UTEP freshman named C-USA Track Athlete of the Week

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor • January 18, 2017

After his noteworthy performance at the Commmodore Invitational, freshman Emmanuel Korir was named Conference USA Track Athlete of the Week by the league.

Korir debuted for the first time in an orange and white uniform with a 1:46:50 time and took the gold in the the 800m race. The time was enough to give the Kenya native the program record, which was previously held by Elias Koech in 2008. Currently, his time is the fastest in the nation and first in C-USA for the event.

He and the Miners will participate in the Cherry & Silver Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M, on Saturday, Jan. 21.

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Adrian Broaddus, Sports Editor

Adrian Broaddus is the sports editor for The Prospector. He is a junior multimedia journalism major with a minor in political science. Adrian was born and raised in El Paso, TX, and is a graduate of Franklin high school. He entered college in the fall of 2015 in hopes to better his career in journalism. Along with sports, Adrian enjoys writing music reviews, perspective columns and news stories on politics. Although he is pursuing his degree in journalism, Adrian would like to go to law school and be an attorney while doing part-time work in journalism.