Said Mechaal

Position:
Distance
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Palamós, Spain
High School:
IES Ortega y Gassett
Prev School:
CBU

Awards and Honors
Four-time All-American
Second Team All-American (Indoor: 5,000m - 2024, 2025; Outdoor: 5,000m - 2024)
Cross Country All-American (2024)
USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region XC (2023, 2024)
All-Big 12 XC (2023, 2024)
USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (XC: Sept. 12, 2022)
2022 WAC XC Runner of the Year (CBU)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (T&F: 2025; XC: 2024)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S24, F24)
Academic All-Big 12 (XC: 2024)

Personal Bests

1,000m	2:23.22	2025 Indoor
1,500m	3:49.23	2022 Outdoor
Mile	3:57.29	2024 Indoor
3,000m	7:45.03	2025 Indoor
5,000m	13:21.13	2025 Indoor
	13:34.65	2024 Outdoor
10,000m	28:45.98	2022 Outdoor

2024-25
Outdoor: Qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the 10K, but was unable to finish ... went 27:48.08, the second-fastest 10K performance in school history, to place fifth at Bryan Clay ... the time ranked seventh in the NCAA in 2025.
Indoor: Finished 13th in the 5K (13:34.55) at NCAA Championships for Second Team All-America ... took 13th in the 3K at Big 12 Championships ... clocked the No. 2 ISU 3K performance of 7:45.03 for 12th at the BU Valentine Invite ... had the third-ranked ISU performance in the 5K with 13:21.13, placing 10th at the BU Season Opener.
XC: Led the Cyclones to an NCAA Runner-Up finish, finishing 10th individually and earning All-America honors ... crossed the finish line at the national meet in 28:59.8, the only Cyclone to break 29 minutes in a 10K race in 2024 ... also earned all-conference and all-region honors for the second-straight season ... posted top 20 finishes at both Nuttycombe and Wisconsin Pre-Nationals ... finished 10th at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 22:35.5.

2023-24
Outdoor: Finished 13th at NCAA Championships with a 5,000m time of 14:03.41 ... advanced to nationals after automatically qualifying out of his heat at NCAA West Prelims with 13:54.97 ... placed second in the 10,000m behind teammate Sanele Masondo with 29:15.62 and placed fifth in the 5,000m (13:44.62) at Big 12 Championships ... posted an outdoor best in the 5,000m with 13:34.65 at the Bryan Clay Invite, the sixth-fastest performance in school history.
Indoor: Earned Second Team All-America in the 5,000m finishing 10th in 13:36.99 at NCAA Championships … placed 25th in the 3,000m in 8:22.83 at Big 12 Championships … ran the mile leg on the distance medley relay at the Arkansas Qualifier that went on to qualify for nationals with 9:24.22, the second-fastest time in school history … downed the mile school record with 3:57.29 at the Iowa State Classic … hit a 5,000m personal best of 13:27.43, the third-best ISU performance, to place 18th at the Valentine Invite … won the 3,000m at the Cyclone Open with a PR of 7:59.25.
XC: Competed in five meets and posted four top-25 finishes in first season as a Cyclone… was 23^rd at the Virginia Invitational with a time of 23:44.0… ran the same time at Nuttycombe, earning a 15^th-place finish… improved 8K time to 23:03.7 at the Big 12 Championships for seventh place, earning All-Conference honors… finished fourth at the NCAA Midwest Regional in 30:11.7… ran 30:05.4 at the NCAA Championships to finish 55^th, helping Iowa State to its eighth ever top-5 team finish.

2022-23 (CBU)
XC: WAC Conference champion with an 8K time of 22:58.6 ... placed 43rd at regionals with 10K time of 29:29.0 ... placed second at the Griak Invitational ... also ran at the Weis-Crockett Invitational.

2021-22 (CBU)
Outdoor: Placed fourth at WAC Championships with a 1,500m time of 3:50.10 ... won the collegiate 10,000m at Mt. SAC Relays with a PR of 28:45.98, the No. 2 time in CBU history, and the 5,000m (13:55.33) at the West Coast Relays ... took second at the Fresno State Invite in the 5,000m (13:48.68) ... ran to a 1,500m best time of 3:49.23 for seventh at the Sound Running Track Meet.
XC: Placed fifth at WAC Championships with an 8K time of 23:58.1 ... ran at four meets and scored three times ... placed fifth at the FSU Invite ... also ran at the Joe Piane and UCR Invite.

High School
Attended IES Ortega y Gassett in Madrid, Spain... set personal records of 3:46 in the 1500m and 13:51 in the 5K... finished runner-up in the 5K at the 2019 U23 Spanish Championships... took seventh at the U23 European Track Championships in Sweden... competed at the World Cross Country Championships in 2017 and the European Cross Country Championships in 2019... ran club with Ada Calviá.