur broke the school, collegiate and indoor world record in the event with their time of 9:16.40. The next day at the NCAA Championships, Messaoudi collected his second NCAA title of the weekend in the 3,000 Meters with his time of 7:48.10. He was the only male athlete at the 2023 NCAA Championships to win multiple titles. The Cowboys finished tied for sixth overall, which was the second-highest finish in program history.
One year prior, Smith coached Roe to the program’s fifth women’s indoor national championship as she took the individual crown in the 3,000 Meters. Under his leadership, Roe has become one of the most accomplished distance runners in the country as she has earned six top-5 finishes in NCAA Championship races, finishing in every top-5 position thus far in three years of eligibility.
He also guided the men’s and women’s cross country teams to the elusive conference double as they swept the team titles on their home course. It was the first time since 2015 that the Cowboys and Cowgirls were able to sweep the podium.
Responsible for nine of the Cowboys’ 13 total conferences crowns heading into the 2020 cross country season, Smith went for double-digits and added his 10th – the Pokes’ 14th – conference title in dramatic fashion over Iowa State in the 2020 Big 12 Cross Country Championship’s first-ever tiebreaker. A head-to-head comparison among the top five finishers from both teams determined Oklahoma State as the conference champion.
His accomplishments with the talented Cowboy distance unit during the unique 2020 season, during which the country and the world was actively battling the COVID-19 pandemic, was far from finished. In a delayed NCAA Championship, Smith’s leadership was tested as he coached his team through the cross country and indoor track and field seasons simultaneously. As they have many times before, Smith and his Cowboys prevailed in the face of adversity: the men of Oklahoma State earned the third-place team finish at the 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championships on their newly renovated home course in Stillwater. The podium finish for the Pokes was their first since 2013.
Smith guided an eager group of track and field specialists on Oklahoma State’s 2020-21 roster who were raring to compete after having their 2020 season cut short as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; that fervor was on full display during the condensed indoor track and field season. The team’s success culminated most notably in the postseason, when both the men’s and women’s teams posted top-five team finishes at the 2020 Indoor Track and Field Big 12 Championship. The Cowgirls tied their highest team finish in program history, earning runner-up as a team with 103 points and the Cowboys finished fourth as a team with 75 points, their highest finish and point total at the conference meet since 2017. Shortly after, Smith led a talented group of five athletes to Indoor All-American status: Ariadni Adamopoulou finished fifth in the women’s pole vault and Sivan Auerbach, Christina Ollison, Stephanie Moss and Taylor Roe combined for the fourth-place relay finish in the women’s DMR. Adamopoulou, Auerbach, Moss and Roe, all of whom were freshman at the time of their podium-worthy performances, represented a new wave of talent rolling through the OSU program and served as a testament to Smith’s abilities as a recruiter.
Smith’s work on the collegiate sport’s biggest stage with the Cowgirls earned his program the national spotlight at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Smith coached Sinclaire Johnson to a national championship in the women’s 1,500 meters. Johnson set the NCAA Outdoor Championships’ meet record with a time of 4:05.98. She was Smith’s first female champion since Kaela Edwards’ 2016 Mile title indoors.
Johnson’s outdoor campaign ended unbeaten, and she was named a Bowerman semifinalist. She was the first Cowgirl to ever receive the honor. She was also named the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Track Athlete of the Year.
Following Johnson’s lead, the Cowgirls cross country team, captained by Smith, earned Oklahoma State’s second-ever Big 12 Women’s Cross Country Championship in 2019; Taylor Somers and Molly Born led the way for the Pokes: they finished second and third overall, respectively. The dynamic distance duo of Somers and Born went on to represent Oklahoma State and compete as individuals at the 2020 NCAA Cross Country Championships, in which both would attain All-American status. Somers capped her season off with a 16th-place finish in the title race and Born finished close behind in 18th place.
The Cowboys and Cowgirls also had an all-around bounce back year in 2018-19. Both teams finished in the top 20 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Isai Rodriguez finished fourth at the meet, becoming the best-finishing Cowboy individual in program history. Rodriguez and fellow Cowboy Ashenafi Hatte finished the cross country season as All-Americans.
In the indoor season, the women’s distance medley relay squad finished as first team All-Americans. They crossed the line in third place with a school-record time of 10:55.01. Jacob Fincham-Dukes also captured an All-American honor in the 2019 indoor season.
On top of Johnson’s title during the outdoor season, Smith had four more athletes take home All-America awards. Ryan Smeeton finished as the NCAA runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and he ran a world standard time of 8:27.90 at the Payton Jordan Invitational. Jacob Fincham-Dukes capped off his Cowboy career with a fifth-place finish in the outdoor long jump. Hassan Abdi captured All-America honors once again in the 10,000 meters. Jenny Martinez finished seventh in the women’s 1,500-meter final.
