COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 1500m – 3:55.78, Mile – 4:16.75, 3K – 8:14.97, 5K – 14:26:39, 6K (XC) – 18:40.9, 8K (XC) – 24:55.0, 10K (XC) – 30:35.1, 5 Mile (XC) – 25:09.6
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
1x Academic All-Big Ten (F ‘21)
2024 Outdoor
Season: Ran two 5Ks during outdoor season.
Raleigh Relays (3/28-30): Posted a 14:38.59 in the 5K, his best mark of the season.
2024 Indoor
Season: Ran two events for the Nittany Lions, achieving a PR in the mile.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Clocked a 4:16.75 in the mile, a new PR. Simmons-Harvey Invitational (1/20): Posted an 8:38.23 in the 3K, finishing 19th.
2023 Cross Country
Season: Ran in six meets for the Nittany Lions…Finished top five on his team four times, including both postseason meets…Set PRs at 6K, 8K, and 10K distances.
Dolan Duals (9/1): Finished 15th overall with a 6K PR of 18:40.9. Lehigh Paul Short Run (9/30); Set his 8K PR with a 24:55.0, finishing 76th. Big Ten Championships (10/27): Clocked a 25:51.9 over 8K as he finished fifth for the Nittany Lions, helping his team to a sixth-place result in the conference. NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (11/10): Went 30:35.1, setting a 10K PR, to finish 33rd overall as the men’s team placed fourth in the region.
2023 Outdoor
Season: Competed in two meets during outdoor season, running a PR in the 5K in his first competition of the season.
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Clocked a 14:26.39 PR in the 5K, finishing 14th overall in his first meet of the outdoor season. Penn Relays (4/27-29): Ran 14:46.92 in the 5K at the Penn Relays.
2023 Indoor
Season: Ran personal-best times in the mile and 3K, collecting a first-place finish in the latter event at the Penn State Tune-Up (2/17).
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Ran a 4:17.45 in the mile, finishing 12th. Penn State Tune-Up (2/17): Stopped the clock at 8:14.97, setting a PR in the 3K for a first-place standing.
2022 Cross Country
Season: Set PRs in the 6K, 5 mile, 8k, and 10K distances
2022 Indoor
Season: Placed 6th at Penn State Tune Up in 3000m with collegiate best 8:34.11.
2021 Cross Country
Season: Finished 54th in 5.2 mile run at Penn State National Open.
2021 Outdoor
Season: Recorded top ten finishes in all four regular season meets.
Jesse Owens Invite (4/30-5/1/21): Recorded a season best 3:55.78 in the 1500m run.
Big Ten Relays (4/23/21): Posted a personal best 14:29.26 in the 5000m run.
2021 Indoor
Season: Did not compete.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 1600m - 4:17, 3200m - 9:15, 5k - 15:07
Honored twice as USATF NY Youth Cross Country High School Boys Athlete of the Year (2016, 2018)...Won 2019 Class A cross country state championship at Warwick Valley High School...Earned four state medals in cross country...Won four track & field sectional championships.
PERSONAL
Son of Thomas and Zewditu Bekele-Arcuri...Has one sibling, Abigiya...Father, Thomas, and two uncles attended Penn State...Raised over $4,000 to help feed and educate kids in Ethiopia...Studying Criminology...Born in Ethiopia.