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Cross Country Records
8K - 24:53.16 at Greater Louisville Classic (9-30-2017)
10K - 33:43.1 at NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11-10-2017)
Top Track Times
Indoor-
800m: 2:01.79 at Gene Edmonds Open (1-12-2019)
Mile: 4:20.23 at Fort Wayne Duals (1-20-2018)
3,000m: 9:04.49 at Gene Edmonds Open (1-13-2018)
Outdoor-
1,500m: 3:59.30 at Horizon League Championships (5-6-2018)
3,000m Steeplechase: 9:24.68 at Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational (4-28-2018)
5,000m: 15:03.72 at Illinois Twilight (4-22-2017)
2018-19 SEASON
Cross Country (Sophomore): Limited to just one meet due to injury... ran an 8K time of 27:13.0 in the open race of the Bradley "Pink" Classic on Oct. 12.
Indoor (Junior): Earned All-Horizon League honors as part of the Jaguars' runner-up finish in the distance medley relay... helped the group to a school record time of 10:12.19... was also part of a school record 4x400 time of 3:31.79 at the Horizon League Championships... had the team's quickest mile of the season at the Horizon League Championships, running a time of 4:23.30 to place seventh overall... ran a personal best 800m time of 2:01.79 at the Gene Edmonds Open on Jan. 12.
Outdoor (Junior): Competed in just three meets during outdoor season... ran a season-best 3,000m steeple time of 9:36.57 at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational on Apr. 6, placing eighth overall... clocked a 1,500m time of 4:07.43 at the Illinois Twilight on Apr. 13.
Academics: Named to IUPUI's Academic Advisor's List (3.0 GPA or better) for the spring semester.
2017-18 SEASON
Cross Country (Freshman): Horizon League Freshman of the Year and
first team All-Horizon League honoree by virtue of his sixth-place finish at the league championships... ran an 8K time of 25:48.8 at that meet, helping IUPUI to a runner-up finish... competed in five meets and was IUPUI's top finisher twice during the season... was IUPUI's top performer at the Greater Louisville Classic on Sept. 30, running the 8K race in a personal best time of 24:53.16, putting him 11th on the program's all-time list... his time was the quickest 8K effort by an IUPUI runner during the season.
Indoor (Sophomore): Earned All-Horizon League honors in the mile and as part of IUPUI's league champion DMR team... had the Jaguars' second-fastest mile time of the season, clocking a personal best time of 4:20.23 at the Fort Wayne Duals on Jan. 20... ran his best 3,000m time of the season at the Gene Edmonds Open, finishing at 9:04.49 on Jan. 13... ran 4:21.23 in the mile at the Horizon League Championships, finishing third overall.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Competed in five outdoor meets... was the Jaguars' top performer in the 3,000m steeplechase... ran his quickest steeple of the season at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational, clocking a time of 9:24.68 to ran fifth in the Horizon League and place fourth on IUPUI's all-time list... ran a personal best 1,500m time of 3:59.30 at the Horizon League Championships on May 6... was part of school record efforts in the 4x400 (3:30.21) and 4x800 (7:53.32) relays during the outdoor season.
Academic: Chosen to IUPUI's Academic Advisor's List (3.0 GPA or better) both semesters.
2016-17 SEASON
Cross Country (Redshirt): Practiced with the team, but did not compete in any meets.
Indoor (Freshman): Competed in five meets... had the team's third-fastest mile of the season and tops by a freshman, running 4:21.59 at The Summit League Championships on Feb. 25, putting him tenth on the program's all-time list... ran his quickest 800 of the season at the Fort Wayne Duals (Jan. 21), crossing at 2:06.33... was part of the team's quickest DMR of the season, running the third leg of a quartet that ran 10:22.09 at The Summit League Championships on Feb. 24.
Outdoor (Freshman): Participated in five meets... opened the outdoor season with his best 1,500m time of the year, running 4:02.25 at the Charlotte 49er Classic on Mar. 17... posted his quickest 5,000m time of the season at the Illinois Twilight on Apr. 22, finishing at 15:03.72.
Academic: Named to IUPUI's Academic Advisor's List (3.0 GPA) for the fall semester.
High School: Took up running late in his high school career at Fort Wayne Concordia High School... grew up playing soccer in Ethiopia prior to coming to the U.S. and didn't begin running until his sophomore year... advanced to the IHSAA State Track Championships in the mile as a junior... continued to shine with a 13th-place finish at the IHSAA State Cross Country Championships his senior year, running a time of 15:38.1... won the 2015 SAC cross country title and helped Concordia to the team title... won the 3,200m 1A-3A (small school) race at the Hoosier State Indoor Relays in a time of 9:20.26.
