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Illinois State University Athletics

2020-21 Track & Field Roster

Faith Ayodele

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Champaign, Ill.
  • Highschool Centennial HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS
 
Career Highlights
2020 MVC Scholar-Athlete

2020-21 OUTDOOR (So.): Competed at two meets during the 2021 outdoor season...Threw a season-best of 47.06 meters (154-5 ft.) in the hammer throw at the Ole Miss Classic.

2020-21 INDOOR (Jr.): Competed at four meets for the Redbirds during the indoor season...Recorded a season-best throw of 17.36 meters (56-11.5 ft.) in the weight throw at the EIU Friday Night Special to place fourth overall...Finished 10th in the weight throw with a best throw of 17.34 meters (56-10.75 ft.) at the MVC Indoor Track & Field Championships. 

2019-20 OUTDOOR (So.): Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 INDOOR (So.): Competed in seven meets as a sophomore, including her first MVC championship meet...Recorded a personal-best mark of 18.44 meters (60-6 ft.) in the weight throw at the Notre Dame Invite, throwing above 18 meters for the first time in her career to move into the No. 8 spot in ISU track & field history...Scored a point in the weight throw at the Valley Championships, finishing eighth with a mark of 18.18 meters (59-7.75 ft.).

2018-19 OUTDOOR (R-Fr.): Posted two top-10 performances in the hammer throw in her first outdoor season with the Redbirds...Finished fifth in the hammer throw at the Redbird Invitational finishing with her best mark of the season at 50.23 meters (164-9 ft.)...Notched an eighth-place finish in the hammer throw at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational, posting a mark of 48.16 meters (158-0 ft.).

2018-19 INDOOR (R-Fr.): Posted her best performance of the season in the weight throw at the Coughlan-Mallory Cup, finishing fourth with a mark of 16.53 meters (54-2.75 ft.) Made her Redbird debut at the Jimmy Grant Invitational, finishing 12th in the weight throw with a mark of 15.87 meters (52-1 ft.)

2017-18 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Utilized redshirt season.

2017-18 INDOOR (Fr.): Utilized redshirt season.

CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL: IHSA Class 3A State Championship qualifier in the shot put in 2015 and 2016...Big-12 Conference Runner-Up in the discus in 2017...earned the distinction of News Gazette Athlete of the Week in 2016, also earning All-Area honors during her junior season...named her team's Most Accomplished Field Student-Athlete in 2015, 2016, and 2017...named a Big-12 Scholar in each of the four seasons in which she competed...also a four-year starter on Centennial's basketball team, where she was the area rebound leader her senior year.

PERSONAL: Born March 26, 1999, in Rochester, New York...daughter of Omolara Ayodele and the late Emmanuel Ayodele...has two older sisters, Naomi and Grace...sister, Grace, played collegiate soccer at the University of Louisville...plans to major in finance to work as a business operations manager one day.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Redshirt Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2020-21Junior