In the 2017-18 season, Smith coached Hassan Abdi to an individual cross country title, becoming the first OSU runner to do so since Vegard Oelstad in 2015. Abdi and fellow Cowboy Luis Martinez took the top two spots at the Big 12 Championships in Smith’s most recent cross country season.
The 2015-16 season saw the women’s program reach new heights under Smith’s guidance. Those Cowgirls finished seventh at the NCAA Cross Country Championships - their highest since 1989 - and pulled off their best finishes ever at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 10th and 12th, respectively.
Additionally, the 2015-16 Cowgirl season included a national championship from Edwards in the indoor mile, a Midwest Region cross country championship, a best-ever 107-point, second-place finish at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, NCAA runner-up finishes from Chase Ealey (outdoor shot put) and Aurora Dybedokken (outdoor 5,000m), additional impressive All-America performances from Ingeborg Loevnes (fourth in 3,000m steeplechase), Savannah Camacho (fourth in indoor 800m) and Ealey (sixth indoor shot put), several Big 12 individual titles and a third-place finish for the USTFCCCA Program of the Year award.
The men’s program also had a notable year in 2016, with another Big 12 cross country title, Josh Thompson named 2016 Midwest Region Indoor Athlete of the Year, Nick Miller named 2016 Midwest Region Outdoor Athlete of the Year, All-America performances from John Teeters (fifth in the outdoor 100m and fourth in indoor 60m) and the men’s distance medley relay team (fifth place) and numerous individual Big 12 titles.
Smith led the Cowboys to back-to-back top 10 finishes at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2013 and 2014. The Cowboys’ eighth-place finish in 2013 was OSU’s highest finish since 1984, followed by a sixth-place finish in 2014 which was OSU’s second-highest team finish in school history behind a second-place finish in 1965.
In addition to another Big 12 men’s cross country championship, Smith’s 2014-15 year included an individual cross country conference champion in Kirubel Erassa, an individual NCAA champion in Chad Noelle (outdoor 1,500 meters), a pair of NCAA runners-up and a total of 15 All-America honors for the men’s and women’s teams.
Smith’s recent efforts have included a resurgence of the track program as a whole. Oklahoma State has been known for its elite distance program for years, but Smith has expanded OSU’s vision to include elite throwers and sprinters as well. John Teeters and Nick Miller have provided the most evidence of all-around success, with Teeters earning four All-America honors, including a national runner-up finish in the 60-meters, and Miller earning a total of seven All-America honors in the weight and hammer throws with one NCAA title in the hammer throw. Miller has also earned elite international success, claiming gold at the 2015 Sainsbury British Championships, taking gold at the European Championships and reaching the final at the 2015 IAAF World Championships.
Miller competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, where joined Smith’s pupils Shadrack Kipchirchir (USA - 10k), Tom Farrell (Great Britain - 5k) and Ingeborg Loevnes (Norway - steeplechase).
The 2013-14 cross country/track & field season can easily be considered the best in school history, as Smith coached the Cowboys to a third-place place finish at the NCAA Cross Country championships, a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships and a 13th-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Additionally, Smith’s squad won Big 12 titles in cross country and indoor track & field and had a third-place conference finish in outdoors, helping the team to a second-place finish for the USTFCCCA’s Program of the Year award.
German Fernandez won the 2009 NCAA title in the 1,500 meters and was the Big 12 individual cross country champion in both 2008 and 2011. He swept all the Big 12’s major awards as a freshman, claiming the conference’s male athlete of the year honors during both the indoor and outdoor seasons to go with his 2008 cross country crown. Ryan Vail was the 2009 Big 12 individual cross country champion and was a five-time All-American under Smith. John Kosgei was the 2010 NCAA runner-up in the 10,000 meters and was honored as the 2010 Big 12 Outdoor Performer of the Year after winning the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters at the conference meet. Girma Mecheso won the 2010 Big 12 individual cross country title and was one of five cross country All-Americans coached by Smith in 2010.
Chad Noelle took home the 2015 NCAA title in the 1,500-meter run to become the 15th Cowboy in school history to win an outdoor championship. In 2016, Kaela Edwards won an NCAA title in the indoor mile and to become the fourth Cowgirl to ever win an NCAA title. Nick Miller won the hammer throw title in the outdoor season in 2016 as well to give Smith four individual national championships in addition to his three cross country team titles.
That success has rolled over into the classroom as well. In addition to winning the NCAA cross country title in both 2009 and 2012, Smith’s Cowboys were honored as the USTFCCCA Scholar Team of the Year for their excellence in the classroom both seasons. Under Smith’s watch, Oklahoma State cross country has been recognized as an all-academic team by the USTFCCCA eight times.
