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Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

2015 Men's Track and Field

Semassa Boko

Semassa Boko

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Winston Salem, N.C.
  • Highschool:
    Mount Tabor

Summary

Biography

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his first season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Men's Track and Field team, where he competes in the sprints...High School: Attended Mount Tabor High School in Winston Salem, N.C., where he was a member of the track and field and football teams...Part of a state championship outdoor track and field team as a senior (and a state runner-up in the indoors)...Served as team captain for football as a senior...Personal: Attends Pomona College, where he majors in social science...Has an older sister and a younger brother...Father Sylvain is a developmental economist working with the United Nations...Lists writing as his favorite hobby...Favorite books are Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho...Lists The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and Pineapple Express as his favorite movies...The Dalai Lama, Max Haiven and Malcolm X are the public figures he most admires...Hopes to pursue research opportunities on political economies after graduation...Chose Pomona because "I believed that Pomona would provide me the best opportunity to be myself."...Favorite quote is "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" - Proverbs 23:7 

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