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LeTourneau University Athletics

2025 YellowJackets Men's Cross Country Roster

Simon Nakamura

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Tokyo, Japan
  • High School Christian Academy in Japan
  • Major Sports Management

Biography

FRESHMAN (2025-26): Ran in all five cross country races... Made collegiate debut at SFA (Aug. 29), running a 16:40.0 in the three mile to place 19th overall... Placed 34th at the Rice Invitational (Sep. 12), running a 17:21.9 to establish a benchmark in the 5.2k... Ran a 26:46.3 in the 8k at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (Oct. 17) to record season-best

Prior to LeTourneau: Attended Christian Academy in Japan... Two-time Kanto League Cross Country All-Star and three-time Asia Pacific Invitational All-Star... 2024 5k overseas record holder... 2024 Far East/Asia Pacific Invitational champion... 2024-25 CAJ Athlete of the Year and earned multiple other awards... 2025 Kanto Track 3200-meter champion

Personal: Parents are Yukari and Yuichi Nakamura... Favorite Bible verse is James 1:2-3... Majoring in sports management