Misgina Breaks His Own Ole Miss 10K Record at Stanford Invite

Kidus Misgina arrived at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto already the record holder in Ole Miss's men's 10K. He left with a faster one.

The fifth-year Rebel distance runner clocked 28:17.69 in the 10K on Friday, shaving nearly three seconds off the 28:20.19 he had set at the exact same meet a year earlier to break the Ole Miss school record for the second consecutive time at Stanford. The performance headlined a split weekend for the Rebels, with the squad's distance contingent racing in California while the rest of the team competed at LSU's Battle on the Bayou in Baton Rouge, where Ole Miss also posted record-setting performances.

Misgina's latest mark extends a remarkable streak for the program: the Ole Miss men's 10K record has now fallen at the Stanford Invitational in consecutive outdoor seasons. When Misgina originally set the standard in April 2025, he had dismantled the previous record, held by Dereck Elkins at 28:44.87 from the 2024 Stanford Invite, by a full 24 seconds in his first outdoor race as a Rebel after transferring from Florida State.

His 2026 run is a more precise, methodical improvement, but the significance is the same: Misgina continues to operate at a level the Ole Miss program has not historically seen in long-distance running.

The Rebels entered the outdoor season ranked No. 5 nationally on the men's side, the program's highest-ever opening outdoor ranking, under 11th-year head coach Connie Price-Smith. Twelve Ole Miss distance runners made the trip to Palo Alto this weekend, including Aiden Britt and Evan Thornton-Sherman in the distance events and All-American senior Loral Winn making her season debut.

The unofficial Ole Miss Track account announced Misgina's record on social media shortly after the result. The Rebels return to Oxford next weekend for the Joe Walker Invite at Prefontaine Stadium.