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Wayne State University Athletics

2008 Men's Cross Country Roster

Omar Saidi

Omar Saidi

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Letters:
    2
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Dearborn, Mich.
  • High School:
    Fordson

Summary

Biography


2008: Competed in six races ... top finish was 5th at the UP Collegiate Opener ... placed 58th in the GLIAC Championships in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

2007: Competed in three races ... top finish was 44th at Michigan Intercollegiate.

High School: A 2007 graduate of Fordson High School ... earned three varsity letters in cross country for the Tractors and coach Philip Mahar ... won the 2006 Wayne Country Invitational in a time of 16:20 ... placed 16th at the 2006 MHSAA Division I regional ... ran 1600m and 3200m in track for three years ... was a state qualifier in the 3200m in 2007 ... won the 2007 regional in the 3200m in a time of 9:50.20 ... placed 11th at the Michigan Division I state track meet in the 3200m in a time of 9:37.16 ... served as a team captain in both cross country and track ... member of the National Society of High School Scholars.

Personal: Full name--Omar H. Saidi ... born January 30, 1989, in Ibb, Yemen ... has an older brother Abdul Alzindani ... is a psychology major.

Omar Saidi[apos]s Career Statistics
20072008
Meet TimeMeet Time Place
UP Collegiate Opener/MTU16:38.15th
Kansas InvitationalDNR
Detroit Titan InvitationalDNR21:1528th
Mel Brodt/BGSU27:08.2428th
Iona28:52232nd
Wis.-Parkside - 8kDNR
Louisville Classic - 8k26:55.53209th
Slippery Rock27:16
Paul Short
Michigan Intercollegiate - 8k29:02.344th
GLIAC Championship - 8k28:34.6678th26:38.958th
NCAA Great Lakes Regional 10k34:53.595th

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Historical Player Information

  • 2007Freshman

    5'8"

  • 2008Sophomore

    5'8"