Colorado State University Athletics
Mitchel Earns Conference Honors
9/24/2024 1:01:00 PM | Cross Country
Second weekly award for Rams XC this season.
FORT COLLINS – Colorado State cross country runner Lars Mitchel led the way for the Rams' men's team at the 2024 Roy Griak Invitational last weekend, delivering a performance that earned himself the title of Mountain West Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week.
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Mitchel – a graduate student from Huntington Beach, Calif. – finished runner up at the prestigious meet held in Minneapolis, Minn., clocking a time of 25:01.1 in the team's first 8k outing of the season. His second-place finish is the highest by any Ram at the Griak since Jerrell Mock won the meet back in 2017. It was also the second-straight runner-up finish for Mitchel, who placed second at the Wyoming Invitational to open the season.
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Two race weekends in, CSU runners have already claimed two weekly conference awards, with newcomer Allison Pippert earning the league's freshman of the week distinction following the season opener.
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Mitchel and the Rams will train for the next two weeks to prepare for the Colorado Springs XC Open, which will be held at Monument Valley Park on Oct. 11.
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Mitchel – a graduate student from Huntington Beach, Calif. – finished runner up at the prestigious meet held in Minneapolis, Minn., clocking a time of 25:01.1 in the team's first 8k outing of the season. His second-place finish is the highest by any Ram at the Griak since Jerrell Mock won the meet back in 2017. It was also the second-straight runner-up finish for Mitchel, who placed second at the Wyoming Invitational to open the season.
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Two race weekends in, CSU runners have already claimed two weekly conference awards, with newcomer Allison Pippert earning the league's freshman of the week distinction following the season opener.
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Mitchel and the Rams will train for the next two weeks to prepare for the Colorado Springs XC Open, which will be held at Monument Valley Park on Oct. 11.
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