Washburn University Athletics

In 2018-19 (cross country): Had his best finish at the SBU Invitational with a 19th-place finish in a time of 23:47.08 for the 7K run … had his best 8K time at Lewis Conference Crossover with a time of 26:53.4 where he placed 134th … recorded best 10K time at the regional championships with a 73rd-place finish in a time of 32:30.3 … (Track): Placed second in the 1500m during the outdoor season at the ESU Relays in a time of 4:14.53 … had a PR in the 800m at the MIAA Outdoor Championship in a time of 1:57.33.

In 2017-18: (XC) He finished a season-best 10th at the ESU Invite in a time of 27:16.53 and had his best time at the Rim Rock Classic at KU with a time of 26:27.5 placing 29th … finished in 102nd at the NCAA Regionals on the 10K course in a time of 34:18.75 … (Track) Finished third at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational with a personal-best of 2:34.42 and finished eighth at the Graduate Classic in the mile in a time of 4:29.96 … had best time in the mile at the Nebraska Tune-Up in a personal best of 4:21.41 finishing 15th overall.

Background: At Johnson County as member of cross country team, as a freshman he placed 122nd overall in 8K with time of 28:10.31 placing sixth at regional preview meet … finished eighth at ESU Invite and finished fourth at Baker Maple Leaf Invite … in track, he finished fifth at conference meet in 600m …  as a sophomore he finished seventh at the KJCAA league championships in cross country … in track he earned NJCAA All-American honors as he was part of 4x800 relay team which finished fifth and distance medley team which took eighth … team finished third at region championships and 10th in nation … in high school at Olathe North, he was a four-year letterwinner in track and field and once in cross country … part of league and regional champion cross country team as a senior placing seventh at Turner Invite as a senior.

Personal: Son of Mathias Ngewa and Monica Muema … born in KiJabe, Kenya, Africa … twin brother Cyrus … majoring in finance.