The 5-foot-5 junior distance talent won the 3200-meter run at the Class 6 state meet this past season, breaking the tape in 10:17.08, a time that ranked No. 59 nationally among prep girls competitors in 2026. Mesfin finished fifth in the 3000 at the Penn Relays Carnival with a time of 9:29.54, which ranked No. 8 nationally. She also won the 1600 at the Northern Region 6D Championships with a time of 4:41.83, which ranked No. 10 nationally. Earlier this month, her school’s 4,000-meter Distance Medley Relay team took gold at Nike Outdoor Nationals.
Mesfin has maintained a weighted 4.29 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
A competitor at the DECA International Career Development Conference in each of the last two years, Mesfin has volunteered locally with Girls for Days, creating kits for girls who lack access to adequate menstrual products.
