Triton runners, coach receive regional honors

Brown is coach of the year. Kidane athlete of the year.
Brown is coach of the year. Kidane athlete of the year.

The ICCAC released the 2022 All-Conference and All-Region performers for Men's Cross Country on Wednesday, headlined by the Athlete and Coach of the Year awards. 

Winning the Region 11 Championship race and earning the Division I Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Year honor was Yared Kidane of Iowa Central. The sophomore powered past his teammate and 2021 champion Aspel Kiprob to win the race. He finished with a time of 24:54.19 -- over a one-minute improvement on his 2021 race, and eight spots higher after finishing in ninth place. 

Iowa Central's Zander Cobb was a returning First Team performer this year in Division I.

Coach of the Year award went to Iowa Central's Dee Brown for Division I.