Sport: Cross country
Major: Criminal Justice
Hometown: Eldoret, Kenya
Cosmas Boit enjoyed an outstanding debut on UTEP’s cross country team, garnering C-USA First Team honors as a freshman. The distance runner registered three top-three performances in his first season in the Orange and Blue. Boit earned C-USA Athlete of the Week honors with a silver finish at the Lori Fitzgerald Invitational. The Kenyan native not only took bronze at the C-USA Championship, but claimed Freshman of the Meet honors with a time of 24:53.62 in the 8k run. The Miner finished the season 22nd out of 115 runners at the NCAA Mt. Regional Championships. He is studying criminal justice and hopes to attend law school after graduation.
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