2024-25 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Harari, Assaf

Assaf Harari
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Kibbutz Maagan Michael, Israel
- High School:
- Hacarmel Comprehensive
Bio
Career Honors:
All-ACC XC (2022)
USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region XC (2022)
ACC Freshman of the Week (9/13/22)
Harari's Career Results
Junior Year Track and Field (2024-25):
Indoor: At the ACC Championship (3/1-3) earned a 19th place finish in the 3000-meter with a time of 7:59.70 and finished in 24th for the 5000-meter with the time 13:59.03Â ... Finished 31st in the 3000-meter with a personal-best time of 7:58.69 at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/31-2/1)...
Outdoor:Â Finished 27th in the 10000-meter with a personal-best time of 28:23.69 at the Stanford Invitational (4/4-5)...Finished 3rd in the 1500m with a time of 3:34.63 at the Larry Ellis Invitational 2025 (5/2-5/3)...Ran a time of 29:09.29 at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/15-5/17) finishing 6th, qualifying for the NCCA Division I East First Round (5/28-5/31), finishing with a time of 29:20.79 in the 10000-meter
Junior Year XC (2024): Scored a personal best time of 29:41.4 in the 10k while competing in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships... Secured 28th place in the NCAA Northeast Regional (11/15) running the 10k with a time of 30:42.24 ... Placed 13th in the ACC Cross Country Championships (11/1) securing All-ACC with a time of 22:55.0 running the 8k ... Finished 42nd running the 8k in the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (10/19) with a time of 23:25.8 ... Placed 3rd at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/13) with a time of 24:56.0
Junior Year Track and Field (2023-24):
Indoor: Finished twenty first in the 5000-meter with a time of 14:12.00 at the ACC Track and Field Championships (2/22-24). Placed one hundred fifteenth in the 5000-meter with a time of 14:19.30 at the Boston Unviersity David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9-10). Finished seventy first in the mile run with a time of 4:08.67, a new PR, at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-27).
Outdoor: Finished seventeenth in the 10,000-meter with a time of 30:31.86 at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/9-11). Finished fourtieth in the 10,000-meter with a time of 30:01.21 at the Standford Invitational (3/29-30). Placed twenty sixth in the 8k with a time of 23:55.7 at the ACC Cross Country Championships. Placed thirty eighth in the 8k with a time of 23:55.1 at the Virginia Invitational (9/23). Finished fourth in the 5.2 Mile run with a time of 25:37.0 at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/8).
Sophomore Year Track and Field (2023-23):
Indoor: Finished the 5000-meter in 14:12:00 minutes at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championship (2/22-24) ...  Ran a time of 14:19.30 in the 5,000-meter run at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9-10) ... Set a new personal best in the mile (4:08.67) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-27) ... Finished the 5000 meter run with a time of 14:11.02 in the Sharon-Colyear Danville Season Opener (12/2).
Outdoor: Ran the 10k in 30:01.21 minutes at the Standford Invitational (3/29-30) ...Â
Sophomore Year XC (2023):Â Placed 26th at the ACC Championships (10/27) with a time of 23:55.7... Finished the Nuttycombe Invite (10/13) with a time of 24:36.8...Finished the Virginia Invitational (9/23) with a time of 23:55.1... Placed 4th at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/8) with a time of 25:37.0.
Freshman Track and Field (2022-2023):
Indoor: Doubled at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/23-25), setting a personal-best time in the 5k (14:08.27), taking 14th. Also raced in the 3,000, with a time of 8:07.06 ... Ran a time of 14:08.35 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/10-11) in the 5k ... Finished with a time of 8:02.82 in the 3,000-meter run during his collegiate track debut at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/27-28).
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA East Prelim (5/25-28) in the 10,000-meter run, taking 25th in 30:03.53 ... Scored in the 10k at the ACC Championships (5/11-13), crossing the line in 30:30.82, earning him eighth. Was the top freshman finisher in the event ... Placed 25th at the Wake Forest Invitational (14/21) in the 5,000 with a time of 14:17.17 ... Set a personal best in the 10000m at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 28:55.74 (3/23) ...
Freshman Year XC (2022): USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region ... All-ACC ... Highest-finishing freshman at the NCAA Northeast Regional ... Third-highest finishing true freshman at the NCAA Championship ... Finished 123rd at the NCAA Championships (11/19) with a time of 30:25.2 ... Finished 17th at the NCAA Northeast Regional (11/11) with a time of 29:53.0 ... Finished 46th at the ACC Championships (10/28) with a time of 23:52.2 ... Finished 92nd in the Nuttycombe Invitational (10/14) with a time of 24:01.1 ... Placed 34th at the Cowboy Jamboree (9/24) with a time of 23:57.6 ... Finished 6th at the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/9) with a time of 25:18.1
Personal: Son of Erah and Rihat Harari ... One Brother and two sisters ... 2019 U20 Balkah Champion 3k ... Majoring in mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.
