Washington State freshman Evans Kurui (Eldoret, Kenya) finished first in the 3000-meter in a personal-best time of 7:48.44 at the UW Invitational (Jan 31), ranking third all-time at WSU. His time is tops in the MPSF this season and ranks 12th nationally. Kurui also set a personal-best in the mile, finishing with a time of 4:03.84. This is the first career MPSF weekly award for Kurui.