2007 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Ashenafi Arega
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 136
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
2007 CROSS COUNTRY:
Named to the NCAA all-South Region team ... Bulldogs’ number three runner consistently ... Top finisher for the Bulldogs at SEC Championship with a time of 24:59.32 to take 20th place ... Posted time of 24:55 at Pre-National Invitational ... Ran 31:31.75 at NCAA South Regional.
2007 OUTDOOR:
Did not compete.
2006 CROSS COUNTRY:
Claimed second place at the Sewanee Invite (26:04.81) ... Finished seventh at the Crimson Classic.
AT JACKSONVILLE STATE:
Earned second team all-Ohio Valley Conference honors in cross country in 2005 ... Placed third at the 2005 University of the South Invitational ... Finished ninth at the 2005 Crimson Classic ... Participated in the 5000- and 1500-meter runs at the 2006 Alabama Relays, recording times of 14:57.77 and 4:05.03, respec tively ... Won the 2003 Rhodes College Invitational in Memphis, Tenn. (26:05) ... Named to the JSU Dean’s List.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Attended North Atlanta (Ga.) High School ... Won the Atlanta Track Classic 3200-meter event in 2003 ... Named to the 2003 Georgia High School Track and Field Honor Roll in the 3200- meter run ... Ranked by DiVarsity.com as the top-ranked runner in the Georgia AAAA cross country rankings in 2002 ... Holds NAHS school record in the mile and two mile ... State champion in chess and second in the south region.
PERSONAL:
Born Ashenafi Getachew on October 13 in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia ... Son of Almaz Getachew ... Younger brother Yibeltal is a member of the Georgia State track and field program ... Majoring in industrial education with a concentration in manufacturing and maintenance, also seeking a minor in business.
