Ahmed Ali

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
Prev School:
Texas

Accolades

First Team All-America, outdoor 4x100 relay (2015)
Honorable Mention All-America, outdoor 200 meters (2015)
Second Team All-SEC, outdoor 4x100 relay (2015)

Senior (2015-16)
Outdoor Season
Finished ninth in the 100 meters with a time of 10.40 and finished sixth in the 200 meters with a time of 20.76 at the LSU Invitational … registered a 200-meter time of 20.52 to win the event at the War Eagle Invitational … clocked a time of 10.27 in the 100 meters to finish second in the event at the Battle on the Bayou … sprinted his way to the title in the 200 meters with a new personal best effort of 20.16 in the 200 meters at the Florida Relays … finished second in the 200 meters at the FSU Relays, running 20.99.

Indoor Season
Ran 6.90 in the 60-meter prelims to finish 20th in the event and ran 21.39 to clock the 17th-best time in the 200 meters at the SEC Championships … also ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished sixth in 3:09.77 at the SEC Championships … clocked a time of 6.85 in the Tyson Invitational 60-meter preliminaries … competed in the 60-meter preliminaries at the New Mexico Classic, finishing in a time of 6.89 and finished eighth in the 200 meters with a time of 21.39 … ran 6.99 to finish sixth in the 60-meter finals at the Indiana Relays after running a preliminary time of 6.86 … ran 6.84 in the 60-meter preliminaries followed by a 21.83 performance in the 200-meter preliminaries at the Conference Clash … won his flight of the 60-meter preliminaries with a time of 6.91 and returned to finish fifth in the finals with a time of 6.84.

Junior (2015)
Outdoor Season
Ran in three events at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., serving as the third leg on the 4x100 relay team that placed eighth with a time of 39.63 while competing in the 200 meters and the 4x400 relay…served as the third leg on the 4x100 relay that that finished fourth at the NCAA East Prelims…also competed in the 200 meters at the NCAA East Prelims, running a 20.54 for 10th place in the semifinals…crossed the 200-meter finish line in 20.95 for an eighth place finish at the SEC Championships…ran the third leg of the 4x100 relay at the SEC Championships, helping the team place third in the event with a season-best time of 38.87…also ran for the 4x400 relay team at the SEC Championships that took sixth place…finished third in the 200 meters with a time of 20.86 at the LSU Invitational … won the 200 meters in a personal-best time of 20.46 and was runner-up in the 100 meters with a time of 10.71 at the John Jacobs Invitational … ran in the men's 100-meter dash in 10.56 to place fourth in the Border Clash Meet, while also winning the 4X100-meter relay with a time of 39.91 seconds … ran 20.95 in the 200 meters to finish 18th overall at the Pepsi Florida Relays … clocked a 10.43 and finished first in the 100 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational … finished fourth in the invitational section of the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.51 at the Alabama Relays.

Indoor Season
Ran 6.82 in the prelims of the 60-meter dash at the SEC championship to finish fourth in heat two and finished the 200-meters in 21.51 to cross the line third in the first heat of the race … finished sixth in the 60-meter dash finals in a time of 6.81 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite … ran 6.79 in the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite 60-meter prelims to qualify for the final … finished the 60-meter dash prelims in a time of 6.79 at the New Mexico Team Invitational … ran 7.00 in the 60-meter dash finals at the Vanderbilt Invitational to finish eighth after qualifying with a time of 6.92 in the prelims.

Prep and Personal
Was one of the top sprinters in the junior college ranks ... coached by Chris Beene at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas ... currently a sophomore at South Plains College, he is a 2012 graduate of Alief Hastings High School near Houston, Texas, who originally signed with the University of Houston ... was fourth in the 100-meter dash (10.12) at the 2013 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Outdoor Championships in a wind-aided race that featured four sprinters running sub-10.20, including two at 9.96 and 9.98 ... ran on South Plains' winning 4x100-meter relay (39.62) at the 2013 NJCAA Outdoor Championships ... placed fifth (20.90) in the 200 at the 2012 Texas Class 5A Outdoor Championships ... was the 2012 Class 5A Region 3 200-meter champion (20.79w) ... posted an indoor best of 21.33 in the 200 while winning at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals ... clocked a 6.42 in the indoor 60-meter dash at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals ... showed his potential as a high school sophomore in 2010 by running the outdoor 200 in 21.74 at the Rice University Victor Lopez Classic ... was voted Most Valuable Performer on the Alief Hastings track team all four years of his high school career ... was a five-time prep all-America honoree ... set school records in the 100 and 200 and ran on record-setting 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay foursomes ... son of Adam Ali and Amna Korashy ... born Nov. 15, 1993.