2018 USTFCCA All-Academic Team
2019 Track:
Indoor: Competed in five events… helped the DMR group to a first-place finish with a time of 9:46.85, also placed second in the mile with a time of 4:08.67… competed in three events at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships, in the 5K (14:13.78), 3K (8:06.59) and as part of the DMR group (9:47.34)… broke his own school record by more than four seconds and finished third in the 3000m with a time of 7:57.73 at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational… set a personal-best mile time of 4:06.40 at the Vanderbilt Invitational… set a 1000m PR with a time of 2:28.17 at the Clemson Orange & Purple Elite. Outdoor: Did not compete.
2018 Cross Country:
Did not compete.
2018 Track:
Indoor: Had an inspired season, breaking the school record in the 3K by running a time of 8:02.00 at the Iowa State Classic – a full 1.13 seconds faster than the previous record set in January 2016 and fourth-leading time in the ACC … then broke the indoor 5K record at the ACC Championships when he became the first Georgia Tech track athlete to run a sub-14-minute time, turning in a time of 13:59.71 to break the 15-year-old record … helped the DMR group finish first (9:46.76) at the Charlie Thomas Invitational … finished third at that meet in the mile (4:07.48). Outdoor: Broke the 46-year-old 5K record by running a time of 13:51.92 to finish 12th at the Stanford Invitational – ranking third in the ACC … then capped his record-breaking season by taking the 10K record at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 29:07.98 to finish seventh overall – ranking second in the ACC … qualified for Nationals by running the eighth-fastest 10K time in NCAA East Prelims history – 29:24.44 (seventh) … finished 19th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 29:46.96 … also finished fourth in the 1500m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 3:44.28.
2017 Cross Country:
Became the first Georgia Tech student-athlete since 1994 to be named an all-American in cross country … ran the fastest time in 23 years by a Yellow Jacket in the 2017 NCAA Championships (29:44.4 – 22nd) … finished his career by leading every race he’d competed in over his final two years … one of just three ACC men to be an all-American, he also received all-NCAA South Region recognition after finishing seventh in the Regionals with a time of 30:18.4 … finished fourth at the ACC Championships by running a 23:21.2 … won the Jacksonville State Opener’s 5K (14:58.1) … he also became the first Georgia Tech runner to be awarded the ACC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor after recording a 3.85 GPA during the fall in computer engineering … he finished his career with eight top-10 finishes all-time, including six over his remarkable senior season.
2017 Track:
Indoor: Ran a career-fast time of 14:36.78 in the 5000m run at the Meyo Invitational … recorded a season-best time of 8:26.99 in the 3000 meters at the Music City Invitational … also turned in a time of 4:18.81 in the mile at the Commodore Invitational. Outdoor: Recorded a personal-best time of 29:57.29 in the 10000m run at the Raleigh Relays … also ran it in 30:11.50 at the Penn Relays … recorded a season-best time of 3:52.21 in the 1500m run at the Georgia Tech Invitational … also ran a 3:54.01 at the Torrin Lawrence Invitational … turned in a time of 1:56.91 in the 800m run at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished third in the 5000m at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a time of 14:42.22 … Finished 22nd in the 3000m at the ACC Indoor Championships with a personal-best time of 8:17.50. Outdoor: Finished third in the 5000m at the Tiger Track Classic with a personal-best time of 14:30.51 … Finished seventh in the 1500m at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 3:54.17 … Finished 32nd in the 5000m at the Penn Relays with a time of 14:32.94 … Finished 20th in the 10k at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 31:41.42.
2015 Cross Country:
Earned All-ACC Academic honors for the 2015 season … Finished 14th in the 5k event at the JSU/Struts Invitational with a time of 15:29.0 … Finished 23rd at the Commodore Classic with an 8k time of 25:24.5 … Recorded a personal-best time of 24:43.1 in the 8k at the Pre-Nationals Invitational … Finished 44th at the ACC Championships with an 8k time of 24:53.8 … Finished 48th at the NCAA South Regional with a 9.725k time of 32:16.55.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Ran part of the 4×400-meter relay that placed fifth (3:29.41) at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Ran a season-best 5,000 meters (14:40.11) at the Florida Relays.
2014 Cross Country:
Competed in five races … Placed 24th out of 160 runners in the Upstate Invitational with a time of 25:46 … Recorded a career-best 8K time of 24:48 and finished second for Georgia Tech at the ACC Championships … Finished fourth for Georgia Tech at the NCAA South Regional with a career-best 10K time of 31:45.
High School:
Lettered four seasons in both track and cross country under head coach Rob Blaszkiewicz at Shiloh High School in Snellville, Ga. … Was a team captain for three years … Region 8 6A cross country individual champion in 2013 … Led team to GHSA 6A state championship in 2013 … Salutatorian of graduating class, member of Beta Club and is an AP Scholar with distinction.
Personal:
Full name is Nahom Samuel Solomon … Son of Samuel Gebreyesus and Letensie Tesfamicael … Born Sept. 27, 1995 in Decatur, Ga. … Brother to Noah, Nardos and Nathan …Chose Georgia Tech because of the academic excellence, ability to compete on the track/cross country teams and Georgia Tech offered his major … Majoring in computer engineering.
