RAMS HIRE AMARE |
FORT WORTH, TX: Texas Wesleyan University Athletic Director Kevin Millikan announced today the hiring of Natnael Amare as the school’s first head men’s and women’s cross country and track coach.
Texas Wesleyan announced in November that the Athletic Department would expand to include cross country and distance indoor and outdoor track events. Amare will immediately begin compiling a full roster to begin competition in the coming fall semester.
Amare came to Texas Wesleyan from Northwood University where he built an impressive coaching resume. In six seasons at Northwood, Amare led the Knights to six Red River Athletic Conference Championships in men's cross country, six RRAC Championships in women's cross country, six runner-up finishes in women's track, and three runner-up finishes in men's track.
“I am very excited about Coach Amare’s addition to our staff,” Millikan commented. “His proven record as a coach made him our first choice, and we anticipate great things from him and these new programs.”
Amare has coached 25 individual and three team Men's Cross Country NAIA National qualifiers as well as 20 individual and two Women's Cross Country NAIA National Qualifiers, and 16 indvidual Men's and Women's NAIA Indoor and Outdoor Track qualifers. In total he has coached 130 RRAC individual champions, five NAIA All-Americans, and two NAIA individual runners-up.
“I am very excited to be at Texas Wesleyan,” Amare said. “Starting a new program is an appealing challenge. I want to bring in student-athletes who are here for the right reasons and will make Texas Wesleyan nationally competitive. I want to make sure that everyone knows Texas Wesleyan at the national level.”
A native of Eritrea, Africa, Amare came to the United States at the age of eleven. A product of North Clayton High School in Atlanta, GA, he went on to Northwood University where he became the school's most decorated athlete. Amare was a 20-time All-RRAC selection and 8-time RRAC individual champion in cross country and track. In 2000, Amare became Northwood's first National Champion in any event when he won the marathon at the NAIA National Outdoor Track meet with a time of 2:33:36.00. Amare also gained international experience when he represented Eritrea in the 2003 IAFF World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. |
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