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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2009 Cross Country (M/W) Roster

Stanley Mugo

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Nairobi, Kenya
  • Prev School Cowley County Community College

Biography

2009: Named OVC Co-Male Track and Field Athlete of the Year…Was ranked in the top-15 in the country in the 3,000 meter-steeplechase for most of the season…Won the 3,000 meter-steeplechase handily at the OVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 9:11.94…Also placed third in the 5,000 meters (14:49.33) and fourth in the 1,500 meters (3:55.67) at the outdoor championships…Placed 10th in the 3,000 meter-steeplechase at the Mideast Region Track and Field Championships with a time of 9:00.69…Recorded a career best 8:52.07 in the 3,000 meter-steeplechase at the competition-rich Penn Relays, only eight seconds off the school record set by Ken Silvious in 1970…Named OVC Male Track Athlete of the Week on April 29. 

2008: Placed second at the OVC Cross Country Championships and was named first team All-OVC...Finished 38th at the Southeast Region Championships with one shoe...Won the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the OVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in a time of 19:13.73…Placed second in the 5,000 meters at the outdoor championships with a time of 14:54.45…Advanced to Mideast Regional Finals in the steeplechase where he placed eighth with a time of 9:00.89…Earned All-Mideast Region honors…Finished fifth in the 3,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Track and Field Championships in a time of 8:38.65…Placed sixth in the 5,000 meters at the indoor championships with a time of 15:13.85…A member of the winning distance medley team at the indoor championships. 

PERSONAL: Son of Harris and Jameie Mugo...Major is nursing...Stanley’s favorite place in the world: Africa.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008Junior

  • 2009Senior