CORVALLIS, Oregon – Fourth-year Justin Kiplagat (Nairobi, Kenya) is this week's Cascade Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for his efforts through Sunday, October 25, 2026.
 
Kiplagat, a business student, ran an outstanding race at the Western Washington Padden Invitational, winning the 8K in 24:35.70, beating 47 other runners.
 
Kiplagat and the No. 9 Spartans will have a week off before heading to the Cascade Conference Championship at the Lewis and Clark State Cross Country Trail in Lewiston, ID, on Friday, November 6.
 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the NAIA in track and field, cross country, and as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.
 
About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in CIS sports. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.

-TW-