Name: Yared Nuguse

Sport: Track and Field

Discipline(s): Track and Field

Event(s): 1500-meter

Height: 5-5

DOB: 6/1/1999

Hometown: Louisville, Ky.

High School: Dupont Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.) ‘17

College: University of Notre Dame ‘21, Biochemistry

Coach(es): Sean Carlson

Olympic Experience

• One-time Olympian (2020)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 1,500-meter (DNS)

Other Career Highlights

• 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, bronze (1500-meter)
• 2021 NCAA Championships, 2nd (1,500-meter)
• 2021 First Team All-American
• 2021 ACC Champion, Men’s (1,500-meter)
• 2021 ACC Men’s Outdoor Track Performer of the Year

Personal: Son of Alem Nugese and Mana Berhe...Has two younger twin brothers...Started running when he was 13...Hobbies include playing violin, singing, cooking and knitting...Can solve a rubix cube in 33 seconds...Won the Kentucky Cross Country State Championship.