2012-13: Competed in four indoor events and five outdoor meets as a junior…won the 800-meter run with a 2:01.52 effort at Bowdoin College on December 8th…the time stood as a program record at season’s end…notched a team-record 2:40.39 effort and placed fourth in the 1000-meter run at Bates College on January 19th…posted a 52.43 time and placed third in the 400-meter dash at Southern Maine a week later…capped the indoor season with a 10th-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:05.07) at the Maine State Indoor Championship on February 2nd…kicked off the outdoor season with a top finish in the 400-meter dash (52.47) at Mount Holyoke on March 30th…placed sixth in the 400-meter (52.14) at Fitchburg State a week later…posted a ninth-place time in the 400-meter (52.05) in the Maine State Outdoor Championship on April 20th…set the 400-meter dash program record with a 52.02 time and third-place finish at the Pride Invitational on April 28th.

High School: Competed in cross country and track & field at Lewiston High School for Head Coach Dave Castro…earned four letters in each sport…helped the Blue Devils to the 2007 Class “A” State Championship as a sophomore and a runner-up finish as a junior in 2008…on the track, medaled at the Maine Outdoor Class “A” State Championships in each of his final two years…as a senior, was second in the 800-meter dash before placing sixth in the 1000 meters at the 2010 New England Championships…took third in the 800 meters at the 2009 Class “A” Championship meet…during the indoor season, finished fourth in the 800 meters at the 2010 Class “A” Championships…holds the school-record in the 800 meters (1:56.57)

Before St. Joe’s: Competed in one meet as a freshman at NCAA DI institution at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York…finished seventh on the team and 74th overall at the NEC Championship, recording a time of 29:38.7.

Personal: Faisal Said Abdillahi, born on June 21, 1992 in Atlanta, Georgia…son of Said Tani and Lula Abdi…majoring in Biology.