SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –Oral Robert’s Abraham Chelangam and Kansas City’s Mariah Belmont picked up the season’s fourth Kwik Star Summit League Cross Country Peak Performer of the Week honors, league officials announced Tuesday. Both runners were the highest placing Summit League athletes in their respective races.
Chelangam placed 17th in the men’s 8K race with a time of 24:13.0 at the Coyboy Jamboree hosted by Oklahoma State. His finish helped the Golden Eagles take eighth place in a stacked field that included a quartet of nationally-ranked teams in No. 3 Oklahoma State (first), No. 2 New Mexico (second), No. 29 Tulsa (third) and No. 10 Oregon (sixth).
Belmont became the first cross country athlete from Kansas City to win a Peak Performer award since Ayabei Cosmas in 2012. The Macomb, Mich., native finished the 6K at the Gans Creek Classic with a time of 21:45.3 The sophomore paced the Roos with a 49
th-place finish in a race with more than 200 competitiors.
Abraham Chelangam, Oral Roberts
R-Jr | Kapchorwa, Uganda
- Collected his second cross country weekly honor of the season
- Placed 17th at the Cowboyee Jamboree 8K race with a time of 24:13.0
- Guided the Golden Eagles to an eighth-place finish
Also nominated: N/A
Mariah Belmont, Kansas City
So | Macomb, Mich.
- Earned her first cross country weekly accolade
- Took 49th overall at the Gans Creek Classic with a 6K time of 21:45.3
- First Roo to win the award since 2012
Also nominated: Briley Early (Omaha), Ossly Murambidzi (Oral Roberts)
2025 Cross Country Peak Performers of the Week
Sept. 2
M: Abraham Chelangam, Oral Roberts
W: Ossly Murambidzi, Oral Roberts
Sept. 9
M: Cody Larson, South Dakota State
W: Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota
Sept. 23
M: Cody Larson, South Dakota State
W: Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota
Sept. 30
M: Abraham Chelangam, Oral Roberts
W: Mariah Belmont, Kansas City
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