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Men's Cross Country

Montgomery Earns B1G Athlete of the Week Honor

Third-year Kyle Montgomery was named the Big Ten Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday afternoon.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa third-year Kyle Montgomery was named the Big Ten Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week, the league announced on Wednesday afternoon.

Montgomery led Iowa to a sixth-place finish at the Bradley Pink Classic on Oct. 16. He paced the men’s team for the fourth time this season, running a personal best of 23:40.1 in the 8,000-meter race and finishing 30th overall. His new lifetime best ranks sixth all-time at Iowa.

This is the first time that a Hawkeye has won a weekly Big Ten award this season. Luke Knepp was the most recent Hawkeye to win the award, taking home the honor on Sept. 24, 2025.

Montgomery and the Hawkeyes enter postseason competition on Oct. 30 at the Big Ten Championships in Madison, Wisconsin.