Personal Records
Cross Country
5,000 meters: 14:59 (High School)
8,000 meters: 24:39.1 (2017 ECU Pirate Invitational)
10,000 meters: 32:04.7 (2017 NCAA SE Regional)
Indoor
Mile: 4:24.51 (2018 Darius Dixon Invitational)
3,000 meters: 8:37.90 (2018 Great Dane Classic)
5,000 meters: 15.09.79 (2018 MEAC Indoor)
Outdoor
1,500 meters: 4:10.66 (2017 Charlotte Invitational)
3,000 meters: 9:00.07 (2016 Coastal Carolina Invitational)
5,000 meters: 15:06.44 (2018 Fred Hardy Invitational)
10,000 meters: 30:11.40 (2018 Colonial Relays)
Career Statistics
2019-20: NSU AD Honor Roll member for both semesters and also named to the MEAC All-Academic Team.
Cross Country: Picked up his third career All-MEAC honor by placing fifth at the MEAC Championship in a season-best 8L time of 25:48.5 … Placed 43
rd at the Cavalier Classic (26:07.9) and 58
th at the Pre-National Invitational (26:10.1).
Indoor: Earned a third-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the VMI Team Challenge in a season-best time of 15:02.03 … Was MEAC runner-up in both the 3,000 (8:41.35) and 5,000 meters (15:02.23).
2018-19: Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters … Also a member of the MEAC All-Academic Team.
Cross Country: Redshirted.
Indoor: Redshirted.
Outdoor: Competed in three regular-season meets … Clocked a 10,000m time of 30:56.98 at the Colonial Relays … Placed third in the 5,000 meters at the Charlotte Invitational (15:27.74) … Also ran the 10K at the Virginia Challenge … Took third in both the 5K (15:18.38) and 10K (32:17.33) at the MEAC Outdoor Championship.
2017-18: NSU 2017-18 Male Athlete of the Year … Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters … Also a member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Also inducted into the Chi Alpha Sigma national athlete honor society.
Cross Country: NSU cross country team’s MVP … Placed in the top 10 in all four regular-season meets he ran in … MEAC XC Championship runner-up in 25:08.4, earning all-conference honors while helping the Spartans win the team title … Ran an 8K PR of 24:39.1 in a fifth-place finish at the ECU Pirate Invitational … Placed third at the George Mason Invitational, earning MEAC Athlete of the Week honors with a time of 25:35.7 (third at the meet) … Ran a 10K time of 32:04.7 at the NCAA Southeast Regional, placing 122nd.
Indoor: MEAC indoor champion in both the 3,000 (8:52.13) and 5,000 meters (15:09.79) … Also earned three additional top-10 finishes during the season … Was ninth in the 3,000 at the VMI Winter Relays (8:56.94) … Also finished ninth in the 5,000 at the Penn State National (15:12.62) and was 10th in the mile at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (PR, 4:24.51).
Outdoor: Opened outdoor season with a fourth-place finish in the 5,000 at the Fred Hardy Invitational (15:06.44) … Set a new school record in the 10,000 with his eighth-place time of 30:11.40 at the Colonial Relays … Also finished eighth in the 5,000 meters at the Virginia Grand Prix, clocking a time of 15:28.49 … MEAC outdoor runner-up in the 10,000 meters (31:45.34).
2016-17: Named to the NSU AD’s Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters and was selected to the MEAC All-Academic Team.
Cross Country: Made his Spartan debut at the Virginia Duals and finished the 4,000-meter course at Panorama Farms in a time of 13:11, which was good enough for 15th … Completed the 6,000-meter course at the William and Mary Invitational in a time of 19:17.3, which was good enough to place 11th … Finished seventh at the East Carolina Pirate Invitational in a time of 15:44.31 … Ran an 8K personal-best time of 25:17 at the George Mason Invitational, finishing third … Crossed the line in 46th-place in a time of 25:57.1 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals … Finished fourth at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship with a time of 25:36.44, earning All-MEAC recognition.
Indoor: Earned third-place finishes in the 5,000 meters at the Art & Linda Maillet UNC Open (15:38.32) and the Vince Brown Invitational (15:13.21) … Finished sixth in the 3,000 at the CNU Holiday Open (8:46.70) … Scored in both the 3,000 (fifth place, 8:47.95) and 5,000 (sixth, 15:18.91) at the MEAC Indoor Championships.
Outdoor: Opened up the outdoor schedule with a third-place effort in the 5,000 at the Fred Hardy Invitational (15:22.85) … Placed third in the 3,000 at the Charlotte Invitational (9:08.88) … Scored in the 5,000 (sixth, 15:39.93) and 10,000 (fifth, 32:25.86) at the MEAC Outdoor Championships.
2015-16 At VCU (Cross Country): Finished 68th overall at the A-10 Cross Country Championship, which was an 8K race (25:59.0) … Clocked a third place finish at the CNU Invite (25:29)… Finished 135th at the historic Paul Short Run (26:15) … Crossed the line third (26:29.0) overall at the JMU Open … Finished 22nd (16:36.7) at the Richmond Invite, which was a 5K race.
Indoor: Placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Patriot Games at George Mason (15:44.98) … Competed in the 3,000 meters at both the George Mason Last Chance Meet and (eight place, 8:59.91) and Akron Invitational (sixth place, 8:59.55).
Outdoor: Sixth-place finisher in the 5,000 meters at the Fred Hardy Invitational at Richmond … Took seventh in the 3,000 meters at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (9:00.07) … Also ran the 1,500 meters at the VCU Ram Invitational (4:19.77).
High School: A four-year letterwinner in track and cross country … Was state indoor runner-up in the two-mile race his senior season … Was also conference outdoor runner-up in the two-mile race as a senior … Qualified for the outdoor state championship in the mile and two-mile races as a junior … Was also conference runner-up in the mile that season … Also advanced to the state outdoor meet in the two-mile run his freshman year … In cross country, Girma was the regional runner-up as a senior and placed sixth at the state meet, qualifying for the Foot Locker South Regional and Foot Locker Nationals … Also qualified for the state cross country meet his junior season.
Personal: Antenah Girma was born May 17, 1996 … Son of Felekech Adal and Giln Aynealem … Has a sister Adugna Desalegn, who is an alumna of Norfolk State and was on the cross country and track and field teams … Majoring in business.
