10/6/2025 3:00:00 PM | Cross Country
ARLINGTON, Texas – Freshman Dorcas Jepkosgei has been named the Western Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the third consecutive week as announced by the conference on Monday.
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Jepkosgei collected her second top two finish of the season in record-breaking fashion at Arkansas' highly touted Chile Pepper Festival this past Saturday, turning in a new 5k all-time best of 16:09.5 in UTA program history.
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The newcomer has racked up two second place finishes and one first place finish so far this season which came from the Texas A&M Invitational three weeks ago.
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Jepkosgei and the Mavericks will return to action with the final meet of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 17 with Texas A&M's Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station.
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Jepkosgei collected her second top two finish of the season in record-breaking fashion at Arkansas' highly touted Chile Pepper Festival this past Saturday, turning in a new 5k all-time best of 16:09.5 in UTA program history.
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The newcomer has racked up two second place finishes and one first place finish so far this season which came from the Texas A&M Invitational three weeks ago.
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Jepkosgei and the Mavericks will return to action with the final meet of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 17 with Texas A&M's Arturo Barrios Invitational in College Station.
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FOLLOW ALONG
Follow the UTA track and field and cross-country teams on Twitter (@UTAMavsTFXC), Instagram (@UTAMavsTFXC) and Facebook (/UTAMavsTFXC).
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