Desyebelew Debesh
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- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Previous School(s):
- Iowa Western CC
Bio
Honors and Awards
- 2021, All-NSAA (Outdoor Track, 1,500 meters, 10,000 meters)
2020 Season (Junior): Established a school-record time in the 8K with a time of 26:06.9 at the Briar Cliff Invitational (Oct. 3) ... Also ran under 28 minutes at the Morningside Invitational (Sept. 19) and the Herb Blakely Invitational (Sept. 12) with times of 27:22.5 and 27:46.0, respectively ... Earned all-conference honors in outdoor track in both the 1,500 and 10,000 meter events ... Ran a time of 35:24.46 in the 10K at the NSAA Outdoor Championships, his first time competing in the event .. Ran a PR of 2:05.01 in the 800M at the Prairie Wolf Invite (Apr. 22) ... His time of 16:28.50 in the 5,000 meters at the NSAA Outdoor Championships was also a PR.
2019 Season (Junior): Running on his first Bruin cross country team after competing during the 2020 indoor track season ... Established school records indoors at 800 meters and 3,000 meters.
Prior to Bellevue: Attended Iowa Western Community College and Ethiopian High School.
Personal: Son of Getinet and Ema Debesh, Has two siblings ... Born on Dec. 9, 1994, in Ethiopia ... Majoring in Information Technology.
News mentions
Desyebelew Debesh had an outstanding, day cutting 1:18 from his personal and season's best, running 26:06.9 and placing 40th in the 186-runner field. In the process, Debesh established a new Bruin school record for 8K shattering the existing mark of 27:02 held by Chris Casart.
The Bruin men’s cross country team placed two runners in the top ten at today’s 25th annual Dean White Invitational held on the Doane University campus. As he has done all season, Des Debesh led the Bruins with a ninth-place finish running 28:20.8 for the eight kilometer, three loop course run in warm and breezy conditions.
Bruin cross country runners Desyebelew Debesh and Edrei Murillo recorded season and career personal records at today's Morningside Invite held at the Adams Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D.
The Bellevue University men’s cross country team recorded its highest team finish in program history with a runner-up showing at today’s Herb Blakely Invitational hosted by Dakota State.
Led by Desyebelew Debesh and Edrei Murillo, the Bellevue University men's cross country team finished in fifth place in the season-opening Dordt University Sunflower Opener Saturday morning at the Dordt 8K Cross Country Course.
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