In 2013, the OSU track and field teams combined for 12 USTFCCCA All-Academic individuals, and both the men’s and women’s teams had the highest GPAs in the Big 12. Ryan Vail was an ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American in both 2008 and 2009 to become the first repeat Academic All-American in OSU track history.
Smith arrived in Stillwater in 2002 and served as an assistant coach under Dick Weis for four years before being elevated to head men’s cross country coach in 2006. Upon Weis’ retirement following the 2008 cross country season, Smith was promoted to head men’s track coach and, in the summer of 2009, Smith assumed control of both the Cowboy and Cowgirl programs under the title of director of cross country and track and field.
Having placed 10th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in 2006, third in 2007 and eighth in 2008, the Cowboys entered the 2009 cross country season as a proven commodity and were considered a possible threat to reigning NCAA champion Oregon and traditional power Stanford. OSU spent the entire season ranked in the top five nationally but was not ranked No. 1 at any point during the campaign. However, the Pokes toppled Oregon by 16 points at the NCAA Championships and overwhelmed top-ranked Stanford by a whopping 227 points to put an exclamation point on their NCAA title season.
Smith’s strategy going into the race was to let his senior captain Vail lead the way. Through the first 3,000 meters, OSU was in third place, six points ahead of the Cardinal. At the midway point, OSU created some separation between itself and the rest of the field, with Vail leading the posse of Cowboy runners. Through 8,000 meters, OSU held a comfortable lead over second-place Oregon. From that point, the Pokes made their final surge to seal the victory.
When the smoke cleared, OSU crowned four All-Americans en route to winning the title, with Vail finishing seventh, sophomore Colby Lowe eighth, Kosgei 11th and sophomore Girma Mecheso 24th. For his efforts, Smith was honored as the USTFCCCA National Coach of the Year.
It was a different refrain in 2010, as the distance-running community had already developed a familiarity with Oklahoma State as the top dog. That said, Smith and the Cowboys still managed to turn heads by destroying the NCAA competition, racking up the fourth-largest margin of victory in the history of the NCAA Championships in defeating the field by a whopping 120 points. All five Oklahoma State scorers earned All-America recognition at the 2010 NCAA Cross Country Championships, led by the trio of Mecheso, Fernandez and Lowe, who finished seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively. Tom Farrell was 29th and Johnathan Stublaski was 36th.
In 2012, OSU went back and forth with Wisconsin all year at the No. 1 and No. 2 national rankings. The Cowboys took the No. 1 ranking to the NCAA meet, and ran like it, decimating the competition and winning the national title by 63 points over second-place Wisconsin. It was OSU’s third team NCAA title in four years. Tom Farrell, Shadrack Kipchirchir, Girma Mecheso and Joseph Manilafasha took home All-America honors.
During the 2009 outdoor season – Smith’s first as head coach – the Cowboys placed 25th in the final team standings and Fernandez won the 1,500 meter title. OSU’s team finish was the best for a Cowboy team in 24 years and Fernandez became the Pokes’ first NCAA champion since Paul Larkins in 1986. Additionally, Vail earned All-America honors in the 5,000 meters.
In the 2013 indoor season, OSU spent most of its time smashing school records. It started at the Razorback Invitational, when Farrell, Kirubel Erassa, Fabian Clarkson and Shane Moskowitz ran sub-four-minute miles at the same meet, something that had never been done in NCAA history. It ended with the Cowboys taking eighth place at the NCAA meet, a feat that had not been accomplished since 1984. Seven Cowboys combined for nine All-America honors--the most in OSU indoor history.
The Cowboys took home the Big 12 Indoor title again two years later in a dramatic 1.5-point win over Texas. The Pokes won five individual Big 12 titles en route to the team victory with Josh Thompson winning two titles. OSU scored 27 points in the 3,000-meter final, including 10 points from event champion Craig Nowak, to take the lead back from Texas with one event remaining. In the 400-meter relay, the Cowboys finished fifth to score four points to secure their second team title in three seasons.
Since Smith took over the women’s program in 2009, perhaps his greatest protege to compete in America’s Brightest Orange has been
NCAA champion, eight-time All-American and nine-time Big 12 champion Natalja Piliusina, who also set seven school records during her time in Stillwater.
Piliusina paved the way for a new era of Cowgirl track and field and cross country that has since finished runner-up in the 2016 Big 12 Indoor Championships and finished in the top-10 at an NCAA Cross Country Championships and Indoor Championships, and 12th at the 2016 Outdoor Championships.
To put those numbers into perspective, the Oklahoma State women’s program had tallied five All-Americans and seven Big 12 champions from 2004-09.
