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Nahom Solomon

Nahom Solomon - Men's Cross Country - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year Senior
Hometown Snellville, Ga.
Last School Shiloh
Event Distance
Nahom Solomon - Men's Cross Country - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2016 Cross Country:
Raced in five meets … Finished first in the head-to-head meet with Kennesaw State with an 8k time of 25:12.5 … Recorded career bests in the 8k at the ACC Championships with a time of 24:15.3 and in the 10k at the NCAA South Regionals with a time of 31:35.4 … Also raced at the Roy Griak Invitational and at the Crimson Classic … Led the Yellow Jackets in every meet he competed in.

2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished third in the 5000m at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a time of 14:42.22 … Finished 22nd in the 3000m at the ACC Indoor Championships with a personal-best time of 8:17.50. Outdoor: Finished third in the 5000m at the Tiger Track Classic with a personal-best time of 14:30.51 … Finished seventh in the 1500m at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 3:54.17 … Finished 32nd in the 5000m at the Penn Relays with a time of 14:32.94 … Finished 20th in the 10k at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 31:41.42.

2015 Cross Country:
Earned All-ACC Academic honors for the 2015 season … Finished 14th in the 5k event at the JSU/Struts Invitational with a time of 15:29.0 … Finished 23rd at the Commodore Classic with an 8k time of 25:24.5 … Recorded a personal-best time of 24:43.1 in the 8k at the Pre-Nationals Invitational … Finished 44th at the ACC Championships with an 8k time of 24:53.8 … Finished 48th at the NCAA South Regional with a 9.725k time of 32:16.55.

2015 Track:
Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Ran part of the 4×400-meter relay that placed fifth (3:29.41) at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Ran a season-best 5,000 meters (14:40.11) at the Florida Relays.

2014 Cross Country:
Competed in five races … Placed 24th out of 160 runners in the Upstate Invitational with a time of 25:46 … Recorded a career-best 8K time of 24:48 and finished second for Georgia Tech at the ACC Championships … Finished fourth for Georgia Tech at the NCAA South Regional with a career-best 10K time of 31:45.

High School:
Lettered four seasons in both track and cross country under head coach Rob Blaszkiewicz at Shiloh High School in Snellville, Ga. … Was a team captain for three years … Region 8 6A cross country individual champion in 2013 … Led team to GHSA 6A state championship in 2013 … Salutatorian of graduating class, member of Beta Club and is an AP Scholar with distinction.

Personal:
Full name is Nahom Samuel Solomon … Son of Samuel Gebreyesus and Letensie Tesfamicael … Born Sept. 27, 1995 in Decatur, Ga. … Brother to Noah, Nardos and Nathan …Chose Georgia Tech because of the academic excellence, ability to compete on the track/cross country teams and Georgia Tech offered his major … Majoring in computer engineering.

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