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2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Othmane El Gharissi

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rabat, Morocco
  • Highschool Mohammed V Rabat University

Biography

Category Meet / Statistic
Best Overall Finish (6k): N/A
Best Overall Finish (8k): 3rd / Big South Championship
Best Overall Finish (10k): 48th / NCAA Southeast Regional
Best Time (6k): N/A
Best Time (8k): 24:01.0 / Live in Lou Classic
Best Time (10k): 30:55.0 / NCAA Southeast Regional
Most Career Top-10 Finishes: 2
Most Career Top-25 Finishes: 5
statistics updated through 2024 season

AWARDS & ACCOLADES
-Big South Runner of the Week (October 5, 2022)

SENIOR (2024)
  • Competed in two meets this season
  • Opened up the season with a time of 26:09.2 at the Lehigh Paul Short Run
  • Finished in the top-20 at the Big South Championships achieving a time of 25:09.4, giving him an 16th place finish
JUNIOR (2023)
  • Did not compete
SOPHOMORE (2022)
  • Ran in five meets over the course of the slate. 
  • Made his collegiate debut at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invite (Sept. 16), placing 23rd after crossing the finish line of the 8k event in 25:47.0.
  • Placed 19th overall at the Live in Lou Classic (Oct. 1) with a mark of 24:01.0.
  • Posted a seventh-place finish at the VertCross Invitational (Oct. 14), booking a time of 25:01.9.
  • Capped off the Big South Championship (Oct. 29) with a third-place performance as a result of a 24:32.7 time. 
  • Top men’s finisher for the Panthers at the NCAA Southeast Regional (Nov. 11) with a time of 30:55.0. 

FRESHMAN (2021)
  • Did not compete in any events over the course of the season.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior