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2023 Men's Cross Country Roster

Taonga Mbambo

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Ashburton, New Zealand
  • High School Ashburton College

Biography

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2022-23

  • Named to Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2021
  • Atlantic 10 All-Conference Team
  • NovaCare Student Athlete of the Week (11/2)
  • In his first event of the season, ran a 24:09.0 8K and placed 39th/357 at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (10/1)
  • Ran a 24:55.0 and placed 4th/126 In the 8K en route to an A-10 title at the Atlantic 10 Championships (10/30)
  • Capped off the season finishing 30th/174 in 31:26.0 in the 10K at the Mid-Atlantic Regionals (11/12)
2020
  • Atlantic 10 All-Conference Team
  • Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
  • Second Explorer to cross the line in debut at Atlantic 10 Championships, posting a top-5 finish to help team finish in second place
  • Placed fifth out of 113 runners with time of 24:41.5 over five mile course in only meet of the season (3/5)
2019
  • Competed in one meet, placing 32nd/156 in La Salle debut at Iona Meet of Champions with 8K time of 25:59.4 (9/20)
Background
  • Graduate of Ashburn College
  • Represented Team New Zealand at the 2019 IAAF Junior World Cross Country Championships
  • Finished second at the 2019 New Zealand U20 National Cross Country Championships
  • Had a 5000m PR of 15:33.37
  • Notched a 10,000m PR of 32:48

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

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  • 2021Junior

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  • 2023Graduate Student

    5'9" 130 lbs