TCU Announces Athletes Of The Month
3/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | General
March 3, 2010
FORT WORTH, Texas-- Festus Kigen and Eboni Mangum were named TCU Athletes of the Month, while Josh Elander and Carrie von Uhlit collected TCU Scholar-Athlete of the month honors.
Festus Kigen claimed first-place honors in the men's 5,000 meters with an NCAA provisional qualifying and seasonal-best time of 14:14.19 at the Mountain West Conference Championships. His time, which broke the previous meet record, was also an Albuquerque Convention Center record. By winning the event, Kigen captured the first Mountain West Conference title in the 5,000 meters in TCU history and the first conference 5,000-meter title since former Flyin' Frog great Kip Kangogo won Conference USA in 2005. He also earned runner-up honors in the 3,000 meters at the championships. Earlier, this month, Kigen barely missed breaking the school record in the men's 3,000 meters at the Husky Classic, clocking a personal-best and NCAA provisional time of 7:58.47 to place 17th overall out of 65 runners. Kigen's time, which is the second-fastest time ever recorded in school history, was the 13th-fastest collegiate time in the event.
Eboni Mangum recorded double figures in three consecutive games, a career first. She had a career high 25 points on 10 of 16 shooting in a February contest against Utah. Additionally, Mangum had 10 points Feb. 13th against Wyoming and 12 points Feb. 16th against San Diego State. In her last collegiate game, Mangum recorded 7 points and 3 steals against New Mexico. Mangum's average of 11.5 points a game in February ranked third on the team.
Josh Elander, a freshman catcher/outfielder from Round Rock, led the team with eight hits, six RBIs and four stolen bases, during a three game series with SHSU. In TCU's
12-7 win over SHSU, he drove in the go-ahead run in the first inning with a two-out infield single. Elander is tied for the team lead with two walks, posting an on-base percentage of .833. Most recently, Elander had 2 hits, 1 RBI, and 1 one scored one run in a 5-2 win against Cal State Fullerton. Additionally, he broke the scoreless tie with a double of the left field wall in the same game. Elander has recorded a hit in every game this season.
Carrie von Uhlit had a solid outing at Best in the West Tournament earlier this month going 3-0 in competition with one MVP in California. The defending National Champion closed out her remarkable regular season career this past Saturday against No. 4 Oklahoma State, downing Bri Parnell, 71-67, in Reining. The win for the defending National Champion, brought her record to 14-2 on the season.
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