Arizona Wildcats Men's Cross Country represents the University of Arizona and competes in the Big 12 Conference. The team is current coached by five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat who specializes in middle and long-distance runner.
Notable athletes Sources: +Men's individual national championshipsYearAthleteLeague1986Aaron RamirezNCAA1994Martin KeinoNCAA2011Lawi LalangNCAA
+Men's individual conference championsYearAthleteConference1984Tom AnsberryPac-101986Aaron RamirezPac-101987Matt GiustoPac-101989Marc DavisPac-101990Marc Davis (2)Pac-101994Martin KeinoPac-101998Abdi AbdirahmanPac-102004Robert CheseretPac-102005Robert Cheseret (2)Pac-102011Lawi LalangPac-122012Lawi Lalang (2)Pac-12
+Pac-12 Athlete of the YearYearAthlete1984Tom Ansberry1986Aaron Ramirez1987Matt Giusto1989Marc Davis19901991Martin Keino19941998Abdi Abdirahman2004Robert Cheseret20052010Stephen Sambu2011Lawi Lalang2012
+Pac-12 Newcomer/Freshman of the YearYearAthlete2003Robert Cheseret 2004Mohamed Trafeh 2010Stephen Sambu2011Lawi Lalang
+Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the YearYearAthlete2014Sam Macaluso
Pac-12 All-Conference Micheil Jones: 1999 Brent Pedersen: 1999 Tom Prindiville: 1999, 2000 David Lopez: 1999, 2000 Steve Smith: 1999, 2000 Kyle Goklish: 2001 Jonah Maiyo: 2003, 2005 Robert Cheseret: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Obed Mutanya: 2005, 2006 Stephen Sambu: 2010, 2012 Lawi Lalang: 2011, 2012 Victor Ortiz-Rivera: 2020
Olympians
+AthleteOlympicsEventPlaceGeorge Young 1960Steeplechase1964Steeplechase5th1968Marathon16thSteeplechase Bronze19725000mEd Mendoza 197610,000mAaron Ramirez 199210,000mMatt Giusto 19965000mMarc Davis SteeplechaseAbdi Abdirahman 200010,000m10th200410,000m15th200810,000m15th2012MarathonDNF2021Marathon40th
Year by year results Source: + Men'sYearConference FinishPointsNCAA FinishPointsWestern Athletic Conference19621st5219632nd5419645th12319655th12219662nd5819675th11319684th9019694th11219706th14319712nd6719722nd4820th4391973T-4th9919747th14219756th13219763rd947th32419774th1019th262Pac-10 Conference19783th797th24819795th13019802nd5922nd48419812nd607th25319823th8011th27219831st38T-14th32219841st442nd11119854th1284th17519861st496th22419871st326th24419885th13319893rd9119902nd4121st48419911st45T-4th23619922nd5118th38819937th15619941st493rd17219953rd8719965th11219975th11319983rd9011th34819991st3610th34620003rd7012th41920014th9621st48620027th17620034th10923rd53620046th13820052nd7810th38420063rd10721st51720078th26020087th18020098th19320108th195Pac-12 Conference20118th19020127th16620138th19420148th20620159th27120169th23420178th23420188th21320198th24020208th2012021DNP20227th21320237th195Big 12 Conference20249th28020258th214
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