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
11/5/2018 Freddie Hessian Men's Cross Country
11/5/2018 Hasna Kaarour Women's Cross Country
10/29/2018 Avica Robings Women's Soccer
10/29/2018 Elan Hawkins Women's Golf
10/22/2018 Hasna Kaarour Women's Cross Country
10/22/2018 Kris Jensson Men's Soccer
10/15/2018 Adrian Cekala Men's Soccer
10/15/2018 Morgan Wirz Women's Soccer
10/8/2018 Anahi Servin Women's Golf
10/8/2018 Victor Moreau Men's Cross Country
10/1/2018 Monika Stanikova Women's Tennis
10/1/2018 Alma Thell-Lenntorp Women's Tennis
10/1/2018 Klara Thell-Lenntorp Women's Tennis
9/24/2018 Victor Moreau Men's Cross Country
9/24/2018 Hasna Kaarour Women's Cross Country
9/17/2018 Anahi Servin Women's Golf
9/17/2018 Anissa Wilson Women's Soccer
9/10/2018 Alice Michell Women's Soccer
9/10/2018 Morgan Wirz Women's Soccer
9/3/2018 Oliver Hadeen Men's Soccer
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