Columbia University Athletics

2019-20 (First-Year): (Indoor) Finished second in the 60-Meter Hurdles with a time of 8.46 at the Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale (Jan. 18) meet ... Clocked a third place finishing time of 8.54 in the 60m Hurdles at the Mets Indoor Track & Field Championships (Jan. 30-31) ... Set a personal record in the 60-Meter Dash (7.43) and the 60m Hurdles (8.38) at the Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 14). (Outdoor) Season canceled. 

High School: Four-time letterwinner in Track & Field at Strongsville High School in Strongsville, Ohio ... Two-time (2018-19) All-Ohio First Team (60-meter hurdles) ... Two-time (2017, 2019) All-Conference First Team (110-meter hurdles) ... 2017 All-Ohio Second Team (110m hurdles) ... 2017 All-District and All-Region First Team (110m hurdles) ... Member of 2019 District Championship team ... Graduated holding three school records, Shuttle Hurdle Relay, Long Jump Relay and 55-meter hurdles ... Finished fifth in the 110m hurdles and sixth in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2017 AAU Junior Olympics ... Four-time Academic Excellence Award ... Three-time GCC Scholar Athlete and Academic All-Ohio.

Personal: Born, Mohammed Abusway, on Jan. 16, 2001 in Cleveland, Ohio ... Son of Muther and Rana Abusway ... Has two siblings, Samer (23) and Roanna (20) ... Is family's first-generation to go to college ... Would love to spend an evening with President Barack Obama and Michelle, Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres ... Has a career goal of working as a civil rights attorney ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League programs, Penn, Cornell and Yale, along with Ohio State, Indiana, Akron, Mount Union and Carnegie Mellon ... Decided on Columbia because "having the ability to continue my athletic career on the highest collegiate level is a dream come true" ... Will attend the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science ... Plans on majoring in Operations Research.

Career Bests

60-Meter Dash (Indoor) - 7.43
Fastrack National Invite - Feb. 14, 2020
60-Meter Hurdles (Indoor) - 8.38
Fastrack National Invite - Feb. 14, 2020