Salma Elbadra

Career Honors and Recognition

2025 Outdoor Second Team All-American
2025 Outdoor First Team All-SEC
2025 Indoor Second Team All-SEC
2025 SEC Outdoor Newcomer of the Year
2024 Mountain West All-Conference

Season and Career Results

2025

Indoor

Appeared in four meets during the indoor season, running the mile, 3000m and two distance medley relays … Earned Second Team All-SEC in the DMR after finishing runner-up with a program record time of 10:55.41 … Was also part of the DMR squad that set a new Carolina Indoor Track & Field facility record, stopping the clock at 11:02.54 … Had a meet to remember at the Scarlet & White Invitational, recording program records in both the mile (4:31.01) and the indoor 3K (8:58.95) … Also set a facility record in the indoor mile at the USC Invite, recording a time of 4:31.09.

Outdoor

Appeared in seven meets in her first outdoor season with South Carolina, primarily running the 1500m as well as the 800m and the 5K … Earned Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, finishing 10^th in the 1500m with a time of 4:11.20 … Advanced to the national meet after running 4:08.35 at the East Regional to place eighth overall … Won the SEC Outdoor Championship 1500m, clocking 4:20.21 to earn First Team All-SEC honors … Was also named SEC Outdoor Newcomer of the Year following the SEC Championship meet … Also placed sixth in the 5K at the SEC Championship, running a new program record time of 15:51.24 for a new personal best … Won the 1500m at the Wake Forest Invitational, clocking a new personal best time of 4:05.85 for a new South Carolina program record … Won the 800m at the Charlotte Invitational, running 2:03.09 … The following week she ran a personal best 800m time of 2:01.76 to finish runner-up in the East Coast Relays with the third fastest outdoor 800m time in program history.

Previous School(s)
Wyoming
2024
Indoor
Competed in four indoor meets for Wyoming as a freshman, running one 3K and primarily competing in the mile … Won the indoor mile at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championship, running 4:46.07 in the finals … Finished runner-up in the indoor 3K at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championship, clocking a personal best time of 9:23.93 … Ran a personal best indoor mile of 4:35.02 at the Husky Classic … Made her collegiate debut in the Potts Invitational, winning the mile with a time of 4:43.94 before winning the following week at the Bobcat Challenge after posting a time of 4:51.39.

Outdoor
Ran in five outdoor meets for Wyoming, competing in the 800m and the 1500m with one 4×400 meter relay … Finished ninth at the NCAA West Regionals in the 1500m, running a personal best time of 4:14.03 to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championship at Oregon … Placed 20^th overall in the 1500m at the NCAA Championship, crossing the line in 4:15.24 … Won the Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championship 1500m race, running 4:17.18, while finishing runner-up in the 800m with a time of 2:06.04 … Clocked a personal best outdoor 800m time of 2:05.87 at the Doug Max Invitational for the win, while also finishing third overall in the 4×400 meter relay with a time of 4:08.09 … Made her outdoor collegiate debut at the Bryan Clay Invitational, running 4:16.87 in her first 1500m race of the season.

Personal Records

Indoor

Outdoor