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Badejo is national qualifier in 400-meter dash for WSC men
Story Links Emmanuel Badejo of Wayne State College has qualified for the 400-meter dash at the 2025 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 22-24 in Pueblo, Colorado at the CSU-Pueblo Thunderbowl. The official list of NCAA national qualifiers were announced Tuesday afternoon. Badejo, a freshman from Ijebu Ode, […]
Emmanuel Badejo of Wayne State College has qualified for the 400-meter dash at the 2025 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 22-24 in Pueblo, Colorado at the CSU-Pueblo Thunderbowl. The official list of NCAA national qualifiers were announced Tuesday afternoon.
Badejo, a freshman from Ijebu Ode, Nigeria, was the NSIC champion in the 400-meter dash at last weekend’s NSIC Championships in Duluth, Minnesota with a winning time of 46.58 seconds, a new NSIC Meet Record. He is ranked 11th in NCAA Division II in the 400-meter dash entering nationals thanks to a season-best and new school record time of 46.39 seconds run at the USD Tune-Up Meet May 2nd.
Badejo will compete in the 400-meter dash at nationals on Thursday, May 22nd at 6:55 p.m. Central Time and is one of 22 national qualifiers in the event.