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2023: 2023 MAC Individual Cross Country Champion...First-Team All-MAC...NCAA Great Lakes All-Region...2023 MAC Championship Runner-up team...Set the Mel Brodt Cross Country Course record of 23:57.3 at the MAC Championships...Ran in three races...Led the team with a sixth-place finish at the 8K Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational...Finished 17th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, the highest-ever finish by a Rocket...Academic All-MAC.
2022: First-Team All-MAC...2022 MAC Championship Runner-Up Team...Ran a 23:46.2 and finished fourth at the 2022 MAC Championships on Oct. 29...Ran in five races, the highest finish being first (24:17.7) at Indiana State’s John McNichols Invitational on Sept. 17...Wan named MAD Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week on Sept. 21...Finished first for the Rockets (34th overall) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships on Nov. 11...Finished 10th in the mile at Michigan’s Silverston Invitational...Finished 35th in the 5K (14:04.02) at the Raleigh Relays...Won the 5000m Invite (14:00.78) at the Bison Outdoor Classic...Finished third in the 5000m at the Penn Relays
2021 (Garden City CC): Ran one season of cross country at Garden City Community College before transferring to Toledo...All-Conference and All-Region honors... Won the four-mile race while setting a new school record with a time of 19:48.7 at the Terry Masterson Twilight Classic (Sept. 3)... Recognized as Jayhawk Conference Men’s Runner of the Week on Sept. 8 and Oct. 28... Took second (24:06.91) at the Region VI Championships (Oct. 30)... Finished fifth and was one of two Garden City runners who were named All-Americans at the 2021 NJCAA National Championships (Nov. 13).
Personal: Full name is Dennis Kiprono Mutai... Parents are David Arusey and Hellen Arusei.. Has two siblings, Ezra Mutai and Ivyn Jerop...Majoring in university studies.
Best Times:
Mile: 2023 Silverston Invitational – 10th place – 4:15.83
5000m – 2023 Penn Relays – 3rd place – 13:49.61
5K: 2022 Ohio XC Invitational – 2nd place – 15:20.0
8K: 2022 MAC Championships – 4th place – 23:46.3
10K: 2023 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships – 17th place– 30:10.8
