Ahmed Haji

Class: Senior Hometown: West Hartford, Conn.

2006-2007 Indoor Track: Finished in 10th in the 3,000 meter run (8:14.87) at the IC4A Championships on 3/3...Ran the 5,000 meters in 14:35.26 finishing in third at New England Championships on 2/23... Finished 15th in the 3,000 meters (8:23.68) and placed fifth in the 5,000 meters (14:19.63) at the BIG EAST Championships on 2/17 and 2/18...Finished second at the BU Quad Meet on 2/5 in the mile (4:13.52)...Completed the 3,000 meter run in 8:22.07 at the BU Terrier Inv. on 1/27...At the URI Sorlein Memorial on 1/20 he ran the 3,000 meters in 8:28.63 placing second...

2005-06: Cross Country ... Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing 236th with a time of 32:33 ... Automatically qualifed for the NCAA's with an eighth-place (30:10) finish at the NCAA Northeast Regionals on 11/12 ... Sixth-place (24:30) finisher at the BIG EAST Championships on 10/28 ... Ran to a second-place finish in a time of 25:21 at the Penn State Invitational on 10/15 ... At the Roy Griak Invitational on 9/24, he finished 14th in a time of 24:42 ... Finished fourth in a time of 25:44 at the Fordham Invitational on 9/10 ... Placed second (25:29) at the University of New Hampshire Meet on 9/3 ... Indoor Track... Finished first (8:37.87) in the 3,000 meter run at the Brown University Alden Invitational on 12/3 ... Placed third (4:21.22) at the Harvard Invitational on 12/10 ... Outdoor Track ... Finished third (14:55.39) in the 5,000 meters at the Southern Connecticut Invitational on 4/1 ... Ran a first-place time of 8:45.42 at the Quinnipiac Invitational in the 3,000 meters ... Finished fifth (14:17.65) in the 5,000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships ... Finished ninth (14:19.81) at the IC4A Championship in the 5,000 meters on 5/12.

2004-05: Cross Country ... Finished 125th (33:16) at the NCAA Championships on 11/22 ... Finished 22nd (24:31) at the BIG EAST Championships on 10/29 ... Finished eleventh (25:01) at the New England Championship on 10/8, helping Providence to a first place overall finish ... Placed 38th (25:18) at the Roy Griak Invitational on 11/25 ... Finished fifth (25:40) in the Providence College Invitational on 9/3 ... Indoor Track ... Placed third in the 3,000-meters (8:20.73) at the New England Championship on 2/26 ... Finished eighth at the BIG EAST Championship in the 3,000 with a time of 8:29.02 on 2/19 ... Finished 32nd in the mile (4:16.32) in the St. Valentine Invitational on 2/12 ... Placed 21st in the Terrier Classic in the 3,000 (8:18.68) on 1/29 ... Finished third at the Terrier Cup in the 3,000 with a time of 8:25.68 on 1/22 ... Finished fourth (4:19.68) in the mile at the Yale Invitational on 1/15.

Ran and lettered in cross country, indoor and outdoor track at Conard High School in West Hartford, Conn...set Connecticut state record in the 2-mile run (8:58.21) and track and field 5K (14:34.17)...recognized with All-State, All-New England, and All-Conference honors...was a New England Cross Country champion...captained cross country and track teams.

Personal Records 3,000 meters - 8:12.35 5,000 meters - 13:57.01 10,000 meters - 29:38.12