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North Central runner Futsum Zeinasellassie commits to Northern Arizona
12 april 2012
North Central High School distance runner Futsum Zeinasellassie has committed to Northern Arizona University, according to coach Rick Stover.
The 5-8, 134-pound Zeinasellassie was named Gatorade's National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year in January. He has won three consecutive state cross-country titles and will be going for his fourth 3,200-meter championship this spring. Zeinasellassie broke a 37-year-old Indiana high school track record in the 3,200 meters on Saturday with a time of 8:47.75 at an invitational meet in Arcadia, Calif. Rudy Chapa of Hammond set a state record by running two miles in 8:51.0 in 1975, which translates to an 8:48.27 in the 3,200.Zeinasellassie won the Nike Cross Nationals with a course record time of 15:02.41 in Portland, Ore. on Dec. 3 and finished second in the Foot Locker National Championships in San Diego on Dec. 10. Zeinasellassie, who was born in the African nation of Eritrea and moved to the U.S. when he was 14, will join his older brother, Bahlbi Gebreyohanns, who is a sophomore at Northern Arizona.
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