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2023 Cross Country Roster

Anekin Hetman

Anekin Hetman

  • Position
    XC/Distance
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Litchfield Park, Ariz.
  • High School
    Brophy College Prep

Biography

Career Records
Accolades
  • Second Team All-WAC (2022)
  • NCAA Mountain Region Championships (2022, 2021, 2019) 
Junior (2022): Competed in five meets for the Aggies… Opened the season with a fourth place finish at the Lori Fitzgerald Open (5K; Sep. 3), a season best after posting a time of 15:10.7… Posted a second straight top-ten finish at the Texas Tech Open (8K; Sep. 17), crossing the line seventh with a time of 25:14.1… Improved to a mark of 24:35.1 at the Dave Murray Invitational (8K; Sep. 30), finishing in 12th… Logged a personal best in the 8K at the 2022 WAC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 29), recording a time of 24:04.8 to take 17th and earn a Second Team All-WAC selection… Made his third appearance at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (10K; Nov. 11), recording a personal best time in the 10K of 30:33.6 to finish 85th.

Sophomore (2021): Suited up in four meets for NM State… Opened his campaign with a sixth-place finish at the Lori Fitzgerald Open (5K; Sep. 18), a season-best after posting a personal record time of 15:09.7… Followed up with a seventh-place finish at the Dave Murray Invitational (8K; Oct. 1), tallying a time of 24:55.8, a season best in the event… Ran a time of 25:08.7 at the 2021 WAC Cross Country Championships (8K; Oct. 30)… Closed the season with his second appearance at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (10K; Nov. 12), recording a time of 32:12.5 to take 76th.

Freshman (2020): Season postponed to the spring due to COVID-19... Finished 15th at the Dave Murray Invitational with a time of 25:44.2... Posted a personal-best time of 25:24.8 at the WAC Championships to finish 17th.

Freshman (2019): Competed in five meets for the Aggies... Started off the season strong with a 15th place finish at the Lori Fitzgerald Memorial, running the 6.4K in 21:08.3... Competed in the Capital Cross Challenge where he ran the 8K in 25:36.2... Recorded a personal-best in the 8k at the Highlander Invitational with a time of 25:26.3... Finished 16th at the WAC Championships with a time of 25:51.1... Ended season at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships where he ran the 10k in 34:17.0.

High School: Ran cross country for four years at Brophy College Prep... Posted a second place team finish at the state meet from 2015-17... Came in third as a team at state in 2018... All-State Second Team in 2017... All-State First Team in 2018... Premier Region Runner of the Year in 2018... 2018 Team Captain... 3200m personal record of 9:27... 800m personal record of 1:58.00... 5k personal record of 15:29... 1600m personal best of 4:20.2.

Personal: Son of Dusty and Maria Hetman... Has three siblings Daniel, Zeff, and Kenoby.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    XC/Distance
  • 2020Sophomore

    XC/Distance
  • 2021Sophomore

    XC/Distance
  • 2022Junior

    XC/Distance
  • 2023Senior

    XC/Distance