TOPEKA, Kan. -- Washburn's Viviana Soto-Herrera and David Kibet have been named the HyVee Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of action ending Oct. 22.

David Kibet led from start to finish winning the MIAA Cross Country Championships' individual title leading the Ichabods to a program-best second-place finish on Friday afternoon at Gans Creek Cross Country Course. Kibet's time is the second-fastest 8K time in program history and he topped his previous time at the Gans Creek Course by 36 seconds from 2022. Kibet became the first individual champion at the MIAA meet since Jacob Klemz won the title in 2017. Kibet's time of 24:00.92 was just over four seconds faster than Central Missouri's Brian Mitei and six seconds over Missouri Southern's Gidieon Kimutai.
 
Viviana Soto-Herrera scored five points in Washburn's 3-0 win over Newman on Sunday and started both matches in No. 8 Washburn's 2-0 weekend helping the Ichabods to 14-1-1 on the year. Soto-Herrera scored the first two goals on Sunday afternoon, the first one on her own and the second with an assist from Khloe Schuckman. On the third goal of the match she set up Ana Muruzabal for the score. Her five points in the match are the most by a single player in a match for the Ichabods this season.