Ogunmakinju Places Second in 400 Meters at Indoor National Championship

PITTSBURG, Kan. – Harding freshman Omolara Ogunmakinju became the first Lady Bison ever to earn All-America honors in the indoor 400 meters with a second-place finish Saturday at the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships at the Robert W. Plaster Center.

Ogunmakinju, a native of Akure, Nigeria, broke her own school record in the 400-meter preliminaries Friday with a time of 52.77 second. In the final, she crossed the tape second in 52.85 seconds.

With the eight points Ogunmakinju scored, Harding finished tied for 22nd in the team competition.

Gallery: (3-9-2024) 2024 Track at Indoor Championships

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