JUNIOR:
Redshirted in cross
country and competed in
track…ran unattached in
cross country season and
showed what he could do
by placing ninth overall
in the Erik Anderson
Invite, and then winning
the Warrior Invite by
nearly seven
seconds…continued solid
running into winter when
he won the 5,000 meters
at the Jacksons
Invitational in Nampa
and qualified for
nationals…he was named
the NAIA Indoor Track
Athlete of the Week,
marking the first time
an LCSC athlete has won
that honor…at indoor
nationals, he finished
third in his heat in a
school-record time of
14:58.58…in the final,
he placed seventh,
topping his previous
time with a 14:38.13,
just missing
All-American status by
one place…in the outdoor
season, he won the
10,000 meters at the
Dusty Lane Open…he won
his heat in the 10,000
at the NAIA national
outdoor meet, but
unfortunately for him,
the second heat was the
faster of the two and
had 13 finishers ahead
of him…he also qualified
for the finals in the
5,000 where he placed 10th
at the national meet,
also setting a school
record in the
event…transferred to
LCSC from University of
Pine Bluff in Arkansas
after his sophomore
season there.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Graduated from Kitante
Hill School in Kampala
in Dec. of
2008…participated on the
cross country and track
teams.
PERSONAL:
Born in 1988 in
Kampala…mother is Angela
Anyuru and he has two
brothers and two
sisters…hobbies include
reading, biking,
learning new computer
software, and making new
friends…majoring in
Business
Administration/Business
Management…has personal
best of 14:31 in the 5k
and 24:50 in the
8k…belongs to the
Business Student
Organization and the
International Student
Organization at LCSC.
FAVORITE RACE: 10,000
meters
NICKNAME: Junior
FAVORITE MOVIE: Rush
Hour
FAVORITE FOOD: Ribs and
Ugandan food
FAVORITE PHRASE: Your
life is what you make it
to be
FAVORITE RESTAURANT:
Texas Road House
FAVORITE MUSICIAN:
Rihanna
CD
YOU ARE LISTENING TO
RIGHT NOW: R&B and Hip
Hop
MOST MEMORABLE SPORTS
MOMENT: Being named the
NAIA Indoor Track
Athlete of the Week
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB:
Administrator
WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST
ABOUT LCSC: The
atmosphere and the
friendly people
WHAT
DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT
THE LCSC CROSS
COUNTRY/TRACK PROGRAMS:
The coaches and the
administration
