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EUGENE, Oreg. – Hakim Abouzouhir earned First Crew All-American honors within the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the second straight season, posting a time of 8:27.09 to complete fourth on Friday on the NCAA Out of doors Championships at Oregon’s Hayward Subject.
“I am very happy with this journey with the Colonels and I shall be a Colonel for my complete life,” Hakim Abouzouhir stated after his closing collegiate race. “I am very happy with all of the arduous work that the coaches put into me and the workers to be at this degree. It is not straightforward. It is 4 races within the final month and at this degree of 8:25 to eight:28 form, it requires lots. Steeplechase is without doubt one of the hardest occasions, however EKU is without doubt one of the good applications for steeplechase within the nation and that is why I selected it. Now, I’m very happy with what I achieved. I am very proud to put on the jersey and put this EKU subsequent to my chest. I might say for everybody, hold working arduous to make EKU and the group happy with you as a result of individuals again there want these good achievements.”
“I am extraordinarily proud. Hakim is a superb consultant of EKU, Morocco, and our program,” head coach Cory Erdmann stated. “He needs to be a constructive function mannequin, a tough employee, and to have success as an athlete and as a pupil. I am unable to be prouder of him, Mia cannot be prouder of him, Patrick cannot be prouder of him, Dale cannot be prouder of him, and our whole workers and program cannot be extra happy with every part he did immediately.”
Abouzouhir ended his closing collegiate out of doors season with the third-fastest steeplechase time within the nation, recording a personal-best time of 8:25.37 on the Bryan Clay Invitational.
The Marrakech, Morocco native completed sixth on the 2023 NCAA Out of doors Championships to change into a First Crew All-American, operating a time of 8:35.41.
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