Charlotte 49ers

Track & Field

  Tsehaye Dagnachew
Tsehaye Dagnachew
Player Profile
Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Jacksonville, N.C.

High School:
Jacksonville

Event:
Distance

Birthdate:
06/25/1985

Awards:
Conference champion, steeplechase
All-Conference, cross country

Cross Country 2006: Finished second in the 5k at Winthrop with a time of 18:26...Finished second at the 6k at George Mason with a time of 21:32.10...Finished second in the A-10 Championship with a time of 17:51.55...Finished 36th out of 215 at the Southeast Regionals with a time of 21:49.2. -- 2005: All-Atlantic 10 selection with a 5th-place finish at league championship on Oct. 29 ... second year in a row with all-conference award ... was second on team in every race this fall ... 35th at Southeast Regional Championship with season- and collegiate-best 6K time (21:25.5) ... That ranks her among school's all-time top 10 ... 2004: Among the team's top two finishers in every race ... earned All-Conference USA honors with a team-best 10th place finish at championships ... 43rd at NCAA Southeast Regional in a season-best 6k time of 21:35.2 ... season-best fifth place finish at Winthrop Invitational ... 2003: The 49ers number two runner at Furman, placing fourth overall with an 18:55.47 for the 5K course ... Finished 23rd at the C-USA Championships.

Indoor 2007: Mile @ UNC Carolina Invite 5:06.40, 3000m @ Notre Dame LC 9:59.49, 5000m @ Penn State 17:18.41, Distance Medley Relay @ Clemson Invite 12:12.43 --2006: mile @ VA Tech Inv. 5:13.78, 3000m @ Notre Dame Meyo 10:01.34, 5000m @ A-10 17:09.08, distance medley @ VA Tech Inv. 12:38.39 --2005: Had the team's best 5,000-meter time of the season at the Conference USA Championship (17:51.71) ... That ranks as the school's third-best time ever ... Team's third-best 3,000 time of the season was also school's fourth-best all-time ... Season's fourth-best mile time ... 2004: Ran Charlotte's quickest time of the season in the 3,000 at the Conference USA Championships to place eighth with a 10:09.51 ... Placed as high as seventh in the 3,000 on two occasions, both at Clemson.

Outdoor 2006: 3000m Steeplechase @ GA Tech Invite 10:22.44, 5000m @ A-10 16:51.91 --2005: Qualified for the NCAA East Regional and was the Conference USA Champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase ... Had a school-record time in that event at C-USA title meet (10:21.18) ... Improved over 31 seconds on her previous best/school record time ... Finished 11th at East Regional ... Was ranked 14th nationally in the event ... Had team's third-best 800 time, fourth-best 1,500 time and second-best 5,000 time (17:14.88) ... 2004: Second at C-USA Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase ... posted a school-record and NCAA qualifying time of 10:52.45 ... finished 20th at NCAA East Regional ... had Charlotte's best 1,500 time (4:39.23) ... earned fourth at the 49ers Classic in that event ... also posted team's top time in the 5,000 (17:19.96).

Prep: Earned all-state honors with runner-up performances for cross country in 2002 and at the state track meet in the 1,600 ... Placed in the top five for three of her four years at the state cross country finals ... Won numerous all-region and all-conference honors.

Personal: Daughter of Theodros and Cornelia Dagnachew ... Majoring in pre-business ... Born June 25, 1985.