2014-15 Women's Track and Field Roster
Ayo Adewole
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- Waubonise Valley HS
- Major:
- Biological Sciences
MIZZOU PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor Track & Field
400m Dash - 55.77 // SEC Championships (2/26/16)
Outdoor Track & Field
400m Dash - 54.08 // Tom Botts Invitational (05/02/2015)
NOTEWORTHY
- 2015 NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifier for the 400m???????
- 2014 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- No. 2 All-Time in the 4x400m Relay (3:34.20)
- No. 4 All-Time in the Indoor 4x400m Relay (3:40.27)
- No. 10 All-Time in the Indoor 400m Dash (55.77)
2015-16
Seasons' Bests
400m (ITF) – 55.77 // SEC Championships (2/26)
400m (OTF) – 54.99 // Tom Botts Invitational (4/16)
Indoor Track - Started the season with a 57.21 time in the 400m Dash at the Illinois-Iowa Border Battle … Finished the 400m in 55.77, a personal record, at the SEC Championships.
Outdoor Track - Finished fourth in her first meet of the Outdoor season with a 55.55 time in the 400m at the Arkansas Spring Invitational … Posted a personal-best 54.99 at the Tom Botts Invitational which gave her a fifth-place finish.
2014-15
Seasons' Bests
400m (ITF) - 56.17 // SEC Championships (02/27)
400m (OTF) - 54.08 // Tom Botts Invite (05/02)
Indoor Track - Ayo's senior year was highlighted by a series of PR's in the 400m dash as she made her mark in the Mizzou Record Books for the first time during both the indoor and outdoor seasons...She started with a third-place finish during the Missouri Invitational, clocking through in 57.73...She earned her first PR of the season the following week during the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet, where she placed 29th in 56.28...She was 17th during the Armory Track Invitational, crossing in 56.42 before earning her first win of the year at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge (56.45)...Ayo represented the Tigers during the SEC Championships with the tenth-fastest 400m time in school history (56.17) and a fifth-place crossing with the DMR.
Outdoor Track - Ayo's stellar year continued into the outdoor season with her first qualification into the NCAA West Preliminary Round and a School Record performance with the women's 4x400m relay...She kicked of the season at the Texas Relays, where she placed 29th with the 4x400m relay...She reprised her role on the relay squad during the John McDonnell Invitational, taking sixth, and placed seventh as an individual with her first 400m dash PR of the season, 54.99...Ayo donned the black and gold at the prestigious Penn Relays, competing in both the 4x400m and 1600m SMR...She timed through with a pair of wins during the Tom Botts Invitational, clocking yet another PR, and the fourth-fastest 400m time in school history, with a 54.08 crossing...She also took to the line with the 4x400m relay, which placed first in 3:48.73...She was 19th in the 400m during the SEC Championships (55.30) before clocking a new Missouri School Record in the 4x400m with an 11th-place overall finish in 3:40.68...That time took down the previous record, which has stood since 1989...Ayo closed her season at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, where she was 41st in the 400m dash (55.14).
2013-14
Seasons' Bests
400m (ITF) - 58.22 // Wisconsin v. Missouri Dual (01/18)
400m (OTF) - 58.61 // Missouri Relays (04/12)
Indoor Track - Ayo was runner-up in the 400m dash at the Wisconsin v. Missouri Dual, crossing with a PR of 58.22.
Outdoor Track - Ayo's sole meet of the outdoor season was at home with the Missouri Relays, where she timed in at 58.61 for the 400m dash.
2012-13
Seasons' Bests
400m (ITF) - 58.91 // Rod McCravy Memorial (01/26)
400m (OTF) - 57.83 // Crimson Tide Invite (04/06)
Indoor Track - Ayo kicked off the indoor season at the Missouri Invitational, taking sixth in the 400m dash and third in the 4x400m relay...She went on to run a season's best 58.91 in the 400m dash at the Kentucky Rod McCravy Memorial Meet...Finished the indoor season at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge, where she placed fourth in the 400m (59.05).
Outdoor Track - Ayo was a member of the first-place 4x400m team at the Missouri Relays, and placed second in the 400m dash with a time of 58.35...Took ninth with the 4x400m at the Razorback Invitational, and tenth in the 400m dash...Ran a PR of 57.83 at the Crimson Tide Invitational to place ninth in the field.
2011-12
Seasons' Bests
400m (ITF) - 59.61 // Collegiate Challenge (02/17)
600yd (ITF) - 1:30.27 // MU v. KU Dual (01/13)
Indoor Track - Ayo took fifth in the 600yd dash at the MU-KU Dual, crossing the line in 1:30.27...She finished the season with the Missouri Collegiate Challenge, where she was fourth in the 400m dash (59.61).
Outdoor Track - Redshirted the outdoor season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Bests
100m Hurdles - 15.30 // 300m Hurdles - 46.60 // 400m Dash - 57.60
Ayo ran for Waubonise Valley HS under coach Dave Gowing...She also competed for the Aurora Flyers Club...Her team earned Conference and Sectional Championship titles, and took second at the IHSA State Championships.
PERSONAL
Parents are Bayo and Funmi...Born November 5, 1993 in Lagos, Nigeria...She is studying Psychology and plans on doing Pre-Med.
