Athletes of the Year x2 - ISU still a cross country school ;)

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Logue Is ISU's Top Female Athlete In 2019-20

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State All-American and Big 12 champion distance runner Cailie Logue was recognized today by the Iowa State Athletics Department as the recipient of the 2020 Celia Barquin Arozamena Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year award.

Logue, a native of Erie, Kan., was phenomenal in a shortened season, claiming three Big 12 titles (cross country, 3,000 meter indoor and 5,000 meter indoor) and was the NCAA Midwest Region cross country champion.

In the fall, the junior won her second-straight conference cross country crown and was the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Cross Country Women's Runner of the Year for the second time after repeating as the Midwest Regional champion.

She went on to earn All-America honors by placing 15th at the 2019 NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships.

Logue was primed to have an incredible spring before the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship and the entire outdoor season was canceled.

In February, Logue earned the Big 12 Indoor Championships Women's Co-High Point Award after claiming Big 12 titles in the 3,000 meter and 5,000 meter runs. She had qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championship in the 5,000 meter run and her time of 15:50.15 in the event at the BU Season Opener ranks as the third-fastest in school history behind only national champions Betsy Saina and Lisa Koll.

Logue is a six-time Big 12 champion and was the Performer of the Year at the 2019 Big 12 Track & Field Outdoor Championships.

The Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year award was renamed the Celia Barquin Arozamena Female Athlete of the Year award in honor and memory of Iowa State's 2018 Female Athlete of the Year who died in September of 2018.

Logue will receive the award in the fall.

 

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Kurgat Repeats As Iowa State's Male Athlete Of The Year

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State distance runner Edwin Kurgat made another strong case as one of the greatest runners in the storied history of the Iowa State track & field program in 2019-20. The Iowa State Athletics Department recognized Kurgat, who won an NCAA cross country title and three Big 12 crowns, today as the recipient of the 2020 Gary Thompson Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year.

It was the second-straight year Kurgat received the prestigious award.

A native of Eldoret, Kenya, Kurgat was simply the best in a shortened 2019-20 season. He began the year by winning the 2019 Big 12 Cross Country Championship to help the Cyclones claim their third-straight team title.

He added the Midwest Region crown a week later to successfully defend both titles and setting up his opportunity at the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships.

Kurgat seized the moment by crossing the finish line first at the NCAA Cross Country Championships to become just the third Cyclone to win a NCAA cross country crown. His performance helped the Cyclones place fourth as a team, their highest finish since 1994.

Kurgat was named the USTFCCCA Division I and Big 12 Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year.

Kurgat kept it going during the indoor season, setting school records in the mile (3:58.620), 3,000 meter (7:49.19), 5,000 meter (13:24.04) and as anchor for the distance medley relay (9:28.22).

His performance at the 2020 Big 12 Indoor Big Championships will go down in the history books. Behind Kurgat's two titles (3,000 meter; 5,000 meter), the Cyclones won their first Big 12 Indoor team championship in school history.

Kurgat won the High Point Award at the Big 12 Indoor meet for the second-straight season.

The senior is an eight-time Big 12 champion and six-time All-American during his incredible Cyclone career.

The Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year award was renamed the Gary Thompson Male Athlete of the Year award in honor of the Iowa State legend and two-sport All-American, who was the department's top athlete in 1956 and 1957.

Kurgat will be honored this fall.