All-ACC XC (2022)
USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region XC (2022)
ACC Freshman of the Week (9/13/22)
Harari's Career Results
Top Performances | Mile | 3000m | 5000m | 10000m | 8k | 10k |
Indoor | 4:08.67 | 7:58.69 | 14:08.27 | |||
Outdoor | 14:17.17 | 28:23.69 | 23:52.2 | 29:41.4 |
Junior Year Track and Field (2024-25):
Indoor: At the ACC Championship (3/1-3) earned a 19th place finish in the 3000-meter with a time of 7:59.70 and finished in 24th for the 5000-meter with the time 13:59.03Â ... Finished 31st in the 3000-meter with a personal-best time of 7:58.69 at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/31-2/1)...
Outdoor:Â Finished 27th in the 10000-meter with a personal-best time of 28:23.69 at the Stanford Invitational (4/4-5)...Finished 3rd in the 1500m with a time of 3:34.63 at the Larry Ellis Invitational 2025 (5/2-5/3)...Ran a time of 29:09.29 at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/15-5/17) finishing 6th, qualifying for the NCCA Division I East First Round (5/28-5/31), finishing with a time of 29:20.79 in the 10000-meter
Junior Year XC (2024): Scored a personal best time of 29:41.4 in the 10k while competing in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships... Secured 28th place in the NCAA Northeast Regional (11/15) running the 10k with a time of 30:42.24 ... Placed 13th in the ACC Cross Country Championships (11/1) securing All-ACC with a time of 22:55.0 running the 8k ... Finished 42nd running the 8k in the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (10/19) with a time of 23:25.8 ... Placed 3rd at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/13) with a time of 24:56.0
Junior Year Track and Field (2023-24):
Indoor: Finished twenty first in the 5000-meter with a time of 14:12.00 at the ACC Track and Field Championships (2/22-24). Placed one hundred fifteenth in the 5000-meter with a time of 14:19.30 at the Boston Unviersity David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9-10). Finished seventy first in the mile run with a time of 4:08.67, a new PR, at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-27).
Outdoor: Finished seventeenth in the 10,000-meter with a time of 30:31.86 at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/9-11). Finished fourtieth in the 10,000-meter with a time of 30:01.21 at the Standford Invitational (3/29-30). Placed twenty sixth in the 8k with a time of 23:55.7 at the ACC Cross Country Championships. Placed thirty eighth in the 8k with a time of 23:55.1 at the Virginia Invitational (9/23). Finished fourth in the 5.2 Mile run with a time of 25:37.0 at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/8).
Sophomore Year Track and Field (2023-23):
Indoor: Finished the 5000-meter in 14:12:00 minutes at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championship (2/22-24) ...  Ran a time of 14:19.30 in the 5,000-meter run at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9-10) ... Set a new personal best in the mile (4:08.67) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-27) ... Finished the 5000 meter run with a time of 14:11.02 in the Sharon-Colyear Danville Season Opener (12/2).
Outdoor: Ran the 10k in 30:01.21 minutes at the Standford Invitational (3/29-30) ...Â
Sophomore Year XC (2023):Â Placed 26th at the ACC Championships (10/27) with a time of 23:55.7... Finished the Nuttycombe Invite (10/13) with a time of 24:36.8...Finished the Virginia Invitational (9/23) with a time of 23:55.1... Placed 4th at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/8) with a time of 25:37.0.
Freshman Track and Field (2022-2023):
Indoor: Doubled at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/23-25), setting a personal-best time in the 5k (14:08.27), taking 14th. Also raced in the 3,000, with a time of 8:07.06 ... Ran a time of 14:08.35 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/10-11) in the 5k ... Finished with a time of 8:02.82 in the 3,000-meter run during his collegiate track debut at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/27-28).
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA East Prelim (5/25-28) in the 10,000-meter run, taking 25th in 30:03.53 ... Scored in the 10k at the ACC Championships (5/11-13), crossing the line in 30:30.82, earning him eighth. Was the top freshman finisher in the event ... Placed 25th at the Wake Forest Invitational (14/21) in the 5,000 with a time of 14:17.17 ... Set a personal best in the 10000m at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 28:55.74 (3/23) ...
Freshman Year XC (2022): USTFCCCA All-Northeast Region ... All-ACC ... Highest-finishing freshman at the NCAA Northeast Regional ... Third-highest finishing true freshman at the NCAA Championship ... Finished 123rd at the NCAA Championships (11/19) with a time of 30:25.2 ... Finished 17th at the NCAA Northeast Regional (11/11) with a time of 29:53.0 ... Finished 46th at the ACC Championships (10/28) with a time of 23:52.2 ... Finished 92nd in the Nuttycombe Invitational (10/14) with a time of 24:01.1 ... Placed 34th at the Cowboy Jamboree (9/24) with a time of 23:57.6 ... Finished 6th at the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/9) with a time of 25:18.1
Personal: Son of Erah and Rihat Harari ... One Brother and two sisters ... 2019 U20 Balkah Champion 3k ... Majoring in mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.
Benne Anderson | NCAA mile final
Saturday, March 15
Benne Anderson NCAA Mile Semifinals
Saturday, March 15
Sam Lawler | ACC 5k Highlight
Sunday, March 02
Forever Orange | Freddie Crittenden
Thursday, February 13