Arizona Wildcat men's cross country

Arizona Wildcats Men's Cross Country represents the University of Arizona and competes in the Big 12 Conference. The team is current coached by five-time Olympian Bernard Lagat who specializes in middle and long-distance runner.

Arizona Wildcats Men's Cross Country
University	University of Arizona
Head coach	Bernard Lagat
Conference	Pac-12
Location	Tucson, Arizona
Nickname	Wildcats
Colors	Cardinal and navy
Men's NCAA appearances
1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 ,1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006
Men's conference champions
1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1999

Notable athletes

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Men's individual national championships

Year	Athlete	League
1986	Aaron Ramirez	NCAA
1994	Martin Keino	NCAA
2011	Lawi Lalang	NCAA

Men's individual conference champions

Year	Athlete	Conference
1984	Tom Ansberry	Pac-10
1986	Aaron Ramirez	Pac-10
1987	Matt Giusto	Pac-10
1989	Marc Davis	Pac-10
1990	Marc Davis (2)	Pac-10
1994	Martin Keino	Pac-10
1998	Abdi Abdirahman	Pac-10
2004	Robert Cheseret	Pac-10
2005	Robert Cheseret (2)	Pac-10
2011	Lawi Lalang	Pac-12
2012	Lawi Lalang (2)	Pac-12

Pac-12 Athlete of the Year

Year	Athlete
1984	Tom Ansberry
1986	Aaron Ramirez
1987	Matt Giusto
1989	Marc Davis
1990
1991	Martin Keino
1994
1998	Abdi Abdirahman
2004	Robert Cheseret
2005
2010	Stephen Sambu
2011	Lawi Lalang
2012

Pac-12 Newcomer/Freshman of the Year

Year	Athlete
2003	Robert Cheseret
2004	Mohamed Trafeh
2010	Stephen Sambu
2011	Lawi Lalang

Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year

Year	Athlete
2014	Sam Macaluso

Pac-12 All-Conference

• Micheil Jones: 1999
• Brent Pedersen: 1999
• Tom Prindiville: 1999, 2000
• David Lopez: 1999, 2000
• Steve Smith: 1999, 2000
• Kyle Goklish: 2001
• Jonah Maiyo: 2003, 2005
• Robert Cheseret: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Obed Mutanya: 2005, 2006
• Stephen Sambu: 2010, 2012
• Lawi Lalang: 2011, 2012
• Victor Ortiz-Rivera: 2020

Olympians

Athlete	Olympics	Event	Place
George Young	1960	Steeplechase
	1964	Steeplechase	5th
	1968	Marathon	16th
		Steeplechase	Bronze
	1972	5000m
Ed Mendoza	1976	10,000m
Aaron Ramirez	1992	10,000m
Matt Giusto	1996	5000m
Marc Davis		Steeplechase
Abdi Abdirahman	2000	10,000m	10th
	2004	10,000m	15th
	2008	10,000m	15th
	2012	Marathon	DNF
	2021	Marathon	40th

Year by year results

Source:

	Men's
Year	Conference Finish	Points	NCAA Finish	Points
Western Athletic Conference
1962	1st	52
1963	2nd	54
1964	5th	123
1965	5th	122
1966	2nd	58
1967	5th	113
1968	4th	90
1969	4th	112
1970	6th	143
1971	2nd	67
1972	2nd	48	20th	439
1973	T-4th	99
1974	7th	142
1975	6th	132
1976	3rd	94	7th	324
1977	4th	101	9th	262
Pac-10 Conference
1978	3th	79	7th	248
1979	5th	130
1980	2nd	59	22nd	484
1981	2nd	60	7th	253
1982	3th	80	11th	272
1983	1st	38	T-14th	322
1984	1st	44	2nd	111
1985	4th	128	4th	175
1986	1st	49	6th	224
1987	1st	32	6th	244
1988	5th	133
1989	3rd	91
1990	2nd	41	21st	484
1991	1st	45	T-4th	236
1992	2nd	51	18th	388
1993	7th	156
1994	1st	49	3rd	172
1995	3rd	87
1996	5th	112
1997	5th	113
1998	3rd	90	11th	348
1999	1st	36	10th	346
2000	3rd	70	12th	419
2001	4th	96	21st	486
2002	7th	176
2003	4th	109	23rd	536
2004	6th	138
2005	2nd	78	10th	384
2006	3rd	107	21st	517
2007	8th	260
2008	7th	180
2009	8th	193
2010	8th	195
Pac-12 Conference
2011	8th	190
2012	7th	166
2013	8th	194
2014	8th	206
2015	9th	271
2016	9th	234
2017	8th	234
2018	8th	213
2019	8th	240
2020	8th	201
2021	DNP
2022	7th	213
2023	7th	195
Big 12 Conference
2024