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Asmerom represented Eritrea in the 5000m at the 2000 Olympics.
Cross Country - Enters his fourth season of cross country competition at Cal as a 1999 NCAA qualifier as a junior...placed 103rd (32:06.90) at NCAAs...1998 and '99 second team Academic All-Pac-10 honoree...two-time team MVP...turned in top 10 finishes in five-of-six competitions in 1999, including three first-place times...placed seventh (24:21) at the 1999 Pac-10 meet as Cal's top runner...finished in the top 30 in every meet he entered during the 1998 season as a sophomore...finished 18th (24:27) at the 1998 Pac-10 Championship and 29th (31:47) at the 1998 NCAA Western Regional, tops for the Golden Bears in both meets...in 1997, finished second at the San Francisco State Invitational (26:07) and 33rd (26:12) at the Pac-10 Championship.
Track - Three-year letterwinner in track...set the school record in the 5000m (13:32.48) at the Mt. SAC Relays...took 10th in the 5000m (14:13.94) at the NCAA Championship after finishing fourth (14:10.29) at Pac-10s...in 1999, won the 1500m (3:52.50) at California/Nevada state meet...at the 1998 Pac-10 Championship, finished sixth in the 5000m (14:20.57)...'98 NCAA provisional qualifier in the 5000m.
High School: Competed in track, cross country and wrestling at McAteer HS...1995 Junior Olympic national champion in the 5000m...section champion in the 1600m, 3200m and cross country...team was three-time city track and field champion and 1995 city champion in cross country. Personal: Born Oct. 12, 1978, in Eritrea...brother, Yonathan, competed on the Cal cross country and track teams...African-American studies major.
