Height: 5'9
Class: Senior
Hometown: Eden Prairie, Minn.
High School: Eden Prairie HS
Parents: Uluhaa and Habsa Yusuf
Major: Psychology
Minor(s): Religion and Coaching
2016 Indoor Track and Field: Competed in the 800 meter run, 1000 meter run, and the mile run... Recorded a personal time in the 1000 meter run with a time of 2:34.10 at the MIAC Indoor Championships where he finished tenth.
2015 Outdoor Track and Field: Competed in the 400 meter dash, 800 meter run, and 1500 meter run... Recorded a personal best time in the 1500 meter run with a time of 3:59.45 at the Meet of the Unsaintly (5/1).
2015 Indoor Track and Field: Competed in the 1000 meter run, mile run, and 3000 meter run... recorded a personal best time in the mile run with a time of 4:24.03 at the Snowshoe Open (2/20)... Recorded a personal best time in the 3000 meter run with a time of 9:05.87 at the St. Olaf Quad (1/30).
2014 Outdoor Track and Field: Competed in the 4x400 relay, 1500 meter run, 400 meter run, 800 meter run...recorded a season best time in the 1500 meter relay with a 4:03.54 time at the Holst Invitational (4/12)...named MIAC All-Conference Honeral mention in the 4x400 meter relay.
2014 Indoor Track and Field: Competed in the 600, 800, 1000 meter runs...Also comepted in the 1-mile run...Recorded season best times of 4:28.89 in the 1-mile run at St. Olaf Tostrud Open (2/23) and 2:35.28 in the 1000 meter run at Warren Bowlus UW-Stout (2/1).
High School: Participated in cross country and track at Eden Prairie HS
Auggie Athlete FAQs
Career Goal: Be better than the guy I'm sitting next to! Have a job that I enjoy and be successful. Money comes and goes.
What I Like Most About Augsburg: The community and location
Athletic Goal at Augsburg:Win Conference as a team or individually in indoor/outdoor in the mile and go to Nationals.
Biggest Thrill in Athletics: Breaking the school record in the 4x800 for outdoors last year, and also taking second-place and All-MIAC Honorable Mention in the 4x400 in 2013 with "Barinedum Kordah" splitting a 46 in the anchor leg.