Lomong's long road to diploma started in Sudan
By Mike Lopresti, Gannett
Updated 15h 33m ago


What can graduation mean to a college athlete? Let's not ask the star who stops by briefly on the way to the NBA or the head case who bad-acts his way off campus or the occasional class attendee who drops out two hours after his final game. Let's ask the distance runner from Northern Arizona University who had to flee for his life in Africa as a kid and eat meals in the street.
From the Press Box

By Mike Lopresti

    Lopez Lomong, who competed in the 2008 Beijing Games, will graduate from Northern Arizona on Friday and hopes to compete in London. His road from Sudan has been a long and winding one.

"This is a moment that comes once in a lifetime," Lopez Lomong said over the phone about graduation day this Friday. "I stick to it. I cannot drop this baton, and I'm going all the way to the finish line."

Lopez Lomong? The name might ring a bell.