2025 Track & Field Roster
Yonas, Izzy
Izzy Yonas
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- South Forsyth
- Hometown:
- Cumming, Ga.
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
Bio
2025: Outdoor – Competed in the 10,000-meter run at the Raleigh Relays to open her season, clocking a season-best time of 34:56.17 to finish 30th…Posted a 5,000m time of 17:12.74 at the Wake Forest Invite…Placed 13th in the 10,000m at the SEC Championships with a time of 36:23.45…Clocked a season-best 5,000m time of 16:58.80 to place 36th at the SEC Championships.
Indoor – Made her collegiate track debut at the Music City Challenge, where she placed seventh in the 5,000m with a season-best time of 16:51.63…Competed in two events at the SEC Championships, clocking a 16:59.70 in the 5,000m to place 20th and posting a 9:55.67 in the 3,000m to finish 35th.
2024: Cross Country – Finished as Georgia’s top scorer in three meets, tallying points in all five races as part of her freshman campaign…Crossed the finish line second among Georgia runners and 11th overall at the Stan Sims Cross Country Opener, posting a 5k time of 18:08.90…Was the first Georgia runner across the line in the Southern Showcase 5k, clocking a time of 17:47.19 to place 47th overall…Placed 18th overall in the 6k at the Crimson Classic, crossing the finish line in 20:20.3 to finish as Georgia’s top scorer for the second straight meet…Finished second for Georgia and 99th overall at the SEC Championships with a 6k time of 20:56.5…Led Georgia across the finish line for the third time this season at the NCAA South Regional, crossing the finish line 68th overall with a 6k time of 21:21.7.
High School: All-County and All-Metro in cross country after taking fourth at the state cross country championships and winning the region meet as a senior…Finished fifth in the 3200 meters and sixth in the 1600m at the state meet in her final year…Runner-up in the 1600m and 3200m at the region meet as a senior…Won the Milton Invitational in cross and was seventh in the Wing Foot Classic as a senior…Earned runner-up honors in both the Coach Wood meet and the Chickasaw Invitational cross meets in her final year…Cross Country County Runner of the Year as a senior…Named to All-County Team and was sixth at the region cross meet as a junior…Earned a spot on the All-Metro Atlanta and All-County Team as a sophomore…Sixth at the state cross country meet after earning bronze at the region meet in her second year…Took ninth in the 3200m at the state meet as a sophomore and was runner-up in the event at the region meet…Named Rising Star for track and cross as a freshman…Took eighth in the 3200m at the state meet following fourth-place finishes in both the 1600m and 3200m in her first season…Runner-up in the county 3200m...Finished ninth at the state cross country meet in her first year after taking fourth at the region meet…Personal best times of 18:03 (5K), 10:57 (3200m) and 5:11 (1600m)…Member of DECA.
Personal: Born Aug. 11, 2006…Daughter of Sara Aylay and Yonas Gebremichael…Intending to major in Business/Physical Therapy.
Indoor – Made her collegiate track debut at the Music City Challenge, where she placed seventh in the 5,000m with a season-best time of 16:51.63…Competed in two events at the SEC Championships, clocking a 16:59.70 in the 5,000m to place 20th and posting a 9:55.67 in the 3,000m to finish 35th.
2024: Cross Country – Finished as Georgia’s top scorer in three meets, tallying points in all five races as part of her freshman campaign…Crossed the finish line second among Georgia runners and 11th overall at the Stan Sims Cross Country Opener, posting a 5k time of 18:08.90…Was the first Georgia runner across the line in the Southern Showcase 5k, clocking a time of 17:47.19 to place 47th overall…Placed 18th overall in the 6k at the Crimson Classic, crossing the finish line in 20:20.3 to finish as Georgia’s top scorer for the second straight meet…Finished second for Georgia and 99th overall at the SEC Championships with a 6k time of 20:56.5…Led Georgia across the finish line for the third time this season at the NCAA South Regional, crossing the finish line 68th overall with a 6k time of 21:21.7.
High School: All-County and All-Metro in cross country after taking fourth at the state cross country championships and winning the region meet as a senior…Finished fifth in the 3200 meters and sixth in the 1600m at the state meet in her final year…Runner-up in the 1600m and 3200m at the region meet as a senior…Won the Milton Invitational in cross and was seventh in the Wing Foot Classic as a senior…Earned runner-up honors in both the Coach Wood meet and the Chickasaw Invitational cross meets in her final year…Cross Country County Runner of the Year as a senior…Named to All-County Team and was sixth at the region cross meet as a junior…Earned a spot on the All-Metro Atlanta and All-County Team as a sophomore…Sixth at the state cross country meet after earning bronze at the region meet in her second year…Took ninth in the 3200m at the state meet as a sophomore and was runner-up in the event at the region meet…Named Rising Star for track and cross as a freshman…Took eighth in the 3200m at the state meet following fourth-place finishes in both the 1600m and 3200m in her first season…Runner-up in the county 3200m...Finished ninth at the state cross country meet in her first year after taking fourth at the region meet…Personal best times of 18:03 (5K), 10:57 (3200m) and 5:11 (1600m)…Member of DECA.
Personal: Born Aug. 11, 2006…Daughter of Sara Aylay and Yonas Gebremichael…Intending to major in Business/Physical Therapy.
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