Minnesota transfer and world XC champs competitor Hamza Ali part of incoming class at SeattleU...
"This class of 15 represents a young talented group of freshmen along with two outstanding transfers," said SeattleU head coach Kelly Sullivan.
"You combine these 15 together with the 55 returnees we have coming back and we have a lot to be excited about going into the 2019-20 academic year. In just two recruiting years we have put together an incredible foundation in all the event areas which was one of our goals.”
“I am very proud of the efforts of the coaching staff and of course with the team members who continue to play a really big part in our recruiting, especially when we have them campus to visit.”
The most significant member of this class is Hamza Ali (left/photo by Paul Merca), who transfers to SeattleU from the University of Minnesota.
Ali comes to Seattle with personal bests of 3:53.48 in the 1500, 8:16.33 in the 3000 and 14:22.92 in the 5000.
Ali was the third runner across the line for Team USA at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in the men’s under-20 race in Kampala, Uganda, where he was 53rd overall.
Under Sullivan’s direction, the Redhawk program is slowly turning around from what long time local track and field observers generously described as a moribound program left by the previous coaching staff, thanks in part to a greater emphasis on fundraising and connecting with the high school track and field community.
Seattle University’s release is available here.
NOTE: The sports information office at Seattle University contributed to this report.
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