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Cross Country: 2007 first-team All-Pac-10 selection...honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic...paced the Bears at the 2007 Pac-10 Championships and the 2007 NCAA West Regional...at the conference meet, posted a season-best time of 23:14 and a seventh-place finish...followed that performance with an eighth-place showing at the regional...selected to the 2006 U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association's Men's Division I All-Academic team...toured the course at 24:38 at the 2006 Stanford Invitational and placed 31st...came in 20th at the 2005 Pac-10 Championships...finished 55th at the NCAA West Regional. Track: In 2008, reached a new PR in the 3000 meters at the MPSF Indoor Championships, coming in at 8:02.68, the fourth-best time in school history...regionally qualified in the 5000 meters in the outdoor campaign with a time of 14:10.11...in 2007, PRed in the 1500 meters (3:51.61) at the Jim Click Shootout and 5000 meters (14:03.86, ninth all-time at Cal) at the Stanford Invitational. High School: Placed 27th at the 2004 Footlocker Nationals and second at the Footlocker Regional meet...in 2005 at Logan High School, posted PRs of 4:12.39 in the 1600 and 8:21.75 in the 3000 (nationally ranked)...as a junior, won the state cross country and 3200-meter titles...clocked a career-best time of 8:52.41 in the 3200 as a junior. Personal: Born in Fresno, Calif.... his brother, Giliat, was an All-American in the 5000 for Cal in 2005...father is Berhane Mehari and mother is Genet Waldemariam...history major.
