Ahmed Muhumed

AHMED’S STORY
Ahmed was born and raised in the small town of Kabribayah in the Somali region of Ethiopia, before coming to the United States with his family in 2011. He attended middle school in southeast Portland, where has was first introduced to the sport of running, before moving to Salem, Oregon where he became a cross country and track star at West Salem High School. After winning consecutive cross country state titles for the Titans he chose to go to college at Boise State University where he would go on to earn a degree in International and Global Studies before attending Florida State University for graduate school where he received a master’s degree in International Relations and Affairs.

PRO STATS
Muhumed spent his first full year as a professional (2022-2023) setting personal bests at 3,000 meters (7:48.01), 5,000 meters (13:16.09) and 10,000 meters (27:56.99). He also finished eighth at the USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5,000 meter run. His first race as a member of HOKA NAZ Elite was a 22nd place finish at the World Road Running Championships 5k in Riga, Latvia. A month later he finished second at the USATF 5k Road Championships in New York City. He finished the year with a fifth-place finish at the Sound Running Cross Champs–helping HOKA NAZ Elite take home the team title.

Ahmed kicked off 2024 with a third-place finish at the USATF Cross Country Championships, qualifying him for the World Championships. The following month he won the BU Valentine Invite 5,000 meters in 13:16.99 with a blistering 26.6 second final 200 meters. In March he finished 36th at the World Cross Country Championships before returning to the track in May. At the USATF LA Grand Prix he ran a big personal best of 13:08.73 to further cement his position as one of the top 5,000 meter runners in the country. Three weeks later he worked on his speed, finishing fifth at the HOKA Festival of Miles in a new PB of 3:57.32. At the U.S. Olympic Trials he finished eighth place in the 5,000 meter final. Two weeks later he set a PB of 7:43.85 over 3,000 meters in Cork, Ireland and then another at 1500 meters (3:37.36) in Belgium. He finished up his European season with a PB (7:39.39) and fourth-place finish in the 3,000 at the Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern. He made a stop in Tennessee on his way back to Flagstaff and won the USATF 8k Road Championships in a thrilling sprint to the finish–his first national title.

The fall of 2024 saw him win a second national title–this time at the USATF 5k Championships in New York City. Ahmed went on to win two more races to cap off his 2024 season, Flanigan’s Rockin’ Rib Run 10k and Dietz & Watson Philadelphia Half Marathon.

Ahmed kept his strong form rolling into 2025, opening the year with a fourth-place finish at the USATF Half Marathon Championships. At The TEN, he delivered a breakthrough 52-second personal best in the 10,000m, running 27:03.19—making him the seventh-fastest American ever at the distance. He followed that performance with a third-place finish at the USATF Road 5K Championships in May. Later that month, Ahmed clocked a 13:07.49 personal best in the 5000m at the Sound Running Track Fest. He carried that momentum into the USATF Outdoor Championships, placing fourth in the 10,000m—just one spot shy of a Team USA berth—and finishing 12th in the 5,000m three days later.

Transitioning back to the roads, Ahmed placed eighth at the Falmouth Road Race and 17th at the Valencia Half Marathon. He closed out the season by finishing fourth at the USATF Cross Country Championships, earning a spot on Team USA for the 2026 World Cross Country Championships.

NCAA STATS
At Boise State, Ahmed was the Mountain West freshman of the year in cross country in 2017, first team All Mountain West in 2018, first team All West Region in 2019, and the 2020 champion in the indoor mile. After moving on to Florida State for graduate school, he immediately thrived, finishing 20th at the 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships and then competing at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships his final semester.