2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Sessen Mahari

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Freshman
  • High School Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
  • Hometown Clarkston, Ga.

Biography

2025-26: Appeared in three events throughout the 2025-26 season… Opened the season with a new personal best 24:38.6 in the 5k race during the 2025 Julius Johnson Invitational (Aug. 30)... Also, clocked a personal best 29:54.8 in the 6k race during the Georgia Tech XC Invitational (Oct. 3)... Finished the season with a time of 25.15.3 in the 5k during the Upstate Invitation (Oct. 18).

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran Cross Country/Track and Field for the Sapphire Track Club and Parkview Express Track and Field…Attended the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology…Placed sixth at the 2024 AAAAAAA GHSA Track and Field Championships…Named to the Gwinnett All-County First Team by the Gwinnett Daily Post…USATF All-American in the 4x400m with the Sapphire Track Club in 2022…Holds the Sapphire Track Club 1500m record with a time of 5:13:01…GHSA 7A State Championship finalist with a 2:17.9 time in the 800m…Member of her National, Science National, and Rho Kappa Social Studies National Honor Society…Committed Tutor and Volunteer at the Eritrean Community of Atlanta…GSMST Service Learning Cohort Member

PERSONAL: Born on March 9, 2007 in Decatur, Ga…Daughter of Mahari Habtemariam and Helen Teclemichael…Intends to major in biomedical sciences.