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Evans Kurui Earns Second MPSF Male Athlete of the Week Honor
February 18, 2025 | Track & Field
PULLMAN, Wash. (Feb. 18, 2025) -- Washington State freshman Evans Kurui was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday.
Kurui, from Eldorat, Kenya, broke Washington State's 49-year-old 5000-meter indoor record last Friday in Seattle at the Husky Classic. Kurui became the fastest 5000-meter indoor runner in program history, setting a personal best time of 13:17.16. The time was nearly 17 seconds faster than the previous record holder, 7-time, NCAA champion John Ngeno, who set the record in 1976, until last Friday the oldest standing indoor record at WSU.
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Kurui won the race by four seconds, setting a meet record and Dempsey Indoor record, while also posting the ninth-fastest 5000-meter time in NCAA Division 1 this season. Kurui's time is also tops this season  in the MPSF by nearly 12 seconds.
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This marks the second career MPSF honor for Kurui, as he also received the MPSF Male Athlete of the Week Honor on Feb. 4.
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WSU Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field continue their season this Friday-Saturday at the MPSF Championships at The Podium in Spokane, Wash.
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Kurui, from Eldorat, Kenya, broke Washington State's 49-year-old 5000-meter indoor record last Friday in Seattle at the Husky Classic. Kurui became the fastest 5000-meter indoor runner in program history, setting a personal best time of 13:17.16. The time was nearly 17 seconds faster than the previous record holder, 7-time, NCAA champion John Ngeno, who set the record in 1976, until last Friday the oldest standing indoor record at WSU.
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Kurui won the race by four seconds, setting a meet record and Dempsey Indoor record, while also posting the ninth-fastest 5000-meter time in NCAA Division 1 this season. Kurui's time is also tops this season  in the MPSF by nearly 12 seconds.
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This marks the second career MPSF honor for Kurui, as he also received the MPSF Male Athlete of the Week Honor on Feb. 4.
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WSU Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field continue their season this Friday-Saturday at the MPSF Championships at The Podium in Spokane, Wash.
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