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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2024 Cross Country Roster

Anthony Martini

Ahmed Sayf Kadri

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia

Biography

Personal Bests
800: 1:47.65
1500: 3:42.51
Mile: 4:00.99
3000: 8:03.41
3000S: 8:38.52
5K (XC): 14:26.0
8K (XC): 24:00.8
10K (XC): 29:47.1
5 Mile (XC): 24:27.9

National/Regional Honors: 
Cross Country – 
ASUN All-Freshmen Team (2021), All-ASUN Third Team (2022), All-ASUN First Team (2023), NCAA Cross Country Championships participant (2023)
Indoor - 
All-ASUN First Team, Mile (2022), All-ASUN First Team, Distance Medley Relay (2023), ASUN Track Performer of the Week (Feb. 2023) 
Outdoor - 
All-ASUN Second Team, 3,000-meter steeplechase (2022), ASUN Freshman of the Week (2022), All-ASUN Third Team, 3,000-meter steeplechase (2023), NCAA East Preliminary participant, 3,000-meter steeplechase (2022, 2023), 800-meters (2023), NCAA All-American Honorable Mention, 3,000-meter steeplechase (2022, 2023), NCAA All-American Honorable Mention, 800-meters (2023) 

2023-24
Cross Country – Posted a personal-best 5K time of 17:20.0 at the EKU tri-meet… ran a personal-best 8K time of 28:23.1 at the Live in Lou Classic.
Track and Field - Clocked a personal-best and a 1st place finish in the Mile at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational with a time of 4:00.99...Individual conference champion in the 800 at the ASUN Indoor Championships with a time of 1:48.59...Finished 1st in the 800 at the Rick Erdmann Twilight, clocking a time of 1:48.92.
 
2022-23
Cross Country – Posted a career-best five-mile time of 24:27.90 at the Joe Piane Invitational… clocked a personal-best 8K time of 24:13.40 at the ASUN Cross Country Championships finishing in 19th place.
Track and Field – Won the DMR with a time of 10:01.38 at the Rod McCravy Memorial… clocked a personal-best 3,000m time of 8:14.82 at the Rod McCravy Memorial… finished in third place with a mile time of 4:09.66 at the Rod McCravy Memorial… posted a career-best mile time of 4:03.19 at the Music City Challenge… finished in eighth place with an 800m time of 1:51.03 at the Music City Challenge… broke the EKU record while winning the race with an 800m time of 1:47.65 at the Alex Wilson Invitational… broke the EKU and ASUN record while winning a gold medal with a DMR time of 9:43.73 at the ASUN Indoor Track and Field Championships… won a gold medal with a mile time of 4:04.22 at ASUN indoors… won the 1,500m at the Rick Erdmann Twilight with a time of 3:45.71… won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Jim Green Invitational with a time of 8:47.10… earned a bronze medal in the steeplechase (8:50.19) at the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championships… posted an outdoor-best 800m time of 1:48.15 at the NCAA East Preliminary, which is the second-best in school history… become the first athlete in NCAA history to qualify for nationals in the 800-meters and 3,000-meter steeplechase in the same season. 

2021-22
Cross Country – Clocked a career-best 5K time of 14:26.0 at the Furman Invitational finishing 10th overall… competed in the 10K event (31:44.8) at the NCAA Southeast Region Cross Country Championships.
Track and Field – Posted a personal-best 1,500m time of 3:46.65 at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational while winning the event… won the 3,000m steeplechase event with a time of 8:57.59 at the Clark Wood Invitational… earned a silver medal with a 3,000m steeplechase time of 8:41.76 at the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championships… clocked a career-best 3,000m steeplechase time of 8:38.52 at the NCAA East Preliminary Round… competed in the 3,000m steeplechase event (8:45.69) at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2020-21
Cross Country – Did not compete
Track and Field – Did not compete


Prior to EKU: Won the 2,000m steeplechase at the 2018 Gymnasiade in Marrakech, Morocco ... finished 2nd at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in the 2,000m steeplechase in Buenos Aires, Argentina with a personal-best time of 5:44.56 ... finished 23rd in the 4,000m cross country race at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior