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2023-24 Men's Track & Field Roster

Othmane El Gharissi

  • Event Distance
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Rabat, Morocco

Biography

TFRRS Profile (for results and PRs)

Awards/Accolades

-Big South 5000m Champion (2024)
-Big South Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week (Apr. 17, 2024, May 1, 2024)

Personal Bests:
800:
1:53.55
MILE: 4:15.60
5000: 13:50.42
1500: 3:46.27
3000: 8:11.85 (program record)

2024 (Outdoor):

  • Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season.
  • Qualified and competed at the NCAA East First Round (May 22-25).
  • Crowned the Big South Champion in the 5000m with a time of 14:35.67.
  • Also ran the 1500m at the Big South Championships (May 6-8) and placed third with a time of 3:47.13.
  • Broke the program record in the 5000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr. 11-13) with a 13:50.42 time for an eighth place finish.
  • In his opening race of the outdoor season he placed first at the Bob Davidson Team Challenge (Mar. 22-23) in the 1500m recording a time of 3:47.31.

2023-24 (Indoor):

  • Did not compete in any indoor meets this season.

2023 (Outdoor):

  • Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season.
  • Set a personal best in the 800m at the Meet of Champions (4/15) with a time of 1:53.55 for a ninth place finish.
  • Set a personal best in the 1500m at the Virginia Challenge (4/20-4/22) with a 22nd place finish and a time of 3:46.27.
  • Placed third in two events at the Big South Championships in the 5000 (14:37.53) and the 1500 (4:16.90).

2022-2023 (Indoor): 

  • Competed in the 5000m at the Boston University Sharon Colyear Season Opener, running a time of 14.02.96 (12/3).
  • PR'd at the 2023 Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/10) in the 3000m with a time of 8:11.85 for a seventh place finish. He set a new program record with this time.
  • Finished fourth in the Mile at the Big South Championships with a time of 4:15.60 and finished second in the DMR with a time of 10:13.75.
Prior to HPU: Competed in the 3000m in 2018 and qualified for the Youth Games Olympics…Also competes in XC.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2023-24Redshirt Junior

    Distance