Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Cross Country
8,000 Meters: 25:29.60 (2012 Great American Festival HBCU Challenge)
Indoor
Mile: 4:06.61 (2012 Morgan State Legacy)
3,000 Meters: 8:41.59 (2013 Hokie Invitational)
5,000 Meters: 15:03.87 (2013 Hokie Invitational)
Outdoor
3,000 Meter Steeplechase: 9:55.60 (2013 NSU Relays)
5,000 Meters: 14:57.95 (2012 Florida Relays)

2013-14: Cross Country: Earned All-MEAC Cross Country honors for the third straight year, placing seventh at the championship race in 26:14.80 … ran a season-best 8K time of 26:10.50 at the CNU Invitational, taking seventh place overall … earned MEAC XC Athlete of the Week honors for that performance. Indoor: Sat out the season. Outdoor: Competed in four meets (Coastal Carolina, U.Va., William & Mary, Morgan State) … posted the team’s top 1,500-meter time of 4:10.93, good for 15th place at the Morgan State Legacy Meet … was 31st in 4:15.93 in the 1,500m at Coastal Carolina … top individual finish was a seventh-place effort at the Virginia Cup (4:11.30) … named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the spring 2014 semester.

2012-13: Cross Country: Placed 11th at the MEAC Championship with a time of 26:17.46, earning all-conference honors for the second straight year … ran a personal best time of 25:29.60 at the Great American Festival HBCU Challenge, finishing second. Indoor: Placed fourth in the 3,000 meters at the CNU Captains Invitational (8:51.45) … recorded season and personal bests in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters at the Hokie Invitational … finished second to teammate Nathnael Meseret in the 5,000 at Virginia Tech in a PR of 15:03.87 … was 18th in the 3,000 at the same meet in 8:41.59 … earned a pair of third-place finishes in those same events at the MEAC Indoor Championship. Outdoor: Ran a PR of 9:55.60 to claim first place in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NSU Relays … season-best 5,000m time was 15:06.52 at the Florida Relays … was a top-five finisher in both events at the MEAC Outdoor Championships … finished third in the 5,000 (15:14.11) and fifth in the steeplechase (10:08.01) … was runner-up in the 5,000 at the NSU Relays (15:15.57).

2011-12: Cross Country: Ran a season-best time of 25:45.50 to finish in sixth place at the UMES Cappy Anderson Invitational … earned All-MEAC recognition by placing 13th overall at the conference championship meet (27:07.19). Indoor: Placed fourth in two long-distance events at the MEAC Indoor Championship … was one of four runners who bettered the previous meet record in the 3,000 when he ran a time of 8:49.82 … ran a season-best time of 15:05.50 to place fourth in the 5,000. Outdoor: Finished fourth in the MEAC Outdoor meet in the 3,000m steeplechase (10:04.45) … placed seventh at the conference meet in the 5,000 (15:50.44) … ran a season-best 5,000m time of 14:57.95 to earn an 11th-place finish at the Florida Relays … ran what was then a PR of 9:57.92 to take third in the steeplechase at the NSU Relays.
2010-11: Sat out at NSU as a non-qualifier.

High School: All-Northern Region and All-Patriot District as a senior during cross country season…during indoor season, placed seventh in the region in the 3,200 meters…during outdoor season, finished third in the region and ninth at the state meet in the 3,200m…personal-best high school times were 4:26 for the mile and 9:32 for two miles.

Personal: Damtew Adnew was born on June 2, 1991 … son of Brhena Derbew and Yeshimebet Yemer … majoring in electronic engineering.