The University of Mississippi Athletics
2019 Cross Country Roster
Abdulkarim, Farah
Farah Abdulkarim
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ottawa, Canada
- High School:
- Glebe
- Prev School:
- Morehead State
Bio
TFRRS Bio
AT OLE MISS
2019 (Senior)
NCAA South All-Region (9th Place)
First-Team All-SEC (4th Place)
SEC Team Champion
Earned All-Region status by placing ninth at the NCAA South Regional (10K, 30:33.1) ... Helped Ole Miss with its second straight conference title and earned First-Team All-SEC status by finishing fourth at the SEC Championships (8K, 22:59.4) ... Placed 36th at Pre-Nationals (8K, 24:19.6) ... Finished 12th at the Joe Piane Invitational (5M, 23:35.1).
2018 (Junior)
NCAA All-South Region (3rd Place)
SEC Team Champion
Second-Team All-SEC (8th Place)
Finished 159th at the NCAA Championships at a career-best 10K time of 31:08.2, helping the Rebel men to a 17th-place finish, the second-best in school history ... Earned NCAA All-South Region honors with a third-place finish at 31:18.6 in the 10K, helping the Rebel men to a commanding 47-point victory (their third South Region title in the previous five seasons) ... One of just three Rebel men to have finished within the top-three at the regional meet, joining All-Americans Wesley Gallagher (2014, third) and Barnabas Kirui (2006, first; 2009, second) ... Was an integral part of the first SEC team championship title in Ole Miss track or cross country history, earning Second-Team All-SEC honors with an eighth-place finish in the 8K at a career-best time of 23:08.7 ... Finished fourth at the Battle in Beantown at an 8K time of 24:08.5, helping lead the Rebel men to a key early-season third-place finish ... Finished 35th in the 8K at the Pre-National Invitational at 24:32.1.
AT MOREHEAD STATE
2017 (Sophomore)
NCAA All-Southeast Region (23rd Place)
Second-Team All-OVC (8th Place)
Ran the fastest 10K time in Morehead State history with his All-Region finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional at a time of 29:41.8 to finish 23rd overall ... Helped lead MSU to a runner-up team finish at the OVC Championships, finishing eighth for Second-Team All-OVC honors at 24:27.0 in the 8K ... Took 53rd at the Pre-National meet at an 8K time of 24:05.9 ... Won the JSU Foothills Invite on Sept. 30, taking the 8K crown at 25:00.3 ... Finished runner-up in the 8K at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invite on Sept. 15, running 24:50.4 ... Opened the season with a 5K time of 15:29.2 and a seventh place finish at the Morehead State Eagle Opener.
2016 (Freshman)
NCAA All-Southeast Region (18th Place)
First-Team All-OVC (4th Place)
Earned NCAA All-Southeast Region after finishing 18th at the regional meet, running a school-record 10K time of 29:51.8 ... Snared First-Team All-OVC honors after finishing fourth at the conference championship meet at an 8K time of 24:42.9 ... Ran season-best 5K time (15:46.30) at the Eagle Opener where he placed second of 65 runners … Ran the third best 8K time in school history with a time of 24:37.96 at the Greater Louisville Classic, good enough for 26th of 312 runners.
High School
Competed in cross country and track all four years, as well as two years of volleyball and one year of soccer ... Was the 2015 Canadian indoor champion in the 3000-meter event and finished in the top 10 in that event at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association Championship ... OFSAA cross country team medal in 2014 ... Clocked personal bests of 9:13 in the 3000-meter steeplechase and 8:30.1 in the 3K.
Personal
Born Nov. 9, 1996, to Sofia Hussein and Najib Abdulkarim ... Chose Ole Miss over Virginia tech, Iowa State, and UNC Charlotte.
AT OLE MISS
2019 (Senior)
NCAA South All-Region (9th Place)
First-Team All-SEC (4th Place)
SEC Team Champion
Earned All-Region status by placing ninth at the NCAA South Regional (10K, 30:33.1) ... Helped Ole Miss with its second straight conference title and earned First-Team All-SEC status by finishing fourth at the SEC Championships (8K, 22:59.4) ... Placed 36th at Pre-Nationals (8K, 24:19.6) ... Finished 12th at the Joe Piane Invitational (5M, 23:35.1).
2018 (Junior)
NCAA All-South Region (3rd Place)
SEC Team Champion
Second-Team All-SEC (8th Place)
Finished 159th at the NCAA Championships at a career-best 10K time of 31:08.2, helping the Rebel men to a 17th-place finish, the second-best in school history ... Earned NCAA All-South Region honors with a third-place finish at 31:18.6 in the 10K, helping the Rebel men to a commanding 47-point victory (their third South Region title in the previous five seasons) ... One of just three Rebel men to have finished within the top-three at the regional meet, joining All-Americans Wesley Gallagher (2014, third) and Barnabas Kirui (2006, first; 2009, second) ... Was an integral part of the first SEC team championship title in Ole Miss track or cross country history, earning Second-Team All-SEC honors with an eighth-place finish in the 8K at a career-best time of 23:08.7 ... Finished fourth at the Battle in Beantown at an 8K time of 24:08.5, helping lead the Rebel men to a key early-season third-place finish ... Finished 35th in the 8K at the Pre-National Invitational at 24:32.1.
AT MOREHEAD STATE
2017 (Sophomore)
NCAA All-Southeast Region (23rd Place)
Second-Team All-OVC (8th Place)
Ran the fastest 10K time in Morehead State history with his All-Region finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional at a time of 29:41.8 to finish 23rd overall ... Helped lead MSU to a runner-up team finish at the OVC Championships, finishing eighth for Second-Team All-OVC honors at 24:27.0 in the 8K ... Took 53rd at the Pre-National meet at an 8K time of 24:05.9 ... Won the JSU Foothills Invite on Sept. 30, taking the 8K crown at 25:00.3 ... Finished runner-up in the 8K at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invite on Sept. 15, running 24:50.4 ... Opened the season with a 5K time of 15:29.2 and a seventh place finish at the Morehead State Eagle Opener.
2016 (Freshman)
NCAA All-Southeast Region (18th Place)
First-Team All-OVC (4th Place)
Earned NCAA All-Southeast Region after finishing 18th at the regional meet, running a school-record 10K time of 29:51.8 ... Snared First-Team All-OVC honors after finishing fourth at the conference championship meet at an 8K time of 24:42.9 ... Ran season-best 5K time (15:46.30) at the Eagle Opener where he placed second of 65 runners … Ran the third best 8K time in school history with a time of 24:37.96 at the Greater Louisville Classic, good enough for 26th of 312 runners.
High School
Competed in cross country and track all four years, as well as two years of volleyball and one year of soccer ... Was the 2015 Canadian indoor champion in the 3000-meter event and finished in the top 10 in that event at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association Championship ... OFSAA cross country team medal in 2014 ... Clocked personal bests of 9:13 in the 3000-meter steeplechase and 8:30.1 in the 3K.
Personal
Born Nov. 9, 1996, to Sofia Hussein and Najib Abdulkarim ... Chose Ole Miss over Virginia tech, Iowa State, and UNC Charlotte.
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