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2018 Men's Cross Country Roster

RMAC Office

Mako Watanabe

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Tokyo, Japan
  • High School Hebron Academy

Biography

TFRRS Career Results Page (XC)
TFRRS Career Results Page (T&F)
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Overall Career Honors
  • 7x RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
  • 2017 Second Team All-RMAC (XC)
2018 (Redshirt Junior): Competed in four meets... Began the season with an 18th place finish at the Joe I. Vigil Open with a season-best time of 26:20.2 (4.97 miles)... Had a season-best 8K time of 26:39.4 at the Lewis Crossover... Finished 90th at the RMAC Championships and 87th at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championships... RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll performer.

2017 (Redshirt Sophomore): Second Team All-RMAC performer... Ran in all six of the team's meets... Led the squad at the Fort Hays State Open with a 34th place finish... Was the Mavs' No. 2 man in each of the other five meets... Earned his first career all-conference honor with a 28th place finish at the RMAC Championships... Ran a season-best 8K time of 26:12.5 to do so... Was 38th at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships... Placed 11th at the Mountaineer/Cowboy Invite.... RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll selection.

2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Competed in six races...Finished 63rd at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships...Placed 52nd at the RMAC Championships...Ran a career-best of 25:54 for 8K at the Fort Hays State Open. 

2015 (Freshman): Redshirt Season 

Personal: Is majoring in computer information systems… Chose CMU because he wanted to somewhere he never visited and Grand Junction is the place I always wanted to go.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

  • 2016Sophomore

  • 2017Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2018Redshirt Junior