Kaela Edwards added to OSU’s trophy case when she won the fourth NCAA Indoor title in Cowgirl history at the 2016 Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. Edwards is also one of two Cowgirls since 2014 to finish runner-up nationally in the 800-meter run with Savannah Camacho.
The 2016 season was by far the most successful in OSU history for the Cowgirls, having finished third in the USTFCCCA Program of the Year standings with top-12 finishes at each NCAA Championships during the season.
Ingeborg Loevnes and Natalie Baker were the two Cowgirl leaders during the cross country season, helping OSU to a perfect regular season and its first Big 12 title and Midwest Region Title. Loevnes took home an All-America honor and the Cowgirls finished seventh at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
The Cowgirls carried the momentum from the historic cross country season into a great 2016 indoor season that was capped off with a 10th place finish and Edwards’ title. Camacho also scored in the 800 and Chase Ealey in the shot put helped the Cowgirls to their best finish in school history.
Loevnes, Edwards and Ealey were at it again during the outdoor season along with Aurora Dybedokken who finished runner-up in the 5,000-meter final at the NCAA Championships a month after showing off her range and winning the Big 12’s 1,500-meter title. Ealey also finished runner-up at the NCAA Championships in the shot put and earned her 11th and 12th All-Big 12 honor to cement her place in the OSU history books.
Loevnes finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and Edwards took sixth in the 1,500-meter final, battling through a nagging injury.
Overall, the Cowgirls finished 12th for their highest outdoor finish in school history.
Under Smith’s watch, the Oklahoma State women’s cross country team placed fourth at the 2010 Big 12 Championships and was 17th at the 2010 NCAA Championships. Both of those showings were the best for the Cowgirls since 2005.
Smith came to Stillwater from Texas Tech, where he was the head men’s and women’s cross country coach, as well as assistant track coach from 1998-2002. Prior to his stint at Tech, Smith was a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Washington track and cross country programs from 1997-1998.
He was also the head coach of Club Northwest women’s cross country and track those same years. Athletes that Smith coached prior to his arrival at Oklahoma State won two NCAA Championships, 10 All-American awards, 11 Big 12 Championships, and a World University Games gold medal.
While competing collegiately at Michigan State, Smith was the Big Ten Conference champion in the 10,000m in 1993 and placed second in the 1,500m that season. He earned All-Big Ten honors four times in cross country and track during his career.
An 11-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and three-time Academic All-America selection, Smith practiced what he now preaches to his student-athletes about the balance between athletic and academic success. Smith also won the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor in 1993.
Smith graduated from Michigan State in 1993 with a degree in fisheries and wildlife, and continued his education at the University of Washington, where he earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology in 2000.
NCAA Individual Champions - 12
1999 Women’s Indoor 5,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
1999 Women’s Outdoor 10,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
2009 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 meters - German Fernandez
2013 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 meters - Natalja Piliusina
2015 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 meters - Chad Noelle
2016 Women’s Indoor Mile – Kaela Edwards
2016 Men’s Hammer Throw – Nick Miller
2019 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Sinclaire Johnson
2022 Women's Indoor 3,000 Meters – Taylor Roe
2023 Men's Indoor 3,000 Meters – Fouad Messaoudi
2023 Men's Indoor DMR – F. Messaoudi, C. Bartholomew, J. D. Castro, R. Schoppe
2024 Men's Indoor DMR – B. Musau, D. McArthur, M. Yanouri, R. Schoppe
All-Americans - 173
1999 Women’s Indoor 5,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
1999 Women’s Outdoor 5,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
1999 Women’s Outdoor 10,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
1999 Women’s Cross Country - Leigh Daniel
