Berry College

PR's:

2016:

• Named to the SAA Fall All-Sportsmanship team.
• Named to the SAA Honorable Mention team.
• Named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll.
• Earned the title of Captain from his teammates. 
• Competed in six races, including three top-twenty finishes. 
• Finshed fifth to open the season at the Watermelon Run 8k with a time of 27:38.8.

2015: 

• Named to the SAA Honorable Mention team.
• Named to the SAA All-Sportsmanship team.
• USTFCCA All-Academic.
• Competed in seven races throughout the season, including three top-twenty finished and one top-ten.
• Finished 23rd at the Emory Dual 4 Mile with a time of 23:07 (9/1).
• Finished sixth with a time of 35:26 in the Big Peach Sizzler 10K (9/7).
• Set a personal record with a time of 26:45.25 at the Berry Invite 8K, placing him 16th (10/17).
• Placed 13th at the SAA Championships with 27:21 (10/31).

2014: 

• SAA Honorable Mention.
• Named to the SAA Honor Roll and the Dean's List.
• Totaled two top-twenty finishes.
• Competed in all seven 8K races.
• Finished 57th at the Rhodes Invitational (9/27), posting a time of 27:59 while helping the team to a sixth place finish out of 18 teams.
• Placed 14th at the Maryville (Tenn.) Invitational 8K (10/4), clocking in at 29:01 while helping the team to a first place finish.
• Helped the team to a second place finish at the SAA Cross Country Championships (11/1), posting a personal record time of 27:23.
• Placed 14th at that meet and was named to the SAA Honorable Mention team.
• Competed in the Kiawah Island Half Marathon (12/14), posting a 2:14 personal record time of 1:17:00 and placing 12th.

2013: 

•  Named to the SAA Fall 2013 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll.
• Earned the team's most improved award.
• Competed in eight races, including five 8Ks, two 5Ks and one half marathon.
• Saw improvement in each race, while achieving three personal records.
• Started off the season running a 32:59 8K at the Sewanee Cross Country Invitational (9/7).
• Finished eighth at the Darlington Open 5K (9/28).
• Finished 26th at the SAA Cross Country Championships (11/2), clocking in at 28:13.
• Ran a 25-second personal record in the 8K at the South/Southeast Regional Cross Country Meet (11/16), clocking in at 27:48.
• Ran a 6:02 personal record at the Kiawah Island Half Marathon (12/14), clocking in at 1:19:14.

High School: 

• Lettered in cross country and track at Tucker High School in Tucker, Georgia.
• Team captain and team mvp.
• Georgia Merit Scholar.
• Honors graduate and IB student.
• National Honor Society.
• Volunteered at Emory University Hospital and was a YMCA camp counselor.

Personal: 

• Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• Parents: Tigist Wolde and Mengesha Wae
• Has one sister, Tsion.
• Bonner Scholar.
• Major: Biochemistry