MSU Denver Athletics

• 2019 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (outdoor track & field)
• 2018-19 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
• 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester

College Bests

Career: Prior to the 2021-22 academic season, ranked eighth on the MSU Denver all-time performer list outdoors in the triple jump at 43 feet, 5 1/4 inches. Indoors he ranked fourth in the long jump (21-8) and sixth in the triple jump (43-1 1/2).

2021 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2020-21 Indoor: Did not compete.

2020 Outdoor: No season due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Indoor: Finished third in the triple jump (42 feet, 11 1/2 inches) and seventh in the long jump (season-best 20-9 3/4) at the Mines Friday Night Invitational on Feb. 21. ... Placed 14th in the long jump (20-7 3/4) and 15th in the triple jump (42-11 1/2) at the Mountain Lion Open, Feb. 7-8. ... Finished eighth in the triple jump with a personal-best effort of 43-1 1/2 at the Mines Winter Classic on Jan. 31-Feb. 1, where he also placed 22nd in the long jump (20- 1/2). ... Opened the season Dec. 5 with a personal best in the long jump of 21-8 to finish 17th at the Mines Alumni Classic & Multi.

2019 Outdoor Track & Field: At the RMAC Championships on April 26-28, placed 14th in the triple jump (41 feet, 8 3/4 inches) and 21st in the long jump (19-9 1/2)...Went for personal bests in both the triple jump (43-5 1/4) and the long jump (20-10 1/2), finishing fourth and fifth, respectively, as the Mines Nature's Bakery Invite on April 19-20...Went 20-10 in the long jump to place 13th at the Mines Kit Mayer Invite on April 13...Finished seventh in the triple jump (41-7 1/4) at the CSU-Pueblo Early Bird on March 16.

2018-19 Indoor Track & Field: Went 20-3 1/2 in the long jump for eighth place at a triangular hosted by Colorado School of Mines on Feb. 15...Went an indoor personal best of 20-5 in the long jump to place 10th at the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open on Feb. 8-9...Long jumped 19-9 1/2 for 17th place at the Mines Alumni Classic & Multi on Dec. 7.

2018 Outdoor Track & Field: Placed 13th in the triple jump (39 feet, 1 inch) and 17th in the long jump (19-9 1/2) at the RMAC Outdoor Championships...Went 41-10 1/2 for fourth place in the triple jump at the Mines Kit Mayer Invite on April 14...Placed ninth in the long jump at the CU Invitational by going 20- 1/4...Finished seventh in the long jump at the CSU-Pueblo Spank Blasing Invite with a distance of 20-2 1/4...Went 20-2 1/4 for ninth at the Mines Nature's Bakery Invite on March 24...Took seventh in the long jump with a personal best of 20-7 at the CSU-Pueblo Early Bird, where he also finished sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 42-8 1/4.
 
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field: Placed 13th in the triple jump at the RMAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 23 by going 42-0....Finished fifth in the long jump (20-2 1/2) and sixth in the triple jump (41-9 3/4) at the Air Force Open on Feb. 16...Went 20-1 in the long jump for 15th place at the Colorado Invitational...Placed ninth in the triple jump (41-11 1/4) and 11th in the long jump (20- 1/4) at the Mines D-II Invite & Multi...Set a personal best in the triple jump at 42 3 1/4 for seventh place at the Mines Twilight Classic, where he also ran on MSU Denver's fourth-place 4x400-meter relay team that clocked 3 minutes, 42.60 seconds, and he placed 12th in the long jump (19-7 3/4)...Made his collegiate debut at the Mines Alumni Classic & Mulit, placing 18th in the long jump (19-4 1/4) while running on the fifth-place 4x400 relay (3:55.08).

High School: Mapleton Early College High School, class of 2017...Colorado 7 champion in long jump and 4x200 relay in 2017...Personal bests of 20- 1/4 in the long jump and 43-4 1/2 in the triple jump...Coached by Steve Rieffel...Also played soccer.

Personal: Born Emmanuel Olam...Birthday on Jan. 24...Son Belay Olam and Emebet Tesfay...Has one brother (Hawi) and one sister (Debby)...Majoring in chemistry.