Honors
- Three-time First-team All-America | Cross Country (2), Indoor (1)
- 2024 SEC Outdoor Bronze | 10,000m
- 2024 SEC Indoor Silver | 3,000m
- 2023 NCAA South Region | Bronze
- 2023 SEC Outdoor Silver | 10,000m
- 2023 SEC Indoor Silver | 5,000m
- 2022 NCAA South Region | Silver
- 2022 SEC Cross Country | Bronze
- 2022 Big 12 Outdoor Silver | 5,000m
- 2022 NCAA Indoor Gold | Distance Medley Relay
- 2022 Big 12 Indoor Gold | 5,000m
- 2022 Big 12 Indoor Bronze | 3,000m
International: Represented Sudan in the 2024 Paris Olympics making his marathon debut … Broke Sudan national record with a time of 2:11:14 to place 33rd … Previous record of 2:18:59 set in 2021 by Sumaa Aboubakar also in Paris.
(2023-24) Tennessee
Outdoor: Finished 11th in NCAA 5,000m with a time of 14:01.54 … Advanced from NCAA East First Round with a 13:59.51 … Bronze medalist in SEC 10,000m (29:58.93) and 10th in 1,500m (3:46.29) … Placed seventh in 5,000m at Wake Forest Invitational (13:39.15).
Indoor: Placed 12th in 3,000m at NCAA Indoor with a 7:55.57 … SEC 3,000m silver medalist in 7:52.32 and member of fourth place DMR (9:28.17) … Produced a time of 13:46.39 at Boston University Valentine Invitational … Placed seventh in Boston Terrier Classic 3,000m with a 7:42.63.
Cross Country: Covered 10k course in 31:34.5 to place 187th at NCAA Championships … Bronze medalist in NCAA South Region with 28:41.3 over 10k course … Placed fourth in SEC Championships with a 22:47.5 on 8k course at South Carolina … Won Furman Invite with 17:55.7 on 6k course.
(2022-23) Tennessee
Outdoor: Placed 12th in NCAA 5,000m with a time of 14:14.16 … Advanced to NCAA Championship with a 13:53.80 at NCAA East Preliminary Round … Silver medalist in SEC 10,000m (30:00.18) … Posted a time of 13:44.16 in 5,000m at Bryan Clay Invitational …
Indoor: Finished 12th in NCAA 3,000m with an 8:06.72 … Silver medalist in SEC 5,000m (14:10.19) … Member of distance medley relay that ran 9:22.65 for eighth at Alex Wilson Invitational … Set career best 7:42.23 for 3,000m at Boston University Terrier Classic …
Cross Country: Earned All-America honor for placing 33rd in NCAA Championships, covering the 10k course in 29:29.7 … Silver medalist at NCAA South Region with a 29:28.6 on the 10k course … Bronze medalist in SEC Championships with a 22:45.6 on 8k course … Fourth at Joe Piane Invitational, posting a time of 23:24.4 on 5 mile Notre Dame course.
(2021-21) Texas
Outdoor: Raced in the 5,000m and 10,000m at NCAA West Preliminary Round … Big 12 silver medalist in 5,000m (14:07.60) … Runner-up at Oregon Twilight in 5,000m (13:51.96) … Set a career best of 28:33.38 for ninth at Mt. SAC Relays … Established PR of 3:43.59 as runner-up in 1,500m at Texas A&M vs Texas Dual … Won Texas Relays 5,000m in 13:48.80.
Indoor: Member of winning distance medley relay at NCAA Indoor (9:25.20), anchoring in 3:55.58 … Won Big 12 Indoor 5,000m in a career best 13:33.26 and placed third in 3,000m at 7:56.29 … Established mile PR of 3:57.53 to place fourth at Boston University Valentine Invitational.
Cross Country: Earned All-America honor by placed 32nd in NCAA Championships, posting a time of 29:28.1 on the 10k course … Finished fourth in NCAA South Central Region with a 30:18.6 on the 10k course … Placed 20th in Big 12 Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Competed at Austin LBJ high school … In 2019 Texas 5A State Championship, placed sixth in 1,600m (4:19.10) and eighth in 3,200m (9:34.69) … In Region IV-5A, runner-up in 3,200 (9:18.16) and third in 1,600m (4:21.79) … During 2018 cross country, bronze medalist in State 5A Championships, covering the 5km course in 15:08.79 … Won district title, finished second in Region IV-5A … Finished sixth in Nike Nationals South Regional, placed 15th in Foot Locker South Regional.
PERSONAL
Son of Amira Hassan and Ahmed Abdalla … brothers are Yousuf, Yahya and Yazeed … has lived in Maryland, Utah and Texas … plays the viola … won his high school’s African-American Heritage Award three times from 2017-19.
