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2015 Track and Field Roster

Ademiju Oyebanjo-Odofin

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Lagos, Nigeria
  • Highschool Innisdale Secondary School

Biography

2016 Indoor: Ran a season best in the 400m (51.03) at the C-USA Championships … competed in the 200m (22.97) at the Don Kirby Collegiate Invitational … ran the 600m (1:26.08) at Cherry & Silver Invitational.

2016 Outdoor: Earned a eighth-place showing behind a season-best effort in the 400m hurdles (56.30) at the Brutus Hamilton Open … ran in the 400m hurdles (56.36) at the C-USA Championships earning a 13th-place finish.

2015 Indoor: Registered a season-best 600m run time of 1:27.21 at the Lobo Collegiate Open … finished 10th at the New Mexico Collegiate Invitational with a time of 1:27.76.

2015 Outdoor: Clocked a season-best time of 57.00 at the UTEP Twilight in the 400m hurdles to finish sixth … placed fifth at the UTEP Invitational in the 400m hurdles with a readout of 57.52 … registered a tenth-place finish at the UTEP Springtime (58.93) … member of the men's team that finished second at the Conference USA Championships.

PRIOR TO UTEP: Clocked a personal best in the 100m dash with a readout of 11.3 seconds … career-best time of 14.53 seconds in the 110m hurdles … registered a time of 1:00.44 seconds in the 400m hurdles … third leg of 4x400m relay team that clocked a time of 3:36.67.

PERSONAL: Son of Bukky and Ade Oyebanjo-Odofin … majoring in construction engineering and management … member of his high school band (2009) … named best architect student in high school … earned the citizenship award in 2012 and 2013 … has two sisters … born in Lagos, Nigeria.