2018-19 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
Honors
• All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference in cross country in 2019
• All-GCAC in track and field in 2019
• University Service Key recipient in 2020
Briefly
• Second year at XULA
• Competed in tennis, cross country and track and field for the Gold Rush
• Received XULA bachelor's degree in May 2020
• Transferred to XULA from NCAA Division II member Chowan University (Murfreesboro, N.C.)
• Right-handed
2020 Track and Field (Senior)
• Did not compete; outdoor season was canceled in mid-March because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Cross Country (Senior)
• Finished fifth at GCAC Championships — ran 8,000 meters in 32 minutes, 55 seconds — and named All-GCAC because of his top-10 finish
• Helped XULA win GCAC men's team championship and an automatic bid to NAIA nationals
• Best season times: 19:36.0 for 5,000 meters, 32:55.0 for 8,000 meters
• Ran second or third for XULA in all five meets
2018-19 Tennis (Senior)
• 5-5 in singles, 6-3 in doubles in his only season with the Gold Rush
• Helped XULA finish second at NAIA nationals and become the lowest seeded team (seventh) ever to reach an NAIA men's final
• Played No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles most of the time
• Won in doubles and singles against second-ranked Reinhardt in XULA's 5-1 quarterfinal upset of the Eagles at NAIA nationals on May 16, 2019
• Made XULA debut March 22, 2019, at home against NAIA No. 4 William Woods and won in doubles and singles, including a 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 decision against 18th-ranked Oscar Barreriro . . . XULA won the dual 5-1
2019 Track and Field (Junior)
• Named All-GCAC after sixth-place finish at 1,500 meters 1,500 (4:55.42) at league meet
• Contributed to the Gold Rush's 198 points, the most ever by a GCAC men's runner-up
2018 Cross Country (Junior)
• On the roster but did not compete
2017-18 Tennis
• 15-5 in singles, 16-8 in doubles for Chowan, all in dual matches
• Played No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles for the Hawks
• 68th in the ITA's NCAA Division II end-of-season singles ranking and first-team All-Conference Carolinas
• Helped Chowan win its first-ever Conference Carolinas tournament championship and qualify for the NCAA Tournament
2017 Cross Country
• Ran 8,000 meters in 31:15.2 to place 29th in the CIAA Championships . . . Was Chowan's No. 2 finisher
Miscellaneous
• Played on Davis Cup tennis team for his home country, Yemen
