Bolota Asmerom Position: Volunteer Assistant Coach

Former Cal runner serves as a volunteer assistant coach for the Bears ... represented Eritrea in the 5000m at the 2000 Olympics ... finished seventh at the Pac-10 cross country championships in 1999 ... also 10th at NCAA West Regionals that year ... 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 ... 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.