Season 2, Episode 42: A chat with South Dakota runner and ex-Sioux City North great Merga Gemeda

Merga comes on the podcast to talk about her performance last week at the Coaching Tree Invitational, where he finished 17th against a stellar field in Bloomington, Indiana. Merga chats about overcoming an injury last fall to become all-conference again. He describes coming to Iow from Ethiopia when he was 12 and the biggest adjustments he had to make. Merga also goes into the Coyotes' rivalry with South Dakota State. Merga also talks about the change in coaches and how he is eager to see the results from a new training plan. He goes into detail about goals for the cross country and track seasons in his last year of competition in Vermillion.