The University of Mississippi Athletics

2016 Track and Field Roster

Khadijah Suleman

Khadijah Suleman

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Antioch, Calif.
AT OLE MISS (2014-15):

2015:

OUTDOOR: USTFCCCA First Team All-American
in the 4x100m relay … helped the 4x100m relay to a seventh-place finish (44.64) at the program’s first NCAA Championships final in the event … helped the 4x100m relay qualify for nationals with a fifth-place result at the NCAA East Preliminary (43.89) … helped the 4x100m relay set the school record with a time of 43.80 at the LSU Invitational … placed 20th in the 100m (11.65) and 21st in the 200m (season-best 23.41 – No. 4 in school history) at the NCAA East Preliminary … helped the 4x100m relay team to a sixth-place finish at the SEC Championships in 44.35, while finishing 15th in the 100m (season-best 11.52 – No. 4 in school history) and 23rd in the 200m (24.49) … helped the 4x100m relay to first-place finishes at the Drake Relays (44.80), Virginia Challenge (44.11), Border Clash (44.55), Yellow Jacket Invitational (45.16) and Alabama Relays (44.73) … helped the 4x100m relay to a runner-up finish at the Tiger Track Classic (44.81) … finished fifth in both the 100m (11.73) and 200m (23.73) at the LSU Invitational …fourth place in the 100m (11.74) at the Border Clash … third place in the 100m (11.82) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational.

INDOOR: Competed at five meets during the indoor season … posted a season-best 7.51 in the 60m for a sixth-place finish at the Vanderbilt Invitational … finished ninth at Vanderbilt in the 200m with a season-best time of 24.87 … helped the 4x400m relay to a 12th-place finish at Vanderbilt.

2014:

OUTDOOR: Competing unattached, won the 200 meters (24.22) and finished second in the 100 meters (11.74) at the Ole Miss Open.

INDOOR: Did not compete and was redshirted.

BEFORE OLE MISS: Competed at Laney Community College (Oakland, Calif.) as a freshman and sophomore under coach Curtis Taylor ... four-time California Junior College State Championships runner-up in the 100 meters (twice) and 200 meters (twice) ... led Laney's 4x100-meter relay team to the state junior college title in 2012 ... North California champion in the 100 and 200 as a sophomore ... achieved personal bests of 11.42 in the 100 and 23.55 in the 200 ... participated in track & field at Antioch High School (Antioch, Calif.) under coach Josh Tezeno ... high school personal bests of 11.96 in the 100 and 24.61 in the 200 ... competed in the Simplot Games and USATF Junior Olympics regional meet as a member of the Flying Jaguars club team.

PERSONAL: Born Aug. 16, 1993 ... daughter of Mero Musa and Musa Sule ... her brother, Hammed Suleman, is a standout jumper at Cal ... chose Ole Miss over South Carolina, Oregon and Cal.
The Season: New Heights (2025)
Friday, August 01
From Walk-On to National Champ: Arvesta Troupe (T&F)
Monday, June 23
HIGHLIGHTS: Arvesta Troupe Makes History as NCAA High Jump Champ
Friday, June 13
PRESSER: Arvesta Troupe Talks Historic NCAA High Jump Win
Friday, June 13