2010 Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track and Field Media Guide
2010 Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track and Field Media Guide
2010 Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track and Field Media Guide
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<strong>Men's</strong> Bios<br />
Washington <strong>and</strong> No. 3 nationally in 2007... Earned high school All-<br />
American honors ... Earned seven varsity letters in cross country (four),<br />
track & field (two), <strong>and</strong> soccer (one)...<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Abdi Hassan Rashiid ... Born 8-21-89, in Mogadishu, Somalia ... Son<br />
of Zamzam Mohamed <strong>and</strong> Mohamed Hodi Hassan Rashiid ... Enjoys<br />
playing soccer in his free time ... Academic area of interest has not yet<br />
been determined.<br />
PERSONAL BESTS<br />
1500 meters: 3:42.04; 800-meters: 1:51.24; Mile (i): 4:03.11<br />
Mohamud Ige<br />
Sophomore<br />
Distance<br />
Mogadishu, Somalia (Denver South High School,<br />
Denver, Colo.)<br />
ARIZONA<br />
2009 <strong>Cross</strong> <strong>Country</strong>: Was the Wildcats top<br />
runner during the 2009 cross country campaign…Won the annual<br />
Dave Murray Invitational in Tucson….Was the team’s top finisher<br />
at the Pac-10 championships, improving to 20th from last year’s<br />
conference meet… Ige was the first All-American in three years for<br />
the Wildcats, finishing 38th at the NCAA National Championships…<br />
Set a 10k personal best in the race of 30:20.2…Impressed many in<br />
the region with his ninth place finish at the NCAA West Regional<br />
Championships…2009: Was the UA’s top finisher at the Pac-10<br />
Championships during the cross country season, coming in 26th…<br />
Competed sparingly during the track <strong>and</strong> field season<br />
CENTRAL ARIZONA<br />
2007: Named to the first team National<br />
Junior College Athletic Association’s All-<br />
Region team at the Region 1 level for cross<br />
country ... Also named to the Arizona<br />
Community College Athletic<br />
Conference All-Conference first<br />
team ...Finished 14th at the<br />
Junior College <strong>Cross</strong> <strong>Country</strong><br />
Championships in Ina, Ill., earning<br />
Junior College All-American<br />
honors...<br />
HIGH SCHOOL:<br />
Denver South High School,<br />
Denver, Colo.: As a junior, Ige<br />
finished 13th at the 2004 Foot<br />
Locker <strong>Cross</strong> <strong>Country</strong> Championships<br />
with time of 15:44 ... As a senior,<br />
qualified once again for the<br />
2005 Foot Locker <strong>Cross</strong> <strong>Country</strong><br />
Championships where he bettered<br />
his finish to tenth ... Won Colorado<br />
State Championship in high school<br />
in the 1,600-meter run as a junior...Also won the 5,000-meter run at the<br />
National Scholastic Indoor championships the same season... He holds<br />
a personal best of 4:08:06 in the mile... Considered one of the top<br />
distance runners in the country as a high school athlete<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Mohamud Abdullahi Ige...Born to Khadija Said Munye in Mogadishu,<br />
Somalia...Has two older brothers <strong>and</strong> one younger brother...Enjoys<br />
video games, basketball, hanging out with friends <strong>and</strong> family <strong>and</strong> at<br />
times just relaxing...<br />
Tyler Johnson<br />
Sophomore<br />
Throws<br />
Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman High School)<br />
ARIZONA<br />
2009: An impressive surprise for Arizona during<br />
his freshman year, Johnson qualified for the NCAA West Regional<br />
Championships in the hammer throw with a career’s best mark of<br />
58.80m (192-11) set at the Pac-10 Championships…Johnson finished<br />
just shy of All-Conference honors at the meet with his ninth place<br />
finish…Also competed in Trinidad at the 2009 Junior Pan-American<br />
games in the event, finishing fifth overall…Was third at the US Junior<br />
Nationals, earning him the position at the bi-annual Junior Pan-<br />
American Games…<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas, Nev.: Holds the school<br />
record in the discus throw at 188-9...Competed in the Nevada 4A state<br />
meet three times <strong>and</strong> finished second in the discus his senior year...<br />
Took first place in the Great Southwest Meet in 2008 in the hammer<br />
throw...Lettered all four years of high school...<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Tyler Johnson...Born 2-07-1990 to Scott <strong>and</strong> Margaret Johnson in Las<br />
Vegas, Nev...Planned academic area of interest is business...<br />
PERSONAL BESTS<br />
Hammer Throw: 58.80m (192-11)<br />
Brian MacArthur<br />
Junior<br />
Distance<br />
Great Neck High School (Great Neck, N.Y.)<br />
ARIZONA<br />
2009: As a red-shirt sophomore during the 08-09<br />
track <strong>and</strong> field season he earned<br />
a NCAA West Regional qualifying time in the 3000-meter steeplechase<br />
at the Sun Devil Invitation in a time of 9:06.80 a personal best...In the<br />
2009 Pac-10 <strong>Cross</strong> <strong>Country</strong> Championships finished the 8k course in<br />
a life time best time of 24:38.24 finishing in 45th place. 2008: Earned<br />
Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention accolades...<br />
PERSONAL<br />
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2009-10 Arizona TRACK & FIELD <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>
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