Bamidele Ajayi

Bamidele Ajayi runs the 400m at the 2025 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, March 1, 2025

Photo by: Steven King/Steve King Studios

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Eikiti State, Nigeria
High School:
Metropolitan International College

EMU: 2024-25: Indoor: Competed in six meets… Named All-MAC Second Team… Ran a first-place finish at the Bob Parks Memorial, Jan. 25, in the 400m (49.18)… Ran two second-place finishes at the MAC Indoor Championships, Feb. 28-March 1, in the 400m and 4x400m relay… Set two personal-bests, one in the 300m at the Wolverine Invitational, Jan. 11, and the other in the 60m at the GVSU Holiday Open, Dec. 6…Outdoor: Competed in seven meets… Named All-MAC First Team with a first-place finish at the MAC Outdoor Championships, May 15-17,in the 4x400m relay… Also ran a first-place finish and program No. 6 time at the Georgia Tech Invitational, April 18-19, in the 4x400m relay…Notched a second-place finish at the Hillsdale College Last Chance Meet in the 400m (47.01).

LENOIR-RHYNE: 2023-24: Spent one season at Lenoir-Rhyne… Earned all-american status with a third-place finish in the 4x400m relay (3:10.76) at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships…Won an Individual SAC Indoor Championship in the 400m dash (48.67)…Part of the winning 4x400m relay team at the SAC Outdoor Championships (3:08.32), also finishing second in the 400m dash (46.93)…Competed in both the indoor and outdoor NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships.

PERSONAL: Full name: Oluwabamidele Olanipekun Ajayi…Son of Titi Ajayi and Taiwo Ajayi…Has a brother, Olamilekan, and a sister, Oluwabusayo…A antive of Eikiti State, Nigeria…Major: Sport Management with the goal of becoming a professional athlete.