The 6-foot-1, 131-pound senior won the Class AAA state meet this past season with a time of 15:41.13, breaking the tape 7.6 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor and leading the Rams to a fourth-place finish as a team. Nuguse also placed 16th at the Foot Locker South Regional championships. The Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association Area 3 Super Team Runner of the Year, he holds school track records at 800 meters, 1,600 meters, 3,200 meters and the mile. He also owns the school 5K record in cross country.
Nuguse has maintained a 3.95 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run cross country on scholarship at the University of Notre Dame this fall.
An accomplished violinist in the duPont Manual orchestra, Nuguse has volunteered locally on behalf of the Ronald McDonald House charities and as part of community beautification projects. "Yared's record speaks for itself: he was exceptional this year," said Stephanie Barnes, head coach of Butler High. "He is a great, all-around young man."
