Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Gatien Airiau

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/9/2017
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
  • Bio
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Awarded NCAA DII National Athlete of the Week by the USTFCCCA on Monday, graduate student Gatien Airiau was at the forefront of a 349-runner Conference Cross-Over this past weekend. The meet featured eight nationally-ranked teams.

For much of the 8k race, Airiau stayed with a pack of four from No. 3 Grand Valley State, No. 9 California Baptist, and Cedarville atop the collection of competitors. However, his final push was enough to vault him not only into first overall, but had him at 24:42.8 and nearly six full seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. His average mile pace was average mile pace was 4:58.3.

"Gas ran a very smart race and beat some of the best in the country," said director of track & field/cross country Torrey Olson. "He has come so far since last year both in fitness and race savvy. It was a pleasure to watch."



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
12/2/2019 Stefan Milivojevic Men's Basketball
12/2/2019 Kai Tease Men's Basketball
11/25/2019 Hasna Kaarour Women's Cross Country
11/25/2019 Carly Evetts Women's Volleyball
11/18/2019 Joshua Bagley Men's Basketball
11/18/2019 Carly Evetts Women's Volleyball
11/11/2019 Hasna Kaarour Women's Cross Country
11/11/2019 Tayler Bennett Women's Basketball
11/4/2019 Katie Williams Women's Soccer
11/4/2019 Anissa Wilson Women's Soccer
10/28/2019 Hasna Kaarour Women's Cross Country
10/28/2019 Picabo Reinhold Women's Volleyball
10/21/2019 Iveta Posledni Women's Golf
10/21/2019 Zhane Chan Men's Golf
10/14/2019 Julius Kreutzer Men's Golf
10/14/2019 Sadie Emery Women's Volleyball
10/7/2019 Anissa Wilson Women's Soccer
10/7/2019 Sydney Cooke Women's Soccer
9/30/2019 Mariacristina Andrisani Women's Tennis
9/30/2019 Carly Evetts Women's Volleyball
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