2000 Women’s Indoor 3,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
2000 Women’s Indoor 5,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
2000 Men’s Indoor Mile - Gez Yossef
2001 Women’s Outdoor 10,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
2001 Women’s Indoor 400 meters - Ngozi Iwu
2002 Indoor 800 meters - Shannon Spaulding
2003 Men’s Indoor 5,000 meters – Jason Woolhouse
2003 Men’s Cross Country - Mindi Pukstas
2004 Men’s Indoor Mile – Jason Woolhouse
2007 Men’s Cross Country – David Chirchir
2007 Men’s Cross Country – Ryan Vail
2008 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 meters – Ryan Vail
2008 Men’s Cross Country – John Kosgei
2008 Men’s Cross Country – Ryan Vail
2009 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 meters – German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 meters – Ryan Vail
2009 Men’s Cross Country – Ryan Vail
2009 Men’s Cross Country – Colby Lowe
2009 Men’s Cross Country – John Kosgei
2009 Men’s Cross Country – Girma Mecheso
2010 Women’s Indoor Mile – Mihaela Susa
2010 Women’s Indoor 5,000 meters – Felicity Milton
2010 Men’s Indoor 5,000 meters – Colby Lowe
2010 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 meters – John Kosgei
2010 Men’s Cross Country - Girma Mecheso
2010 Men’s Cross Country - German Fernandez
2010 Men’s Cross Country - Colby Lowe
2010 Men’s Cross Country - Tom Farrell
2010 Men’s Cross Country - Johnathan Stublaski
2011 Men’s Indoor 3,000 meters - Tom Farrell
2011 Women’s Indoor Mile - Natalja Piliusina
2011 Women’s Indoor DMR - Natalja Piliusina
2011 Women’s Indoor DMR - Mihaela Bobos
2011 Women’s Indoor DMR - Brandi Andrews
2011 Women’s Indoor DMR - Mihaela Susa
2011 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 meters - Tom Farrell
2011 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 meters - Colby Lowe
2011 Women’s Outdoor 800 meters - Natalja Piliusina
2011 Women’s Outdoor 10,000 meters - Tone Hjalmarsen
2011 Men’s Cross Country - Colby Lowe
2011 Men’s Cross Country - German Fernandez
2011 Men’s Cross Country - Tom Farrell
2012 Men’s Indoor Mile - Raul Botezan
2012 Men’s Indoor Mile - Kirubel Erassa
2012 Men’s Indoor 3,000 meters - Tom Farrell
2012 Men’s Indoor 5,000 meters - Shadrack Kipchirchir
2012 Men’s Indoor 5,000 meters - Girma Mecheso
2012 Women’s Indoor 800 meters - Natalja Piliusina
2012 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 meters - Girma Mecheso
2012 Men’s Outdoor Steeplechase - Fabian Clarkson
2012 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 meters - German Fernandez
2012 Men’s Outdoor Hammer Throw - Nick Miller
2012 Women’s Outdoor High Jump - Toni Young
2012 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 meters - Natalja Piliusina
2012 Women’s Outdoor Steeplechase - Kate Kujawa
2012 Men’s Cross Country - Girma Mecheso
2012 Men’s Cross Country - Tom Farrell
2012 Men’s Cross Country - Shadrack Kipchirchir
2012 Men’s Cross Country - Joseph Manilafasha
2013 Men’s Indoor 3,000 Meters - Kirubel Erassa
2013 Men’s Indoor 3,000 Meters - Tom Farrell
2013 Men’s Indoor 5,000 Meters - Girma Mecheso
2013 Men’s Indoor 5,000 Meters - Shadrack Kipchirchir
2013 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley - Tyler Payton
2013 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley - Raul Botezan
2013 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley - Kirubel Erassa
2013 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley - Tom Farrell
2013 Men’s Indoor Weight Throw - Nick Miller
2013 Women’s Indoor 800 Meters - Natalja Piliusina
2013 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 Meters - Kirubel Erassa
2013 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 Meters - Girma Mecheso
2013 Men’s Outdoor Steeplechase - Fabian Clarkson
2013 Men’s Outdoor Hammer Throw - Nick Miller
2013 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters - Natalja Piliusina
2013 Men’s Cross Country - Tom Farrell
2013 Men’s Cross Country - Shadrack Kipchirchir
2013 Women’s Cross Country - Monika Juodeskaite
2014 Men’s Indoor Weight Throw - Nick Miller
2014 Men’s Indoor 200 Meters - Tyreek Hill
2014 Men’s Indoor 3,000 Meters - Kirubel Erassa
2014 Men’s Indoor DMR - Kirubel Erassa
2014 Men’s Indoor DMR - Shane Moskowitz
2014 Men’s Indoor DMR - Chad Noelle
2014 Men’s Indoor DMR - Tyler Payton
2014 Women’s Indoor 800 Meters - Savannah Camacho
2014 Women’s Indoor 800 Meters - Kaela Edwards
2014 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 Meters - Shadrack Kipchirchir
