Ejigu

Ejigu visited Ethiopia three years ago, when he was living in New Zealand.

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"Me -- I bang away at the drums and bongos," said Ejigu.

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As for movies, Frisch and Ejigu prefer comedy to action and violence.

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On Thursday, Frisch and Ejigu trained at EMU's Bowen Field House with fellow members of the school's cross-country and track and field teams -- talking quietly between themselves, but with conviction about what they plan to do down the road.

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Ejigu, who fled with his sister to New Zealand from a refuge camp in Kenya at 13, is determined to be reunited with family members in Ethiopia and find work there after finishing school.

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EMU cross-country coach John Goodridge -- whose wife, Francie, is a two-time Olympian and University of Michigan graduate -- says Frisch and Ejigu have made themselves a home away from home at Eastern.

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Ejigu spent eight years in the New Zealand city of Wellington, and transferred from Victoria University there to EMU in 2009.

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"Perhaps a job in the United Nations, working on behalf of Ethiopia, would be good," said Ejigu.

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EMU cross-country coach John Goodridge -- whose wife, Francie, is a two-time Olympian and University of Michigan graduate -- says Frisch and Ejigu have made themselves a home away from home at Eastern.

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"I feel very fortunate to have had opportunities in New Zealand and now in Michigan," said Ejigu.

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