Breaking News!

1. THE GIRLS WILL (I hope this is true) BE DITCHING THEIR OLD BLACK UNIFORMS AND WILL BE WEARING THE BLUE AND WHITE STRIPES THIS FALL FOR THEIR CROSS COUNTRY UNIFORMS!

I'm very excited

2. The University switched its official colors to "Blue and White". Or something along those lines, so we cannot wear black shorts for our races.
What would be better? White shorts or blue shorts? This being with the stripes!

3. MEK IS HEALTHY!!!!!

I'm hoping this stays true for the rest of summer and into cross country.
Our team made it to NCAAD3 Nationals last year..

..without its number 1 returner from the past season.

What could a national-qualifying team be like with the return of our Ethiopian cross country brother? The UAA Rookie of the Year in Cross Country... MEK

Mekonen Gendebo hails from Cambridge, MA. His freshman year he ran 25:45 on the Franklin Park 8000 meter Cross country course in the pouring Rain. He then ran 25:30 at D3 regionals, barely missing an individual spot for nationals.

He has not been able to compete since the spring of his freshman year due to nagging achilles tendonitis that reoccurs when he starts running higher mileage.
He did not race all sophomore year...
...but if all goes well this summer.......I'm going to have a post in the fall saying Mek is back!