2014 Men’s Outdoor 100 Meters - John Teeters
2014 Men’s Outdoor Hammer Throw - Nick Miller
2014 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 Meters - Shadrack Kipchirchir
2014 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 Meters - Kirubel Erassa
2014 Women’s Outdoor 5,000 Meters - Monika Juodeskaite
2014 Men’s Cross Country - Craig Nowak
2015 Men’s Indoor Weight Throw - Nick Miller
2015 Men’s Indoor Mile - Chad Noelle
2015 Men’s Indoor 60 meters - John Teeters
2015 Women’s Indoor 800 Meters - Kaela Edwards
2015 Men’s Indoor 3,000 Meters - Fabian Clarkson
2015 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Fabian Clarkson
2015 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Matthew Fayers
2015 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Vegard Oelstad
2015 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Brandon Singleton
2015 Women’s Indoor Mile - Jennifer Celis
2015 Women’s Indoor Shot Put - Chase Ealey
2015 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters - Chad Noelle
2015 Women’s Outdoor 800 Meters - Savannah Camacho
2015 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters - Natalja Piliusina
2015 Women’s Cross Country – Ingeborg Loevnes
2016 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay – Chad Noelle
2016 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay – Tre’Tez Kinnaird
2016 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay – Brandon Singleton
2016 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay – Josh Thompson
2016 Men’s Indoor 60 Meters – John Teeters
2016 Women’s Indoor 800 Meters – Savannah Camacho
2016 Women’s Indoor Mile – Kaela Edwards
2016 Women’s Indoor Shot Put – Chase Ealey
2016 Men’s Outdoor 100 Meters – John Teeters
2016 Men’s Outdoor Hammer Throw – Nick Miller
2016 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Kaela Edwards
2016 Women’s Outdoor 3K Steeplechase – Ingeborg Loevnes
2016 Women’s Outdoor 5,000 Meters – Aurora Dybedokken
2016 Women’s Shot Put – Chase Ealey
2017 Men’s Indoor Mile -– Josh Thompson
2017 Men’s Indoor Mile – Matthew Fayers
2017 Men’s Indoor Long Jump – Jacob Fincham-Dukes
2017 Men’s Indoor DMR – Craig Nowak
2017 Men’s Indoor DMR – Brandon Singleton
2017 Men’s Indoor DMR – Bradley Johnson
2017 Men’s Indoor DMR – Hassan Abdi
2017 Women’s Indoor 800 Meters – Kaylee Dodd
2017 Women’s Indoor Mile – Kaela Edwards
2017 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Josh Thompson
2017 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Craig Nowak
2017 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 Meters – Sylvester Barus
2017 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 Meters – Hassan Abdi
2017 Men’s Outdoor Long Jump – Jacob Fincham-Dukes
2017 Women’s Outdoor 800 Meters – Kaylee Dodd
2017 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Kaela Edwards
2017 Men’s Cross Country – Hassan Abdi
2017 Men’s Cross Country – Josh Thompson
2018 Women’s Indoor DMR - Kaylee Dodd
2018 Women’s Indoor DMR - Ambra Wesley
2018 Women’s Indoor DMR - Abbie Hetherington
2018 Women’s Indoor DMR - Ariane Ballner
2018 Men's Cross Country - Isai Rodriguez
2018 Men's Cross Country - Ashenafi Hatte
2019 Women's Indoor DMR - Molly Sughroue
2019 Women's Indoor DMR - Nicolette Dixon
2019 Women's Indoor DMR - Kaylee Dodd
2019 Women's Indoor DMR - Sinclaire Johnson
2019 Men's Indoor Long Jump - Jacob Fincham-Dukes
2019 Men’s Outdoor 3,000 Meter Steeplechase – Ryan Smeeton
2019 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 Meters – Hassan Abdi
2019 Men’s Outdoor Long Jump – Jacob Fincham-Dukes
2019 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Sinclaire Johnson
2019 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Jenny Martinez
2020 Women's Cross Country – Taylor Roe
2020 Men's Cross Country – Isai Rodriguez
2020 Men's Cross Country – Alex Maier
2020 Men's Cross Country – Ryan Smeeton
2020 Men's Cross Country – Victor Shitsama
2021 Women's Indoor Pole Vault – Ariadni Adamopoulou
2021 Women's Indoor DMR – Sivan Auerbach
2021 Women's Indoor DMR – Christina Ollison
2021 Women's Indoor DMR – Stephanie Moss
2021 Women's Indoor DMR – Taylor Roe
2021 Men's Outdoor 3,000 Meter Steeplechase – Ryan Smeeton
Big 12 Performer of the Year - 6
2008 Men’s Cross Country - German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Indoors - German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Outdoors - German Fernandez
2010 Men’s Outdoors - John Kosgei
2014 Men’s Indoors - Kirubel Erassa
