Utah Valley University Athletics

Career Stats on TFRRS

At Utah Valley ...
2021-22
Outdoor (Junior): Fifth in the 10k and sixth in 5k at WAC Outdoor Championships ... placed fourth at Hayward Premiere in the 10k ... fourth in the 3,000 at the BYU Cougar Invitational.
Indoor (Junior): Fourth in the 5,000m and fight in the 3,000m at the WAC Indoor Championships ... part of first-place finish in DMR at Mountain States Games ... first place in the mile at the Weber State Indoor. 
Cross Country (Junior): Finished seventh at the WAC Cross Country Championships to earn first-team All-WAC.

2020-21: Redshirt

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix ... ran both cross country and track ... posted personal-best times of 1:56 in the 800m, 4:14 in the 1600 and 9:10 in the 3200 ... helped Desert Vista to four State Cross Country titles and his track & field squad to two ... also helped his squad to an eighth-place finish at NXN in 2018.

Other College ...
Competed both his freshman and sophomore campaigns at Central Arizona College ... helped Central Arizona win the 2018 NJCAA Cross Country National Championship ... holds college personal-best times of 3:59 in the 1500, 14:50 in the 5K and 24:32 in the 8K. 

Personal ...
Graduated from Desert Vista HS in 2018 ... born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ... birthday is May 9 ... plans to major in Digital Marketing at UVU ... parents are Bill and Karen Cheney.