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At Charlotte - Outdoor: Redshirted. Indoor 2009: Won 3000m Run at A-10 Championship (8:29.90) and Set school record for 3000m Run at New Balance Invitational (8:14.24)...Ran final leg of A-10 Champion Distance Medley Team runninga meet record 10:06.57...Placed 3rd in Mile Run at A-10 (4:17.96)...Ran 3rd Leg of 4x800m Relay at A-10 Championship placing third (7:51.04)...Cross Country 2008: All-Southeast Region Team by placing 14th in the 10K (31:01)...Won the A-10 Championship 8K (24:01).Outdoor 2008: All-East Region member...Second Team All-Conference in the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m run...posted a time of 14:33.74 at the A-10 Championships...Snapped the school record in the 3000m steeplechase at Princeton as ran a mark of 8:58.41...Also ran the fastest 1500m time of the season for the 49ers at the Larry Ellis Invitational as he crossed the line in a time of 3:49.71 to set a new school record...Posted a season best time of 1:53.32 in the 800m run at the Georgia Tech Invitational. Indoor 2008: Atlantic 10 Track Performer of the Week (12/3/2007)...Won the Clemson Invitational 3000m run...Led off the record breaking 4x800m team which ran a 7.43.69 at the Penn State National Open...Ran the fastest 49er time in the 3000m run with a mark of 8:22.76...Led off the DMR team that ran a 10:03.31 at the Carolina Invitational which was the fastest 49er time of the year. Cross Country 2007: Redshirted. Outdoor 2007: Led the 49ers in the 3000m with a program record-setting 8:22.00 at Wake Forest...Re-wrote the record books again with a program-best 3:49.71 1500m at the Georgia Tech Invitational...Placed second overall on the team in the 800m after logging 1:51.29 at the Georgia Tech Invitational. Indoor 2007: 800m @ UNC Carolina LC 1:56.66, Mile @ A-10 4:13.44, 3000m @ Notre Dame LC 8:19.60, Distance Medley Relay @ Clemson Invite 10:15.64, and 4x800m @ A-10 with school-record time of 7:50.63. Cross Country 2006: Won the 5k at the Winthrop Invitational with a time 25:44...Placed second in the 6k at George mason with a time of 25:07.01...Finished fourth in the A-10 Championship with a time of 25:09.2...Finished 51st out of 222 with a time of 32:15.16... Outdoor 2006: Finished with a time of 7:32.48 in the 4x800m at A-10 Championships...Ran the 800m at the Charlotte Invitational in 55.58...Finished with a time of 3:56.09 in the 1500m at the A-10 Championships...Ran the 5000m in 14:46.21 in the A-10 Championships. Outdoor 2005: Two-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week ... Earned All-Atlantic 10 honors with a 13th-place finish at league championship ... Second-fastest freshman in the race ... Season-best 8K time of 25:21.6 at A-10 Championship ... Scored in all seven meets this fall ... 9th at Clemson Invitational and 33rd at Great American Festival. Indoor 2005: Redshirted
Prep: Fourth at 2005 North Carolina state meet in the 1,600 ... Regional and conference champion in that event as well as the 3,200 in 2005 ... Third at 2004 state meet in the 3,200 ... Member of 2005 Regional champion 4x800-meter relay ... Vance won back-to-back conference team championships in 2004 and '05 ... Honor Roll Student.
Personal: Son of Belaynesh and Abraham Dentamo ... Two sisters, Hamame and Haregewoyin ... Two brothers, Dallelo and Getisso ... Intends to major in engineering ... Born October 13, 1986.