2014 Men’s Cross Country - Kirubel Erassa
2016 Men’s Cross Country - Hassan Abdi
USTFCCCA Midwest Region Athlete of the Year - 9
2009 Men’s Indoors - German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Outdoors - German Fernandez
2014 Men’s Indoors - Kirubel Erassa
2014 Men’s Outdoors - Nick Miller
2014 Men’s Cross Country - Kirubel Erassa
2016 Men’s Indoors – Josh Thompson
2016 Women’s Indoors – Kaela Edwards
2016 Men’s Outdoors – Nick Miller
2019 Women's Outdoors – Sinclaire Johnson
Big 12 Champions - 145
1999 Women’s Indoor 5,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
1999 Women’s Outdoor 3,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
1999 Women’s Outdoor 5,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
2000 Women’s Indoor 3,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
2000 Women’s Indoor 5,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
2001 Women’s Outdoor 10,000 meters - Leigh Daniel
2001 Men’s Indoor Mile - Gez Yossef
2002 Women’s Indoor DMR - Katie Lyman
2002 Women’s Indoor DMR - Brionne Yosten
2002 Women’s Indoor DMR - Licretia Sibley
2002 Women’s Indoor DMR - Shannon Spaulding
2003 Men’s Indoor Mile – Jason Woolhouse
2004 Men’s Indoor Mile – Jason Woolhouse
2004 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 meters – Jason Woolhouse
2004 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 meters – Scott Rantall
2008 Men’s Indoor 3,000 meters – Ryan Vail
2008 Men’s Cross Country – German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Indoor Mile – German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Indoor 3,000 meters – German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Indoor 5,000 meters – John Kosgei
2009 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 meters – German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 meters – German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 meters – Ryan Vail
2009 Men’s Cross Country – Ryan Vail
2010 Men’s Indoor 3,000 meters – Colby Lowe
2010 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 meters – Johnathan Stublaski
2010 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 meters – John Kosgei
2010 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 meters – John Kosgei
2010 Men’s Cross Country - Girma Mecheso
2011 Men’s Indoor Mile - German Fernandez
2011 Men’s Indoor 3,000 meters - Tom Farrell
2011 Women’s Indoor 800 meters - Natalja Piliusina
2011 Women’s Indoor Mile - Mihaela Susa
2011 Women’s Indoor DMR - Natalja Piliusina
2011 Women’s Indoor DMR - Mihaela Bobos
2011 Women’s Indoor DMR - Caileigh Glenn
2011 Women’s Indoor DMR - Mihaela Susa
2011 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 meters - Tom Farrell
2011 Women’s Outdoor 800 meters - Natalja Piliusina
2011 Men’s Cross Country - German Fernandez
2012 Men’s Indoor 5,000 meters - Shadrack Kipchirchir
2012 Women’s Indoor 800 meters - Natalja Piliusina
2012 Women’s Indoor DMR - Kate Kujawa
2012 Women’s Indoor DMR - Caileigh Glenn
2012 Women’s Indoor DMR - Mihaela Bobos
2012 Women’s Indoor DMR - Natalja Piliusina
2012 Men’s Outdoor Hammer Throw - Nick Miller
2012 Women’s Outdoor 800 meters - Natalja Piliusina
2013 Men’s Indoor Weight Throw - Nick Miller
2013 Women’s Indoor 800 Meters - Natalja Piliusina
2013 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 Meters - Kirubel Erassa
2013 Men’s Outdoor Hammer Throw - Nick Miller
2013 Women’s Outdoor 800 Meters - Natalja Piliusina
2014 Men’s Indoor 200 Meters - Tyreek Hill
2014 Men’s Indoor Mile - Kirubel Erassa
2014 Men’s Indoor 3,000 Meters - Kirubel Erassa
2014 Men’s Indoor 5,000 Meters - Kirubel Erassa
2014 Men’s Indoor Weight Throw - Nick Miller
2014 Women’s Indoor 1,000 Meters - Savannah Camacho
2014 Women’s Indoor Triple Jump - Viktoriia Sadokhina
2014 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters - Chad Noelle
2014 Men’s Outdoor Hammer Throw - Nick Miller
2014 Women’s Outdoor Triple Jump - Viktoriia Sadokhina
2014 Men’s Cross Country - Kirubel Erassa
2015 Men’s Indoor Mile - Chad Noelle
2015 Men’s Indoor Weight Throw - Nick Miller
2015 Men’s Indoor 5,000 Meters - Fabian Clarkson
2015 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Chad Noelle
2015 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Matthew Fayers
2015 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Vegard Oelstad
2015 Men’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Brandon Singleton
2015 Women’s Indoor 1,000 Meters - Kaela Edwards
