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Nico Young 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 the collegiate 5K record!
His time of 12:57.14 is the first sub-13 minute 5K in collegiate history
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyTF
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The lights weren't too bright for Luis!
A new 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝟓𝐊 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 (and personal-best) time of 13:10.09, Luis Grijalva finishes 12th in the world!
#NAUStrong ⚒️🌲💪 #Olympics
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Nico Young just broke the indoor u20 indoor 5K record by more than 2️⃣5️⃣ seconds 🤯
The previous record had been held since 2009 by Chris Derrick (13:48.26)
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #NCAAXC
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4:02.88 at 7,000ft (3:54.07@) makes @Nico__Young__ the fastest in the NCAA this season & No. 1️⃣ in NAU history
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #NCAATF
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Congratulations to Nico Young on his 12th place finish at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 10k! 🇺🇸
26:58.11 ‼️
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𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑
That’s a 13:06.32 5K for Abdihamid Nur, beating Henry Rono’s collegiate record of 13:08.4 set in 1️⃣9️⃣7️⃣8️⃣!
#NAUStrong ⚒🌲💪 #BigSkyTF
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𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚👑
Nico breaks the collegiate 10K record in his 10K debut and hits the Olympic standard
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyTF
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He just broke the NAU record 𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉
With tonights time of 27:42.73, Nur replaces his previously set Men’s Outdoor 10K record time from earlier this season (27:47.27)💨
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #NCAATF
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🚨 NEW RECORD ALERT 🚨
Nur just ran the men’s 1500 in 𝟑:𝟑𝟔.𝟑𝟑 to break the @BigSkyConf & NAU record 🥶
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪
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𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡🏆
Nico Young earns his first NCAA individual title as he turns on the jets to win the 5K!
#RaiseTheFlag | #NCAATF
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Hey @Twitter, how many more national titles does one have to win before they get one of those ☑️? #askingforafriend
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Congratulations to Luis Grijalva, who finished fourth in the 5K at the World Athletics Championships!
#RaiseTheFlag
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𝐀𝐁𝐃𝐈𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐃 𝐍𝐔𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 🏆👑
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#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #NCAATF
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Congratulations Luis! Best of luck in Tokyo!
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #Olympics
UPDATE: Luis Grijalva is headed to the Olympics! According to his agent @RayPFlynn, he received an advanced reentry document that would allow him to return to the United States after the Tokyo Olympics.
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NAU Director of XC/TF, Mike Smith, will step down at the end of the 2024-25 seasons to pursue professional coaching opportunities.
We are excited to elevate current Assoc. Head Coach, Jarred Cornfield, to Director beginning in July 2025!
#RaiseTheFlag
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GRIJALVA ADVANCES TO THE FINAL‼️
Turning on the jets in the 🔔 lap, Grijalva finishes tenth fastest overall with a time of 13:34.11 🔥
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #Olympics
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DID YOU SEE THAT?! 🤯🔥
Abdihamid Nur is your @NCAATrackField 5K CHAMPION🥇
✅ Meet record
✅ Facility record
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #NCAATF
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Colin Sahlman set a new school and conference record in the 1,500-meter with a time of 3:33.96! His time is also second-fastest in collegiate history
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyTF
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Congratulations to NAU track & field alumni Geordie Beamish on winning the world title in the 1,500-meter at the @worldathletics indoor championships!
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𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐀𝐋𝐋-𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄
With a 13:11.30 himself, Nico Young runs the 3️⃣rd-fastest collegiate 5K behind only his teammate Abdihamid Nur and the previous record-holder Henry Rono.
#NAUStrong ⚒🌲💪 #BigSkyTF
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🚨 NEW RECORD ALERT 🚨
With his time today, Drew Bosley broke both the school and @BigSkyConf 5K record, and now owns the No. 5 All-Time Collegiate 5K indoor record!
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyTF
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BROOKE IS HEADED TO FINALS‼️
With a mark of 74.00 meters, Andersen surpasses the qualifying line 💣
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #Olympics
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Don’t blink, you might miss him 🐆
Luis Grijalva @NAUTrackFieldXC absolutely flying down the final hill at @run4okstate’s new course, which should make for an awesome #NCAAXC Championship race in March if all goes according to plan
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Still soaking in this feeling 🏆🎉🤩
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #NCAAXC
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HISTORY! @xcdayman42 becomes the first NAU male to earn National Track Athlete of the Year honors!
📰 bit.ly/2vRHtju
#NAUStrong ⚒️🌲💪 #BigSkyTF #NCAATF
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🚨𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧🚨
Colin Sahlman breaks the school and conference mile record after winning his heat at the John Thomas Terrier Classic!
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyTF
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Who’s still thinking about Nico Young’s performance at the Paris Olympics?
12th in the World 🤩
#RaiseTheFlag | #OlympiansMadeHere
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Congratulations to our future Lumberjack Aaron Sahlman on an outstanding win at NXN this past weekend!
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And now Luis Grijalva runs a season best of 13:14.04 to finish 3️⃣rd in his heat and reach Saturday’s 5,000-meter final at the @WorldAthletics Championships!
#RaiseTheFlag | #WorldAthleticsChamps
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.@KingJames in LA?
Sources heard a flight just landed at Flagstaff Pulliam Airport...
#NAUStrong⚒🌲💪
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𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗵
#RaiseTheFlag
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HE DID IT! He didn’t just want the All-American honor, Andy Trouard goes off and is your NCAA Champion in the men’s 3000m with a time of 8:04.94!!!#NAUStrong ⚒🌲💪
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🚨 COLLEGIATE RECORD ALERT 🚨
@drewbosley_ sets a new school, conference, AND collegiate 3K record in his first race of 2023!
