Abdul-Rasheed Saminu

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Nanumba, Ghana
Prev School:
Florida Memorial University

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Awards and Accolades

First Team All-American, 4x100m relay (2025)
First Team All-American, outdoor 200m (2024, 2025)
First Team All-American, 60m (2024, 2025)
First Team All-American, 100m (2024)
Second Team All-American, 100m (2025)
NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier, 4x100m relay (2024, 2025)
NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier, 200m (2024, 2025)
NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier, 100m (2024, 2025)
NCAA Indoor Championships qualifier, 60m (2024, 2025)
NCAA East First Rounds qualifier, 4x100m relay (2024, 2025)
NCAA East First Rounds qualifier, 200m (2024, 2025)
NCAA East First Rounds qualifier, 100m (2024, 2025)
American Conference champion, 4x100m relay (2024, 2025)
American Second Team All-Conference, outdoor 200m (2025)
American Conference champion, 60m (2025)
American Conference champion, indoor 200m (2025)
American Conference champion, 100m (2024)
??American Conference champion, outdoor 200m (2024)
Penn Relays champion, 4x100m relay (2024, 2025)
Penn Relays champion, 4x200m relay (2024, 2025)
American Conference Outdoor Championships Most Valuable Performer (2024)
American Indoor Championships Men's Track Most Outstanding Performance, 60m (2024, 2025)
American Indoor Championships Men's Most Valuable Performer (2025)
NCAA Male Athlete of the Week (Apr. 9, 2024)
USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Apr. 9, 2024)
American Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week (Apr. 9, 2024)
American Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 30, 2024)
USF Record Holder in the Outdoor 100m dash (9.86 | 2025)
USF Record Holder in the Outdoor 4x100m relay (38.05 | 2025)
USF Record Holder in the Indoor 60m dash (6.53 | 2025)
NAIA champion, 100m (2023)
NAIA All-American, 100m (2023)
NAIA champion, 60m (2023)
NAIA All-American, 60m (2023)
NAIA All-American, indoor 200m (2023)
NAIA All-American, outdoor 200m (2023)
Sun Conference champion, 100m (2023)
Sun Conference champion, outdoor 200m (2023)
Sun Conference champion, 60m (2023)

Collegiate PRs
60m: 6.53 | NCAA Indoor Championships (March 14, 2025)
100m: 9.86 | NCAA East First Rounds (May 28-31, 2025)
200m: 19.95 | NCAA East First Rounds (May 28-31, 2025)
400m: 47.92 | Knights Invite (Mar. 24-25, 2023)*
*Competing for Florida Memorial University

Note on the name: Abdul-Rasheed Saminu is known by his friends and coaches as Rasheed. In his home country of Ghana, he grew up known by his village as Saminu Abdul-Rasheed. But similar to the story of Yao Ming's pre-America name actually being Ming Yao, Rasheed's native name of Saminu Abdul-Rasheed, became Abdul-Rasheed Saminu upon coming to America.

Season Recaps
2025 (South Florida)
Indoor: Won the 60m in 6.59 and placed second in the 200m (20.97) at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational… Won the 60m at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational (6.72) and Crimson Elite (6.63)… Won the 60m (6.57) and 200m (20.72) and ran on the first-place 4x400m relay (3:08.32) at the Windy City Invitational… Won the 60m (6.58) and 200m (20.85) at the American Indoor Championships… Placed fourth in the 60m final with a personal-best time of 6.53 at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Outdoor: Won the 100m in 9.87 and placed second in the 4x100m relay (38.79) at Florida Relays… Won the 4x100m relay (39.00) and 4x200m relay (1:21.06) at the Penn Relays... Won the 4x100m relay (38.73) and placed second in the 200m final (20.50) at American Outdoor Championships… Won the 100m (9.86) and the 4x100m relay (38.05) and finished fifth in the 200m (19.95) at NCAA East First Rounds… Placed fourth in the 4x100 relay final (38.73) and finished eighth in the 200m final (20.55) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

2024 (South Florida)
Indoor: Placed second in his South Florida debut running the 4x400 (3:16.50) at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational (Jan.12)...Placed second in the 60m dash with a time of 6.67 at the 2024 PNC Lenny Lyles Invite (Jan. 26-27)...Placed first in the 60m with a time of 6.61 at the Crimson Elite 2024 (Feb. 2)...Placed second in the 60m dash with a time of 6.66 at the Badger's Windy City Invite (Feb. 9-10)...Ran a program record and personal best time of 6.57 in the 60m dash preliminary round at the Indoor AAC Championship (Feb. 23-24)...also ran a 21.24 in the 200m dash conference final on the same day to earn fifth place and help secure the first men's team conference championship in program history...Finished eighth at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field National Championships in the 60m dash (6.69).

Outdoor: Kicked off the outdoor season helping set the then-program record time (39.13) in the 4x100m relay at the USF Alumni Invitational (March 15-16) to win first....Helped break the 4x100m relay program record again (39.03) the next meet at the Pepsi Florida Relays (March 29-30) and win first again...Made his 100m dash debut with a program record and Division I NCAA leading time (9.95w) for first place, only to also win first with a then-program record 200m dash time (20.34w) less than an hour later at the South Florida Invitational (April 5-6)...Ran a 10.13 at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (April 12-13) less than a hundredth of a second behind first place...Helped both the 4x100m relay team (39.34) and the 4x200m relay team (1:22.08) win first at the 2024 Penn Relays (Apr. 25-27)...Helped set the program record in the 4x100m relay for the third time this season (38.44) to win the conference championship at the 2024 indoor AAC Championships (May 10-12)...Also won the 100m dash (10.03) and 200m dash (20.34) conference championships with his best wind-legal Division I times in both...Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 22-25) in the 100m dash, advancing to quarterfinals with the eighth-fastest qualifying time (10.34), as well as both the 200m dash, advancing with the 13th-fastest qualifying time (20.55), and the 4x100m relay.

2023 (Florida Memorial)
Indoor: Won the 60m dash final at the SSAC/Sun Indoor Conference T&F Championships 2023 with a time of 6.73 (Feb. 6)...Won the 200m at the RADD Collegiate Last Chance with a time of 21.43 (Feb.16)...Ran a then-personal best time of 6.63 in the 60m dash to win first place at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships (Mar. 2-4).

Outdoor: Ran a then-personal best time of 10.04 to win first in the 100m dash at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (Apr. 7-8)...Won the 200m dash at the Sun Conference Championship 2023 (Apr. 22-23), running the top qualifying time (20.51) and a 20.68 in the final...Also won the 100m dash at the Sun Conference Championship 2023 (Apr. 22-23) with a then-personal best 9.97w time...Placed first in the 200m at the Bobcats Last Chance Meet (May. 13) with a 20.52 time...Also won the 100m dash with a time of 9.99w at the Bobcats Last Chance Meet (May. 13)...Won the 100m dash final (10.23) at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 24-26) and had the top 200m dash qualifying time (20.35w).

High School: Rasheed attended Al-Azhariyya Islamic High School in Tafo Kumasi Ghana.

Personal: Transferred from Florida Memorial University...Instagram handle is @village_boyyy_ because he grew up in a small village in Nanumba, Ghana...He attributes his speed to having been developed while chasing and hunting rabbits as a child...Grew up playing soccer and was introduced to track and field through one of his coaches...Speaks five languages, English, Dagbani, Twi, Hausa, and Arabic...Roommates and good friends with Goodness Iredia.