2015 Women’s Indoor 800 Meters - Clara Nichols
2015 Women’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Jennifer Celis
2015 Women’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Stephanie Ferrante
2015 Women’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Clara Nichols
2015 Women’s Indoor Distance Medley Relay - Kaela Edwards
2015 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 Meters - Kirubel Erassa
2015 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 Meters - Kirubel Erassa
2015 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters - Chad Noelle
2015 Women’s Outdoor 800 Meters - Savannah Camacho
2015 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters - Natalja Piliusina
2015 Men’s Cross Country – Vegard Oelstad
2016 Men’s Indoor 800 Meters – Tre’Tez Kinnaird
2016 Men’s Indoor 1,000 Meters – Josh Thompson
2016 Men’s Indoor Mile – Josh Thompson
2016 Men’s Indoor 3,000 Meters – Craig Nowak
2016 Men’s Indoor 5,000 Meters – Cerake Geberkidane
2016 Women’s Indoor DMR – Savannah Camacho
2016 Women’s Indoor DMR – Danielle Coleman
2016 Women’s Indoor DMR – Clara Nichols
2016 Women’s Indoor DMR – Jennifer Celis
2016 Women’s Indoor 1,000 Meters – Kaela Edwards
2016 Women’s Indoor Mile – Kaela Edwards
2016 Women’s Indoor 3,000 Meters – Ingeborg Loevnes
2016 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Craig Nowak
2016 Men’s Outdoor 5,000 Meters – Cerake Geberkidane
2016 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 Meters – Cerake Geberkidane
2016 Men’s Outdoor Hammer Throw – Nick Miller
2016 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Aurora Dybedokken
2016 Women’s Outdoor 3K Steeplechase – Ingeborg Loevnes
2017 Men’s Indoor DMR – Matthew Fayers
2017 Men’s Indoor DMR – Brandon Singleton
2017 Men’s Indoor DMR – Bradley Johnson
2017 Men’s Indoor DMR – Craig Nowak
2017 Men’s Indoor 1,000 Meters – Josh Thompson
2017 Men’s Indoor Mile – Josh Thompson
2017 Men’s Indoor 3,000 Meters – Craig Nowak
2017 Women’s Indoor DMR – Molly Sughroue
2017 Women’s Indoor DMR – Stephanie Ferrante
2017 Women’s Indoor DMR – Kaylee Dodd
2017 Women’s Indoor DMR – Kaela Edwards
2017 Women’s Indoor 800 Meters – Kaela Edwards
2017 Women’s Indoor 1,000 Meters – Abbie Hetherington
2017 Women’s Indoor Mile – Molly Sughroue
2017 Men’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Josh Thompson
2017 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 Meters – Hassan Abdi
2017 Men’s Outdoor Long Jump – Jacob Fincham-Dukes
2017 Women’s Outdoor 800 Meters – Savannah Camacho
2017 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Kaela Edwards
2017 Men’s Cross Country - Hassan Abdi
2018 Men’s Indoor 3,000 Meters - Hassan Abdi
2018 Women’s Indoor Mile - Molly Sughroue
2018 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters - Ariane Ballner
2019 Women's Indoor DMR - Molly Sughroue
2019 Women's Indoor DMR - Nicolette Dixon
2019 Women's Indoor DMR - Ariane Ballner
2019 Women's Indoor DMR - Sinclaire Johnson
2019 Men's Indoor Long Jump - Jacob Fincham-Dukes
2019 Women's Indoor 1,000 Meters - Sinclaire Johnson
2019 Women's Indoor Mile - Molly Sughroue
2019 Men’s Outdoor 3,000-Meter Steeplechase – Ryan Smeeton
2019 Men’s Outdoor 10,000 Meters – Hassan Abdi
2019 Women’s Outdoor 400 Meters – Aaliyah Birmingham
2019 Women’s Outdoor 800 Meters – Sinclaire Johnson
2019 Women’s Outdoor 1,500 Meters – Molly Sughroue
2020 Men's Indoor DMR – Juan Diego Castro
2020 Men's Indoor DMR – Justin Long
2020 Men's Indoor DMR – Alex Stitt
2020 Men's Indoor DMR – Ryan Schoppe
2020 Men's Indoor 400 Meters – Ashton Hicks
2020 Women's Indoor Mile – Taylor Roe
2020 Women's Indoor 1,000 Meters – Sivan Auerbach
2020 Women's Indoor 3,000 Meters – Gabby Hentemann
2021 Women's Outdoor Javelin Throw – Kelsey Kehl
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year - 11
2006 Men’s Cross Country – Daniel Watts
2007 Men’s Cross Country – David Chirchir
2008 Men’s Cross Country – German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Indoors – German Fernandez
2009 Men’s Outdoors – German Fernandez
2010 Men’s Cross Country – Tom Farrell
2011 Women’s Cross Country – Monika Juodeskaite
2015 Men’s Cross Country – Josh Thompson
2015 Women’s Cross Country – Ingeborg Loevnes
2018 Men's Cross Country - Isai Rodriguez
2020 Men's Cross Country - Victor Shitsama
Big 12 Freshman of the Year - 4
2014 Men’s Indoors - Tyreek Hill
2016 Men’s Outdoors - Cerake Geberkidane
2017 Women’s Indoors – Michelle Magnani
2017 Women’s Outdoors – Michelle Magnani
