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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Busiwa Asinga

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lusaka, Zambia
  • Highschool Principia

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests/Results

2023 Outdoor: Took 1st in 400H at Drake’s Jim Duncan Invite (1:02.66).

2022 Outdoor: Took first at Musco Twilight in the 400m hurdles (1:00.57)… Won a gold medal in the 400m hurdles (59.55) at the MVC Outdoor Championships and qualified for the NCAA West preliminary round.  
 
2022 Indoor: Set personal bests at the MVC Indoor Championships in the 200m (24.67) and 400m (55.25 for first place).
 
2021 Outdoor: Was part of a Drake Relays winning 4 x 400m relay (3:45.30)… Set a PR (58.07) in the 400m hurdles at the Illinois State Invitational… Took second at the MVC Outdoor Championships in the 400m hurdles (58.85) and advanced to the NCAA West preliminary round.
 
2021 Indoor: Ran a season-best 400m time of 57.76 at the Cyclone Open… Logged a season-best 200m dash of 25.09 to finish sixth at the MVC Indoor Championships.
 
2020 Indoor: Set a then personal best at the MVC Indoor Championships in the 400m and was 5th in the 4x400m relay ... was 26th at the Iowa State Classic 400m.

Prior to Drake: Was a two-time state champion in 300mH...100m state champion...runner-up in the 200m during her senior season...runner-up in the 100m during her sophomore and junior year...placed 3rd in the 200m in her sophomore and junior year...8th in the 400m during her sophomore season.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2022-23Senior

    Hurdles