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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

Ilias El Khattabi

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Highschool Johan Cruyff Institute

Biography

  • 2024 All-ASUN Second Team (XC)
  • 2024 All-ASUN Third Team (Indoor: DMR)
  • 2023 All-ASUN Third Team (XC)
  • 2023 ASUN All-Freshman Team (XC)
College XC PR | 5k: 15:34.3; 8k: 23:57.9; 10k: 30:03.1
College Indoor PR | Mile: 4:07.59; 3000m: 8:17.85
College Outdoor PR | 3000mS: 8:59.60; 5000m: 14:46.8

High School XC PR | 5k: 14:42
High School Track PR | 1500m: 3:50.22; 3000m: 8:23.18

2024-25 (North Florida)XC - Was the top overall finisher to debut the season at the Duval 5K XC Challenge (15:34.3)...helped the Osprey squad to a first-overall team finish in season-opening home meet...placed 83rd overall in 8k race at the Gans Creek Classic (24:29.0)...competed to be 32rd overall in 8k race at the Crimson Classic (24:20.5)...placed eighth with Second Team All-ASUN honors with a career-best mark in 8k race at the ASUN XC Championship (23:57.9)...helped UNF to runner-up team finish in conference meet...capped off season in 32rd overall in 10k race at NCAA South Regional (30:59.2).

2023-24 (North Florida): XC - Made his collegiate debut in 24th overall in the 8k race at the Mountain Dew Invitational (25:04.0)...set a season-best time in 30th for the 8k race at the Gans Creek Invitational (24:49.5)...finished 17th overall and was awarded ASUN Third Team & All-Freshman during 8k race at ASUN XC Championship (25:01.1)...debuted in the 10k in 34th-place at the NCAA South Regional (30:03.1)...Track (Indoor) - Took home the win in his first indoor race as an Osprey in the 3000m at Florida University Last Chance (8:24.88)...earned 15th in the 3000m (8:17.85) and was awarded Third Team All-ASUN for performance in DMR (9:51.58) at the ASUN Indoor Championship...Track (Outdoor) - Debuted outdoor season in the 3000mS for third overall at the Pepsi Florida Relays (9:08.38)...ran his lone 1500m race for 34th in the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (3:53.32)...finished third overall in the 3000mS at the Georgia Tech Invitational (9:00.49)...earned another win in the 3000mS during the East Coast Relays (8:59.60)...once again put up a top-five placement in the 3000mS at the ASUN Outdoor Championship (9:04.14).

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended John Cruyff College in Roosendaal, Holland...top time in the XC 5k was 14:42...also has top times of 3:50.22 in the 1500m and 8:23.18 in the 3000m for track

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