University of California, Santa Barbara

2018-2019 Track and Field 

Competed in seven meets for this third year of track. Set a season's best time for 3000m at the Beach Opener in fourth place with a time of 8:37.90. Also set a season's best for 5000m at the Cal Poly/UC Riverside Tri Meet to take sixth in 14:54.28. Finished fifth at the Big West Challenge in the 3000m with a time of 8:41.33. Finished the season at the Big West Conference Championships where he finished sixth in the 10000m with a 30:55.12 personal best clocking and ninth in the 5000m with a 14:54.94, just one spot outside of scoring.

2018 Cross Country

Ran four meets for his sophomore season in cross. Started the season strong with a 24:52.2 clocking to finish fifth at the Mark Covert Invitational. Pulled off a 1-2 finish with teammate Nick Randazzo at the UCSB Lagoon Meet by taking second in 25:00.6. A foot injury mid season would sideline him until the Big West Conference Championships where he would tough out a 22nd place finish in 25:33.4. Finished the season at the NCAA West Regional Meet taking 89th with a 31:23.0 clocking for 10k. 

2017-2018 Track and Field 

Competed in six competitions for his second year. Ran a season's best time of 15:05.75 for 5000m at the Jim Bush Invitational. Also ran 8:45.55 for 3000m at the Big West Challenge. 

2017 Cross Country 

Competed in six meets for the Gauchos. Opened up the year with a 26:12.3 at the UCSB Lagoon Meet to finish 13th overall. Scored two weeks later as the No. 4 man at the UC Riverside Invitational with a 39th place finish in 25:18.9. Lowered his personal best two weeks later at the Bill Dellinger Invitational to finish 81st in 25:00.1. Produced an incredible run at the Big West Conference Championships as the No. 1 scorer for the team by placing 5th overall in another personal best of 24:43.1, making him the highest placing freshman at the meet. Baddour's performance at the championships would net him the Big West Conference Cross Country Male Freshman Athlete of the Year award, the first to do so since Bryan Guijarro when he took 5th at the 2012 Conference Championships. He would close out the season with a 31:12.3 for 10k to take 79th place at the NCAA West Regional Meet. 

2016-2017 Track and Field 

Competed in eight competitions for his debut season in a Gaucho uniform. Clocked his first sub-15 performance in the 5000m at the UCLA Legends Invite, clocking 14:55.92 for third in his heat. Took third at the Big West Challenge a week following, running 8:36.46. Lowered his 5000m best again the week after that at the Bryan Clay Invitational, running 14:47.93. Yousef would conclude the season on a high note with an inspiring sixth place finish in the 10000m at the Big West Conference Championships in 31:59.77. A tactical first half would keep the field tightly bunched and poised for a fast finish, and Yousef would power home valiantly, finishing the second half of his race almost two minutes faster than the first half. He would also go on to finish just outside scoring position in the 5000m the next day in tenth place. 

2016 Cross Country

Redshirt season.

Prep

Graduated from West Torrance High School where he a two time CIF Division 2 State Meet qualifier in cross country where he finished thirteenth in 2014 and eleventh in 2015. He also finished fourth individually at 2015 CIF Southern Section Division 2 Finals and helped his team take first place in their division. High school coach was Jason Druten.