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."



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11/6/2023 Joey Glaab Men's Soccer
11/6/2023 Katharina Goetschl Women's Cross Country
10/30/2023 Maya McClellan Women's Volleyball
10/30/2023 Elly McInerney Women's Volleyball
10/23/2023 Viktoria Leth Women's Tennis
10/23/2023 Katharina Goetschl Women's Cross Country
10/16/2023 Anson Pan Men's Golf
10/16/2023 Maddie Elias Women's Golf
10/9/2023 Maya McClellan Women's Volleyball
10/9/2023 Jae Eun Park Women's Golf
10/2/2023 Gilly Miller Men's Soccer
10/2/2023 Alejandro Palos Men's Soccer
9/25/2023 Grace Southern Women's Cross Country
9/25/2023 Chandra Reed Women's Volleyball
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9/18/2023 Nicole Peoples Women's Soccer
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9/11/2023 Grace Southern Women's Cross Country
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