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2008: Competed in six races ... top finish was 5th at the UP Collegiate Opener ... placed 58th in the GLIAC Championships in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
2007: Competed in three races ... top finish was 44th at Michigan Intercollegiate.
High School: A 2007 graduate of Fordson High School ... earned three varsity letters in cross country for the Tractors and coach Philip Mahar ... won the 2006 Wayne Country Invitational in a time of 16:20 ... placed 16th at the 2006 MHSAA Division I regional ... ran 1600m and 3200m in track for three years ... was a state qualifier in the 3200m in 2007 ... won the 2007 regional in the 3200m in a time of 9:50.20 ... placed 11th at the Michigan Division I state track meet in the 3200m in a time of 9:37.16 ... served as a team captain in both cross country and track ... member of the National Society of High School Scholars.
Personal: Full name--Omar H. Saidi ... born January 30, 1989, in Ibb, Yemen ... has an older brother Abdul Alzindani ... is a psychology major.
| Omar Saidi's Career Statistics | ||||
| 2007 | 2008 | |||
| Meet | Time | Meet | Time | Place |
| UP Collegiate Opener/MTU | 16:38.1 | 5th | ||
| Kansas Invitational | DNR | |||
| Detroit Titan Invitational | DNR | 21:15 | 28th | |
| Mel Brodt/BGSU | 27:08.24 | 28th | ||
| Iona | 28:52 | 232nd | ||
| Wis.-Parkside - 8k | DNR | |||
| Louisville Classic - 8k | 26:55.53 | 209th | ||
| Slippery Rock | 27:16 | |||
| Paul Short | ||||
| Michigan Intercollegiate - 8k | 29:02.3 | 44th | ||
| GLIAC Championship - 8k | 28:34.66 | 78th | 26:38.9 | 58th |
| NCAA Great Lakes Regional 10k | 34:53.5 | 95th | ||
