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2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

Eric Mason
UCCS Athletics
Edward Jacobs Jr

Shota Yabuuchi

  • Position Distance
  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sedona, Ariz.
  • High School Red Rock

Biography

  • 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2023-24 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
  • 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2023 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
  • 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
College Bests
XC             INDOOR                 OUTDOOR             
Mile 4:52.79
3000 9:34.21
5000 16:47.55 5000 16:48.15
8K 25:58.1
10K 33:46.1

2024 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2023-24 Indoor: Did not compete officially. ... Ran in one event as an unattached competior, completing 5,000 meters in 16 minutes, 28.89 seconds for fourth place at the Feb. 17 Mines Pre-Conference meet.

2023 Cross Country: Ran in six events, scoring with a top-five finish for the team one time. ... At the Nov. 4 Division II South Central Regional Championshipos, finished 116th after running 10 kilometers in 33 minutes, 46.08 seconds. ... Placed 84th at the Oct. 21 RMAC Championships with an 8K clocking of 27:29.70. ... Ran an 8K personal best of 25:58.10 for 124th place in a field of 431 on Oct. 7 at the Chargers Invitational. ... Finished 31st at the Sept. 30 Ted Castaneda Classic, running 8K in 28:24.70. ... At the Sept. 16 Roadrunners Invitational, placed 49th with an 8K time of 27:23.30. ... At the season-opening UCCS Rust Buster on Sept. 2, was MSU Denver's fifth finisher and was 35th overall with an 8K clocking of 27:46.0.

2023 Outdoor: Appeared in three events, running the 5,000 meters. ... Top time was 16 minutes, 48.15 seconds, good for 30th place at the March 25 Spank Blasing Invitational.

2022-23 Indoor: Ran in four meets. ... Turned in a personal-best 3,000 meters time of 9 minutes, 34.21 seconds for sixth place on Feb. 4 at the Mines Winter Classic. ... Finished ninth in the 5000 with a 16:47.55 clocking at the Jan. 28 Mountain Lion Open. ... At the Jan. 21 UCCS Invitational, finished 11th in the mile (4:52.79) and 13th in the 3000 (9:53.26).

2022 Cross Country: Competed in five events. ... At the Nov. 5 RMAC Championships, finished 93rd after running 8 kilometers in 28 minutes, 17.8 seconds. ... Placed 55th at the Oct. 1 Ted Castaneda Classic, running 8K in 27:31.9. ... Finished 68th in the Sept. 17 Roadrunners Invitational. ... Made his MSU Denver debut on Sept. 3 at the season-opening UCCS Rust Buster, finishing 29th in 27:13.8.

High School: Personal bests included 9 minutes, 43.75 seconds in the 3,200 meters, 4:25.66 in the 1,600 and 2:01.24 in the 800. ... State champion (AIA D4) as a junior in the 3200 (9:43.75), while also finishing second in the 1600 (4:31.58). ... At the AIA D4 State Track & Field Championships as a senior, placed third in the 1600 (4:25.66), and sixth in both the 3200 (9:48.33) and 800 (2:01.24). ... In cross country, runner-up at the AIA D1/D4 State Championship as a senior after placing seventh as  a junior. ... Finished in the top six of all 10 of his individual outdoor races as a senior (four firsts, two seconds, two thirds). ... Placed in the top five in eight of his nine cross country races as a senior, including wins at the Desert Twilight XC Festival and the Bradshaw Mountain Cross Country Invitational. ... Finished in the top eight of all 10 of his outdoor races as a junior (five firsts, one second, two thirds). ... Also ran a leg on eighth-place 4x800 relay at the state championships as a junior. ... Junior cross country season included one win and two runner-up finishes. ... As a sophomore, had three wins, two seconds, and two third-place finishes while racing 17 times outdoors.

Personal: Majoring in international business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

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  • 2024Junior

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  • 2025Senior

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