Tech’s Kithuka wins weekly Big 12 honor
Texas Tech senior Kennedy Kithuka was named the Big 12 Conference men’s cross country runner fo the week for his performance Friday, when he won the Tech/New Mexico State duel in Ruidoso, N.M., by more than 40 seconds.
Kithuka, the defending NCAA champion, ran the 4-mile course in 19 minutes, 53.80 seconds. He led a pack of Red Raiders who swept the top five spots. Second through fifth were Marcos Vallejo (20:34.00), Jonathon Lira (21:41.00), Brendan Devlin (21:56.60) and Ramon Rueda (22:06.20).