Saba Khvichava
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- Hometown:
- Poti, Georgia
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Previous School(s):
- Cloud County CC/Academy of Art
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2023, NSAA Indoor Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 17, Feb. 7)
- 2023, NSAA Indoor Championships Most Valuable Track Performer
- 2023, All-NSAA Indoor (800, Mile, 3,000, 4x800 relay)
News mentions
The Bellevue University men's distance track team wrapped up its 2023 indoor track campaign at today's NAIA Indoor National Championships held on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D. This was the first time in program history that the Bruins were represented at the indoor national meet.
For the first time in the five-year history of the Bellevue University distance running program, the Bruins will be represented by two men in the 2023 NAIA National Indoor Track Championships on March 2-4 in Brookings, S.D. Saba Khvichava and Richard Marcoux will line up for the semi-final races in the mile run on Friday, March 3, on the campus of South Dakota State University.
Saba Khvichava brought home four gold medals from Sunday’s NSAA Indoor Track and Field Championships held on the 300-meter oval at South Dakota State University. For his efforts, Khvichava was awarded the NSAA Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Meet. He led the Bruins to their best team finish in program history, a fifth-place finish scoring 57 points. (Top eight places score 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1).
Richard Marcoux joined Saba Khvichava as a qualifier for the NAIA indoor track and field championships with his performance at Friday's Concordia Invite in Seward, Neb. Marcoux, and Khvichava will be the first-ever Bruin representatives at the NAIA national championship meet in Brookings, S.D. on March 2-4.
For the second time this season, junior Saba Khvichava was named the North Star Athletic Association Men's Track Athlete of the Week for his performance at last weekend's Frank Sevigne Invitational.
The Bruin distance track team split their squad over the weekend, competing in the Concordia Classic in Seward on Friday evening and the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite at the Bob Devaney Center in Lincoln on Saturday. The highlight of the weekend was the Bruin's first-ever NAIA national qualifying mark for indoor track turned in by Saba Khvichava.
The Bruin men's distance track team continued to cut time from personal bests at Saturday's Fred Beile Indoor Track Classic hosted by Doane University. The Bruins have positioned themselves at the top or among the leaders in the North Star as the conference meet approaches in three weeks.
The Bruins distance track men set records of the school, personal and seasonal variety at Friday's Prairie Wolf Indoor Track Invitational hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan at UNL's Devaney Center. Three school records fell, and every other Bruin athlete had either a lifetime or seasonal best on the day.
After competing in his first-ever event as a Bruin, Saba Khvichava has been named the North Star Athletic Association Men's Track Athlete of the Week for his performance at last weekend's Scott Nisely Memorial on the Doane University campus.
The Bruin distance track squad opened its 2023 indoor track campaign at Saturday's Scott Nisely Memorial on the campus of Doane University. The Bruin men established two school records among a number of quality early-season performances.