Korir named a semifinalist in Bowerman

The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced UTEP’s freshmen star Emmanuel Korir as a semifinalist for college track and field’s highest individual honor, The Bowerman Award.

Korir has been on the Bowerman Watch List three times this season.

Korir accomplished something not many freshmen have—he won two national titles in both the indoor and outdoor 800-meter races. He is the first Miner ever to come out victorious on both indoor and outdoor events. The Kenyan native is also the first UTEP student-athlete to win the 800-meter NCAA title since Peter Lemashon in 1978.

After Korir’s record-setting year, he holds three records in UTEP’s track and field…