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2025 Track & Field Roster

Gianluca Cuevas/UTEP Athletics

Aron Tanui

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Eldoret, Kenya
  • Prev School South Plains College

Biography

2024 All-Conference USA First Team (800m Outdoor)
2024 All-Conference USA Third Team (4x400
Outdoor)
2024 All-Conference USA Third Team (800 Indoor)
2024 All-Conference USA Third Team (Mile)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2024)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medalist (2024)


2024 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
  • Grabbed gold in the 800 with a 1:54.64 at the Conference USA OTF Championships at Kidd Field. 
  • Earned a bronze medal in the 4x400-meter relay with a 3:12.59. 
  • Posted a PR time of 3:50.61 in the 1500 at the Arizona Spring Break Fiesta. 
  • Came in second place in the 800 with a 1:48.95 at the 96th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. 

2024 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
  • Claimed a bronze medal in the 800 with a 1:52.23 at the CUSA ITF Championships. 
  • Earned another bronze showing in the mile with a personal-best 4:08.31 at the conference championships. 
  • Clocked in a personal-best 1:10.21 in the 600y at the Stan Scott Memorial.
  • Place third in the 800 with a 1:50.68 at the New Mexico Team Open.

PRIOR TO UTEP
  • Competed on South Plains College for two seasons (2022-2023).
  • Clocked in a season-best 1:48.14 and placed firstt in the 800 at the 2022 Corky Classic.
  • Claimed bronze with a 1:51.60 in the 800 at the 2022 NJCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
  • Won a gold medal in the 4x800 with a 7:39.00 at the NJCAA OTF Championships. 
  • Turned a personal-best 1:18.30 in the 600 at the Texas Tech Open. 
  • Clocked in a personal-best 2:23.36 while coming in second place in the 1000 at the Jarvis Scot Open.
  • Stuck gold at the 4x8 (7:28.38) and DMR (9:47.28) at the 2023 NJCAA ITF Championships. 
  • Placed first in the 4x8 (7:15.66) at the 2023 Texas Relays. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2024Junior

    Distance
  • 2025Senior

    Distance