Mikias Gelagle Hometown: Greenbelt, Md. High School: Eleanor Roosevelt HS Last College: Arizona State Event: Middle Distance

BEFORE MARYLAND- Opened his career at Arizona State University placing seventh at the Dave Murray Invitational before finishing 62nd at the Roy Griak... placed 57th at the Pac-10 Championships and finished 75th at the West Region... placed 23rd overall in the junior men's 8,000m race at the 2007 USA Cross Country Championships in Boulder, Colo. (27:22)... earned All-MET, all-county, all-region and All-America honors while at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in both sports... placed eighth in the junior 10,000m run at the USATF Championships in 2006... won the 3,200m run at 2006 Maryland state meet and recorded six other Top 10 finishes in his career... state runner-up at the 2005 state cross country meet

PERSONAL - Parents are Getahun Aele and Asse Tessema... has one brother: Nebiyu; and two sisters: Meron and Mahlet... born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia... full name is Mikias Getahun Gelagle.