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UTEP Throws Coach

Fort Madison, IA
Joined March 2013
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Kimi Antonelli, the world is yours ๐Ÿ‘‘ #F1 #MexicoGP
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the f1 film could never
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Congratulations to UTEP greats high jumper Mickael Hanany & long jumper Esther Otieno on their induction into the @UTEPAthletics Hall of Fame โ›๏ธ ONCE A MINER, ALWAYS A MINER ๐Ÿค™ #PicksUp
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itโ€™s ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘ป ๐‘พ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฒ ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโ€โžก๏ธ Miners open the 2026 season at the Art Morgan Classic hosted by NM State on Saturday, Sept. 5โ€ผ๏ธ #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt
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The 2026-27 athletic season has begun as we met for our first team meeting ๐Ÿคฉ XC season starts Sept 5 in Las Cruces; home meet is Sept 19. T&F also hosts 3 meets - canโ€™t waitโ€ผ๏ธ #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt
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Getting the season started with good food, new faces, and a chance for the families to meet their new track family! ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ— #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt
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Itโ€™s showtime ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
โ€œCompeting for the USA has always been a long dream of mine.โ€ We sat down with Michael Kpomassy as the freshman thrower talks about his upcoming competition at the U20 Championships Aug 5 at Hayward Field. GOOD LUCK, MICHAEL, YOUโ€™RE MAKING US PROUD! #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt
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Michael Kpomassy puts in his last day of training - in the heat โ˜€๏ธ - before heading to Eugene, Ore., for the @WAU20Champsโ€ผ๏ธ Michael will represent the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ in the shot put on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 1:15 PM PT/2:15 MT #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt
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๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ญโœ๏ธ โ€”> Ekaterina Fedotova ๐Ÿš€ WELCOME to the 915โ€ผ๏ธ Ekaterina competed at Angelo State in 2026. She threw a PR 50.39m, finishing 1st @ the Blue & Gold Battle. She also added a pair of 1st-place finishes at the David Noble Replays & ASU Invite. #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt
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๐Ÿ“ฆU20 Team USA Kit Unboxing๐Ÿ“ฆ
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Elijah Barnes retweeted
๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ญโœ๏ธ โ€”> Uโ€™nitee Brown ๐Ÿ’ช WELCOME to the 915โ€ผ๏ธ Uโ€™nitee competed at Iowa Central CC the last 2 seasons. Her shot put PR is 15.08m and discus is 44.85m. Sheโ€™s the @USTFCCCA Midwest Region Athlete of the Year & a 3x NJCAA All-American (shot put). #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt
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Elijah Barnes retweeted
Let's run it '#PicksUp
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๐Ÿ“ฐ โ€ข ๐”๐“๐„๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐Š๐ฉ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ— ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐”๐’๐€๐“๐… ๐”๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt utepminers.com/news/2026/6/2โ€ฆ
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HUGE CONGRATULATIONSโ€ผ๏ธ Freshman Michael Kpomassy advances in the shot put to the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ World U20 Outdoor Championships in Eugene (Aug 5-9). He hurled 1๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ.9๏ธโƒฃ9๏ธโƒฃ meters (65-7) in a fantastic effort at Fridayโ€™s @usatf U20 Championships #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt
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๐Ÿ“ฐ โ€ข ๐”๐“๐„๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐Š๐ฉ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง, ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐จ๐ณ, ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐”๐’๐€๐“๐… ๐”๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt utepminers.com/news/2026/6/1โ€ฆ
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Replying to @CoachJHerbert
@CoachJHerbert @ThrowsCoach99 Arizona airport creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
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YEAR ONE. MINER BUILT. โ›๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’™ #PicksUp #MinerBuilt #UTEPTrack #UTEPXC #GoMiners #MinerNation #MountainWest
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Elijah Barnes retweeted
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
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๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ญโœ๏ธ โ€”> Brylie Lorence ๐Ÿ’ช WELCOME to the 915โ€ผ๏ธ Brylie is a thrower from Fort Madison, Iowa. Her bests are 14.78m in the shot put, 17.31m in the weight throw and 52.89m in the hammer. #PicksUp | #MinerBuilt
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