46 Facts About Hassan Mead

Hassan Mead is a Somali-American long-distance runner.

Hassan Mead was a cross country and track athlete for the University of Minnesota.

Hassan Mead is currently running with the Oregon Track Club in Eugene, Oregon.

Hassan Mead was born June 28,1989, to a family of farmers in rural northwest Somalia.

Hassan Mead initially resided in Minnesota, and then Ontario, California, prior to moving to Puyallup, Washington.

Hassan Mead attended Stahl Junior High School and then Emerald Ridge High School.

Hassan Mead closed out his high school career as one of the finest distance runners the state has ever had.

Hassan Mead only finished 43rd in that race, but it was good enough to become Minnesota's first freshman All-American, and he was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

Hassan Mead opened his indoor season at the University of Nebraska, where he took third in the 3k with a time of 8:13.

Two weeks later Hassan Mead raced at the Big Ten Conference Championships in Madison, Wisconsin.

Hassan Mead's efforts earned him two big ten medals and 2nd Team All-Big Ten Conference for his 5k race.

Hassan Mead made his debut at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.

Hassan Mead finished his first College outdoor 5K with a time of 13:57.86, the 7th fastest in school history and his first sub-14-minute 5K.

Hassan Mead had previously qualified for the NCAA Midwest Regional Meet on several occasions.

Hassan Mead finished 5th at regionals, advancing to the nationals with a time of 14:02.

Hassan Mead ended up 6th overall, becoming the Gopher men's only All-American for 2008.

Hassan Mead was the 23rd and one of the last qualifiers to make it into the competition.

Hassan Mead's success made him the Big Ten Men's Runner of the Year for 2008.

Hassan Mead placed 31st at the NCAA Nationals, fast enough to be an All-America for the second year in a row.

Hassan Mead made his first waves of the 2009 indoor season on February 14 when he broke the University of Minnesota school record in the indoor 3000 meter run with a time of 7:56.60 at the Husky Invite.

Hassan Mead's efforts helped the Gophers men's team handily win the Big Ten Conference Indoor title.

Two weeks later Hassan Mead competed in the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 3000m, finishing 4th with a new school record time of 7:56.15, and being named All American for the fourth time in his college career.

Two weeks later, Hassan Mead won the Big Ten Conference Outdoor titles in both the 5k and 10k.

Hassan Mead ended up finishing 6th overall with a time of 14:09.87, only 9 seconds behind Galen Rupp's winning time.

Hassan Mead opened his 2009 season on September 26 at Minnesota's Roy Griak Invitational and dominated the soggy course.

Hassan Mead sprinted to the lead at the start and never relinquished it, winning by 13 seconds in a time of 24:37.5.

Hassan Mead defended his Big Ten title by winning with a time of 25:00.2 and earning a Big Ten Runner of the Year Award.

Hassan Mead was a two-time Big Ten Runner of the Week honoree.

Hassan Mead placed 16th at the NCAA meet to become the second three-time All-American in Minnesota history.

Hassan Mead led Gophers to a 24th-place team finish at NCAA Championships.

Later in September, while building up for the 2010 fall season, Hassan Mead suffered a collapsed lung on a run.

Hassan Mead was Minnesota's top finisher at the NCAA Championships, earning Top-25 honors among team standings and achieving All-American status for the fourth consecutive year, a Minnesota record.

Hassan Mead blazed his way to gold at the Midwest Regional Cross Country Championships, defeating the pack in 31:16.87 over the 10K course.

Hassan Mead set a personal record in the indoor 5000 meters, winning the Husky Classic with a time of 13:33.42.

Hassan Mead took home the Big Ten title in the 5000 meters running 13:43.13.

Hassan Mead gained All-American honors in the 5000 meters with a 7th-place finish.

In 2012 Hassan Mead made the finals of the Olympic Trials 5000 meters for the first time.

Hassan Mead finished in eighth place with a time of 13:30.21, just behind fellow Minnesotan Elliot Heath.

Hassan Mead was 11th in the 10,000 meters with a personal record of 27:59.04.

Hassan Mead finished second in the 5,000 meters at Eugene, OR, on July 10,2016, clocking 13:35.70, just 0.20 seconds behind winner Bernard Lagat.

Since September 2012 Hassan Mead has been training with the Elite division of the Oregon Track Club under coach Mark Rowland.

Hassan Mead finished 9th in the 2013 USATF Outdoor 5k final in Des Moines, Iowa on June 23.

Hassan Mead again set a personal best in the 5k of 13:11.80 at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden, Belgium on July 13,2013.

On May 4,2014, Hassan Mead again lowered his personal best at the 5k distance, to 13:02.80 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, in Palo Alto, California.

Hassan Mead received a warning from USADA in November 2022 for testing positive for ostarine.

Hassan Mead officially retired during the case and reported the violation occurred from drinking a workout beverage in unofficial retirement.