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Leoule Degfae
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  • r-Sophomore
  • Thomas A. Edison
  • Alexandria, Va.

2012 Indoor: Competed at the ACC Championship in the 3000 meters (8:29.69) and 5000 meters (14:35.87), setting a personal best in the 5k … Ran a personal best indoor mile of 4:10.99 at the VT Elite Meet … Posted a PR in the 3000 meters at the SPIRE Division I Invitational (8:10.20).

2011 Cross Country: Competed in five meets on the season … Ran third on the team and 34th overall at the NCAA Southeast Regional Meet by finishing in a career-best 10k of 31:06.8 … Placed 35th at the ACC Championship Meet in a career-best 8k of 24:24.3, good for fifth on the team … Was 146th at the Indiana State Pre-National Invitational (26:06).

2011 Outdoor: Redshirted … Competed unattached in the 800 meters at the Radford Invite.

2011 Indoor: Redshirted.

Prior to Tech: Competed at the University of Tennessee during the 2010 season … Competed at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the 5,000 (14:32.53) and 10,000 meters (30:54.76) … Set a personal best in the 5,000 meters at the Penn Relays (14:25.07).

High School: A 2009 Foot Locker All-American with a 12th place finish at the National Championships … Took third place at the 2009 indoor Virginia AAA State Meet in the 1,000-meters … Finished fourth in the mile at the outdoor 3A State Meet … Anchored his 4x800-meter relay to an indoor state title … Became the second Virginian in 2008 to earn All-American honors at the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships.

Personal: Born March 6, 1990 in Yirgalem, Ethiopia … Son of Degfae Setegn and Aselefech Elala… Twin brother Tihut is also a distance runner at Virginia Tech … Majoring in consumer studies.

Degfae's Collegiate XC Bests
8k: 24:24.3, ACC Championships, 2011
10k: 31:06.8, NCAA Regionals, 2011

Degfae's Collegiate Track & Field Bests
Indoor Outdoor
Mile: 4:10.99 800m: 1:59.19
3000m: 8:10.20 1500m: 3:47.01#
5000m: 14:35.87 Mile: 4:05.17
5000m: 14:25.07*
10000m: 29:46.10
*-performance achieved at previous school, Tennessee
#-converted from 4:05.17 mile