Meet the One-Person Cross-Country Team in Nevada
Meet Kutoven Stevens, the One-Person Cross-Country Team in Nevada
He maintained a 4.0 GPA, worked four shifts weekly a grocery store, and won every meet he raced in this year. Courtesy of Misty Stevens
This winter, the Yerington High School (Nevada) cross-country team had five meets. At each event, the team posted up near the start line with just a single backpack, and when the race went off, a cheering section of just one mom and dad waited until the team came across the line.
You’ve figured out the catch the Yerington cross-country team consisted of only one runner: Kutoven (pronounced COO-tuh-ven) Stevens. And Stevens is fast so fast, in fact, that he won each of those five meets that he competed in, including a win at the 2021 NIAA Northern 2A/1A Region Championships on Saturday, April 3. He covered the 5K distance in 18:04, beating the second-place runner by 37 seconds.