UTEP track and field star Emmanuel Korir decided to forgo his remaining three years of collegiate eligibility and run professionally after signing a contract with Nike. “Emmanuel started running well at the start of the indoor season, that’s when...

The 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships wrapped up on Saturday in Eugene, Oregon. Emmanuel Korir and sophomore Tobi Amusan will be the first Miners to return to El Paso with gold medals in the NCAA Championships since 1978. Day three (June...

The women’s competition kicked off the second day of 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday in Eugene, Oregon. UTEP sophomore Tobi Amusan clocked the fastest qualifying time (12.79) of the 100-m hurdles semifinals event to win...

Amid great individual performances for the Miners, the men’s competition kicked off the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon. UTEP Freshmen Emmanuel Korir and Michael Saruni won both of their heats in the...

UTEP’s standout freshman Emmanuel Korir, was named male Mountain Region Track Athlete of the Year, while Tobi Amusan took home the female Mountain Region Track Athlete of the Year. Both the men’s and women’s assistant coaches for UTEP, Paul Ereng...

UTEP’s Track and Field teams were able to secure a total of nine tickets to the NCAA Championships at the end of day three of the NCAA West Preliminaries. Seven individual participants and one relay team will be making an appearance at Hayward Field...

The first two days of the NCAA West Preliminaries in Austin, Texas are in the books and six Miners have punched-in their tickets to the NCAA Championships which begin on June 7 in Eugene, Oregon. Day One (Thursday, May 25) Men The first event on...

The UTEP women’s outdoor track team won their first Conference-USA outdoor conference title in school history on Sunday, May 14 at Kidd Field The Miners scored 27 points higher than second-place Middle Tennessee for a total of 153 points to claim...

As announced by the Conference USA office on Tuesday, Jan. 24, Emmanuel Korir and Tobi Amusan were both named C-USA Male and Female Track Athlete of the Week. Korir is a back-to-back player of the week honoree. This past weekend, Korir set the 600-meter...