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🖐 TIME NATTY CHAMPS 🏆
#NAUStrong⚒️💪🌲 #NCAAXC
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Feels good to be in Stillwater, OK📍
We couldn’t be more excited to race tomorrow! 👏🤩
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪
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BIG FINISH 👏
1️⃣Abdihamid Nur 22:30.5
2️⃣@Nico__Young__ 22:30.7
4️⃣ Luis Grijalva 22:35.3
5️⃣ Blaise Ferro 22:42.8
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪
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For the first time in program history, both our men's and women's teams are ranked No. 1⃣ in the nation!
📰 bit.ly/3Fjmw0S
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyXC
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Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the 2019 XC season! We are grateful to return to Flagstaff and get back to work!
🏃♀️💙💛🏃♂️
#NAUStrong⚒🌲💪
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𝓝𝓘𝓒𝓞 𝓨𝓞𝓤𝓝𝓖
Nico takes his second national title of the weekend as he wins the 3K with a meet record time of 7:41.01!
#RaiseTheFlag | #NCAATF
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The crown for fastest mile ran at 7000 feet belongs to Nico Young 👑
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyTF
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Colin Sahlman continued his outstanding sophomore season by breaking yet another school record, this time in the 800-meter!
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyTF
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Colin’s checklist for the day:
Turn 19 ✅
Win the Big Sky conference meet ✅
Make the All-Conference team ✅
Earn Freshman of the Year ✅
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyXC
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Celebrating our win at the White House!
#RaiseTheFlag
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Feels like a good day to race 25 laps in Paris!
Tune-in at 12:20 pm MST ‼️
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BIG SKY CHAMPION NICO YOUNG💨💨
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyTF
Nico Young leads the NAU men in the mile, running a meet record as the group scored 27 points!
🥇 Nico Young: 10pts
🥈 Aaron Las Heras: 8pts
🥉 Theo Quax: 6pts
6⃣ Kang Nyoak: 3pts
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IT'S OFFICIAL!!! NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! #NAUStrong
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Nico Young = Olympian 🤩
#RaiseTheFlag
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A 13:24.48 and 5️⃣th-place finish in his heat sends Abdihamid Nur to Saturday’s 5,000-meter final at the @WorldAthletics Championships!
#RaiseTheFlag | #WorldAthleticsChamps
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𝓗𝓲𝓶.
NCAA RECORD ✅
OLYMPIC STANDARD ✅
SUB-13 ✅
@NAUTrackFieldXC’s @Nico__Young__ becomes the first collegian EVER under 13 minutes indoors or out with his huge 12:57.14 run for 2nd place in the men’s 5000m at the BU Terrier Classic.
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Nico Young is an XC 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻‼️
Young finished the highest of the Lumberjack men in his first ever NCAA National Championship event
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪 #NCAAXC
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Colin Sahlman broke the NAU and @BigSkyConf record in the 800-meter with his time of 1:45.63!
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyTF
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Not only is it the 10th-fastest time in Big Sky history ever recorded, but Luis Grijalva now tops the country after posting a 13:49.75 performance in his first career outdoor 5000m race! #NAUStrong⚒🌲💪
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Men’s 10K:
🥇Abdihamid Nur (27:47.27)
🥈Blaise Ferro (27:56.30)
4️⃣ Ryan Raff (29:13.54)
Nur & Ferro just earned the 🔝✌️ times in the nation!
Nur’s time is also the 6️⃣th fastest U.S. collegiate 10K all-time!
#NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪
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“It’s not what you do when you’re on top of the mountain forever, it’s moments like this. Let’s see how NAU responds. This to me is the coaching.”
Video of Mike Smith’s thoughts on the NAU men’s runner-up finish at XC Nationals
💻bit.ly/2QNlUZh
#NAUStrong⚒🌲💪
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Big Sky ✔️
Mountain Region ✔️
𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 ✔️
Coach Mike Smith sweeps the trifecta and becomes the first coach from a non-Power 5 Conference EVER to receive 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 Men's Coach of the Year!
📰 bit.ly/2JpbAlf
#NAUStrong ⚒️🌲💪
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WE HAVE ANOTHER NAU SCHOOL RECORD!!! Isaiah Kennedy goes 6.65 in the men’s 60 meter final to set the brand new school mark!
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No surprises here, Nico Young is the
@USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week!
#RaiseTheFlag
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Top XC/long distance recruit Nico Young has committed to running for Northern Arizona!
The reigning NXN champion and 3-mile record setter will join an experienced and youthful roster in 2020!
🗞bit.ly/2Q8x212
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Scoring 200.5 points, the most in conference championship history, the NAU Lumberjacks are your @BigSkyConf Indoor Champions for the third straight year!
#RaiseTheFlag | #BigSkyTF
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Geordie Beamish is your 2019 @ncaatrackfield Indoor Men’s Mile Champion! His time of 4:07.69 earned him the gold! 🥇
#NAUStrong⚒🌲💪 #NationalChampion
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The dominance continues! NAU's 2018 incoming class was ranked as the #1 recruiting class in the nation by @FloTrack #NAUStrong⚒️🌲💪
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The distance dominance continues as Abdihamid Nur and Nico Young outlast a field of 30 to take 🥇 and 🥈 in the 5,000-meter!
#NAUStrong ⚒️🌲💪 #BigSkyTF
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