Alabama Track & Field, Cross Country 2025 Signing Class
Izzie Sullivan
- XC/Distance
- Fayetteville, N.Y.
- Fayetteville-Manlius
- 9:42 - 3k
Cynthia Jemutai
- Distance Runner
- Eldoret, Kenya
Ezekiel Pitireng
- Kapenguria, West Pokot, Kenya
- School: St. Mulumba
- Event: Distance/XC
- 3,000m steeplechase PR - 8:44
- 3k PR - 8:02
- 5k PR - 13:45
Kayleigh Norris
- XC/Distance
- Harrisonville, Mo.
- Harrisonville High School
- Missouri 4A Cross Country State Champion
- 4:40 – Mile    10:29 - 3200
Timothy Kibet
- Iten, Kenya
- St. Thomas Kapchorwa
- XC/Distance
- PB: 8:07 3000m
- 5k 14:08 and 10k 28:52 road race
Joyce Oguama
- Bochum, Germany
- Rhur Universitat, Ruhr, Germany
- Discus Throw 59.50m (195'3")
- 1st 2023 German U23 Championships
- 5th 2023 European U23 Championships
- 2024 World Ranking 63rd
Faith Osamuyi
- Sprints
- Benin City, Nigeria
- OGBE Secondary School
- PB - 11.50 100m
- 13.51 100H
- Finished top eight at All-African Games
Taylor Gullatte
- Sprints
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Woodward Academy HS
- PB - 11.56 (100m), 23.70 (200m), 54.67 (400m)
- Finished first (100m) and third (200m) at the Adidas Track Nationals
- Placed first (200m) and third (100m) at the USATF Region 4 Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships
- Finished second (200m) and third (100m) at the GHSA 6A State Championships 2024
Amariya Hardeman
- Richmond, Texas
- Fort Bend Bush HS
- Holds a PB of 11.51 in the 100m
- 200m PR is 23.69
- Finished seventh in the 200m at the UIL State Championship
- Earned third place in the 200m, and sixth in the 100m, at the Great Southwest Track & Field Classic
- Placed sixth in the 200m at the AAU Junior Olympics Games
Jackson Hogsed
- Distance/XC
- Lambert High School
- Suwanee, Ga.
- 6A Georgia State XC Individual Champion - 2024
- 14:56.2 5000m XC
- Mile: 4:09.65
- 3200m: 9:04.79
David Thid
- Sprints
- Hutchinson Community College
- Ronninge, Sweden
- Junior College Coach - Robert Spies
- Junior College 400H National Champion (50.76)
- Personal Best 400H 49.52
- 2024 Swedish National Champion 400H
- 2024 European Championships Semifinalist 400H
- 2023 European U23 Championships - 6th Place - 400H
Ryhan Balous
- McKinney North HS
- McKinney, Texas
- PB - 11.55 100m
- 20-09.50 LJ (6.32 m)
- UIL State Championships - 1st Place LJ
- UIL State Championships - 2nd Place 100m
- USATF NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS - 1st LJ
Precious Nzeakor
- Sprints / Jumps
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Northern Colorado
Mouatez Sikiou
- Sprints
- Annaba, Algeria
- South Plains College
- Spent two seasons competing at South Plains College
- Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that took gold at the 2025 NJCAA Indoor Championships
- Finished as runner-up at the 2025 NJCAA Indoor Championships in the men's 400m
- Holds a PR of 20.62 in the men's 200m and 45.56 in the men's 400m
Hamdani Benahmed
- Middle Distance
- Constantine, Algeria
- South Plains College
- Spent two seasons competing at South Plains College
- Finished first in the men's mile at the 2025 Texas Relays
- Men's 1,000m and men's mile national champion at the 2025 NJCAA Indoor Championships
- Member of the distance medley relay contingent that took first place at the 2025 NJCAA Indoor Championships
- National champion in the men's 1,500m at the 2024 NJCAA Outdoor Championships
- Holds a PR of 1:47.97 in the men's 800m and a 3:44.06 in the men's 1,500m
Isaiah Patrick
- Sprints
- Pomme Rose St. David's, Grenada
- South Plains College
- 60-meter hurdles JUCO national record of 7.60
- Holds the Grenada national record in the 60-meter hurdles
- 110-meter hurdles JUCO national champion in 2024 (13.58)
Alpha Balde
- Sprints
- Senegal
- UMBC
- Won 200-meter gold and 100-meter silver at the 2025 America East Outdoor Championships
- Helped UMBC's 4x100m relay to silver at the conference championships and bronze in the 4x400m relay
- Holds a 10.20 PR in the 100m and a 20.42 PR in the 200m
