Academic Notes:Majoring in sociology with a minor in criminal justice.
Personal Bests:1:55.75 (800m), 3:51.87 (1,500m), 4:21.48 (mile), 8:16.37 (3,000m),13:58.20 (5,000m), 28:52.57 (10,000m)
2010 CrossCountry: Claimed All-American honors for the first time incross country after finishing 19th overall (30:14.8) at the NCAAChampionships … With the top-20 finish, he improved hisoverall placing 55 places from 2009 … Earned All-Regionhonors for the first time in his career after placing 21st at theNCAA Mountain Region Championships … Recorded career-best10K time of 30:25.7 on the Rose Park Golf Course in Salt Lake City,Utah … Named to the Big Sky All-Conference team afterfinishing eighth overall (22:24.8) at the conference championshipmeet … Opened 2010 campaign with 13th-place finish andcareer-best 8K mark of 23:58.9 in the ‘blue’ race atthe NCAA Pre-Nationals.
2010 Track &Field: Won the North America, Central America andCaribbean (NACAC) Athletic Association Under-23 10,000-meter run inMiramar, Fla., while representing the United States in first careerinternational race to close out stellar outdoor campaign …Earned All-American status for the second-straight season in the10,000-meter run with a 15th-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track& Field Championships (29:29.62) … Recorded asecond-place finish (29:37.52) in the 10K at the NCAA WestPreliminary Round in Austin, Texas to advance to hissecond-straight NCAA Outdoor Championships … At the Big SkyOutdoor Championships, won the 10K for the second-straight year,and took third in the 5,000-meter run after doubling up for theweekend … Ran to a career-best mark of 28:52.57 at the 52ndAnnual Mt. SAC Relays while finishing second overall in the race… Also recorded a new personal-best mark in the 5K at theStanford Invitational (13:58.20) … In outdoor debut,recorded personal-best mark of 3:51.87 in the 1500m at the ArizonaState Invitational … At the Big Sky Indoor Championships,collected two second-place finishes in both the 3,000-meter run and5K to help lead the men’s team to the conference title… Ended indoor season with the 28th fastest time in thenation at 5000m (13:59.30).
2009 CrossCountry: Raced six times for the Lumberjacks in firstcross country season at NAU … Finished fourth on the team,74th overall, at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in a time of30:39.3, his fastest 10K mark of the year … Turned in a30th-place performance (31:25.2) at the NCAA Mountain RegionChampionships, and was the fourth Lumberjack to cross the finishline … Earned All-Big Sky honors with a 10th-place finish atthe Big Sky Championships ( 26:11.5) … Took 39th in the“blue” race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in a time of24:35.7 … Recorded best 8K time of the season (24:22.9) atthe Cowboy Jamboree when he finished 14th overall, and fourth onthe team … Opened season at the Aztec Invite in hometown ofSan Diego, Calif., finishing in second behind teammate JordanChipangama.
2009 Track &Field: In first year with the Lumberjacks advanced all theway to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing ninth in the10,000-meter event and earned All-American honors (29:18.23) ...One of just three freshmen to appear in the championship race… Won the Big Sky Outdoor Championships title in the 10k (30:53.19) and finished third in the 5,000m run (14:41.31) …Collected best 10k time of the season at the Mt. Sac Relays(28:56.41) … Finished third in the 5,000m (15:00.57) andsixth in the 3,000m (8:45.44) at the Big Sky Indoor Championships… Finished second in his heat at the Husky Classic in the 5k(14:13.69)
High School:Graduated from San Diego High School ... Two-time letter winner andcaptain in both cross country and track ... All-state andall-section first team junior and senior year ... Eastern LeasureRunner of the Year junior and senior seasons ... Named SanDiego Union-Tribune Athlete of the Week.
Personal: Born onJan. 1, 1988 to Mussa Gurra and Hawa Abdi ... Has two brothers,Yusuf and Idirse, and two sisters, Halima and Maryan Osman.
