Freshman Cornelius Kapel earned gold (20:05.6) in his debut for the UTEP cross country team at the annual Lori Fitzgerald home meet on Friday, Sept. 8.
“It was exciting to see Cornelius win the race. Especially it being his first race here,” head coach Paul Ereng said in a press release. “We are still coming together as a team and with the addition of Kapel we are a stronger team.”
Following Kapel was teammate Antony Kosgei finishing second overall clocking a time of 20:35:8. Kosgei and Kapel paced with the top pack for the majority of the 6.