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128 Soloman • eng111eers a fast run NAME: Negussu Solomon POSITION: Member of both the cross country team and the track team for the last two years. MAJORING IN: Engineering. Plans to be a civil engineer. GOAL: He plans to work for a couple of years to save enough money to go back home and live. He's from Ethiopia. ABOUT THE TEAM: "Last year's teams were mostly long distance runners. Now the team is getting more sprinters and others. We have lots of guys now. The team's getting a lot better." INSIGHTS: "It takes a lot of time on the weekends, because of travelling. Because I'm an engineer– ing major I'm trying to balance it. It actually helps me to be doing some– thing different from school. I don't know if I'll have time to run after I graduate. I'd like to join a team and run road races. It depends on if I have the time." MISCELLANEOUS: He came to the United States to go to school when he was 13 and was placed as a junior in high school. He is now 17 and has finished his second year of college. He will be entering the engineering school this fall. -Michelle Keesecker.

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