An All-American at both the NAIA and NCAA Division I levels, former Oklahoma Christian standout Frezer Legesse started as an OC assistant cross country coach in the fall of 2015.
Legesse, a native of Ethiopia who went to high school in Oklahoma City, ran two seasons at OC and was a member of the Eagles’ Sooner Athletic Conference title team in 2008. He twice qualified for the NAIA Cross Country Championship.
In outdoor track and field, Legesse twice earned NAIA All-America honors, the latter time by finishing fifth in the 1,500 meters at the NAIA Championships in 2010. He ran what was at the time the third-fastest mile in OC history, a 4:07.72 clocking in the Music City Distance Carnival in June 2010.
He transferred to Oklahoma for the 2011 track season and in 2012, he earned NCAA Division I All-America first-team honors as part of the Sooners’ distance medley relay team that placed sixth nationally. In 2013, he was part of the quartet that set the OU school record in the DMR at 9:29.44.
Legesse, 26, continues to run competitively. In 2016, he reached the 1,500-meter semifinals in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore.
His younger brother, Fraol Legesse, is a former player for OC’s men’s soccer team.
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