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Aji Mbye Season 2023-24

PositionS
ClassFreshman
HometownThe Gambia, West Africa
Previous SchoolBroadfording Christian Academy

Aji Mbye TFRRS page (season/career statistics)

Updated June 10, 2024
 
Honors & Awards
2024 USTFCCCA Honorable Mention (4x100m Relay)
2024 Mountain West Champion (4x100m Relay)
2024 All-Mountain West Outdoor (100m)
2024 All-Mountain West Indoor (60m)
Mountain West Freshman of the Week (1/22/24)
2024 SDSU Women’s Freshman of the Year
 
SDSU Records
4x100m (Outdoor): 43.45 (2nd all-time)
200m (Indoor): 23.45 (4th all-time, freshman record)
100m (Outdoor): 11.42 (5th all-time, freshman record)
4x100m (Outdoor): 43.79 (5th all-time)
4x100m (Outdoor): 44.23 (9th all-time)
60m (Indoor): 7.42 (10th all-time, freshman record)
200m (Outdoor): 23.47 (freshman record)

Collegiate Bests
60m (Indoor): 7.42 (Feb. 10, 2024, at Don Kirby Invitational – Albuquerque, N.M.)
200m (Indoor): 23.55 (Feb. 24, 2024, at Mountain West Championships – Albuquerque, N.M.)
100m (Outdoor): 11.42 (Apr. 6, 2024, at Triton Invitational – La Jolla, Calif.)
200m (Outdoor): 23.47 (May 11, 2024, at MW Championships – Clovis, Calif.)

NCAA Outdoor Championships
2024: 22nd, semis (44.23 – 4x100m)
 
NCAA West Preliminary Championships
2024: 7th, quarters (43.45 – 4x100m) | 33rd, first round (23.30w – 200m) | 46th, first round (11.56w – 100m)
 
Mountain West Indoor Championships
2024: 3rd, finals (7.44 – 60m) | 4th, finals (23.55 – 200m)
 
Mountain West Outdoor Championships
2024: 1st (43.96 – 4x100m) | 3rd, finals (11.42 – 100m) | 5th, finals (23.47 – 200m)
 
2023-24 Season
Indoor: Earned all-Mountain West honors for a third place finish in the 60m dash … Also finished fourth in the 200m dash final at the MW Championships … Ran the fourth fastest 200m dash and set the freshman record in the prelims of the conference championship, crossing the line in 23.45 seconds … Also ran the 10th fastest 60m, and set the freshman record, with a 7.42 at the Don Kirby Invitational.
 
Outdoor: Earned a USTFCCCA honorable mention … Ran the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay at the NCAA Championships finishing 22nd in the semifinals at 44.23 seconds, the ninth fastest time in program history … Ran in three events at the NCAA West Preliminaries: the 100m, 200m, and anchor leg of the 4x100m relay … The relay team finished seventh overall with a championship qualifying time of 43.45, the second fastest mark in program history … She finished 33rd in the 200m with a wind-aided time of 23.30 and 46th with a wind-aided time of 11.56 at the preliminary meet … Ran the anchor leg of the gold medal-winning 4x1 relay team at the Mountain West Championships … Also medaled in the 100m dash finishing third at 11.44 seconds, and scored four points in the 200m dash at 23.47 seconds, setting a new freshman record … Set the freshman record and moved into fifth all-time with a time of 11.42 seconds in the 100m dash at the Triton Invitational … Won the 200m dash at the Triton Invitational.

High School
Competed at Muslim SSS/Broadfording Christian Academy in Hagerstown, Md. … Was named a 2021-22 two-event NCSAA All-American and Super Regional Team selection … She was also named the Herald-Mail Track and Field Athlete of the Year … Set both the 100m and 200m county records … Became the first track athlete in her school’s history … In her high school debut (as a junior), she dominated the 100m with an 11.94 time on the stopwatch, later converted to 12.24 by the fully automatic electronic system, and dominated the 200m with a time of 25.84 … Owns high school bests of 11.97 in the 100m, 24.73 in the 200m, and 7.37 in the indoor 55m
 
Personal
Aji Mbye was born Sept. 15, 2003 in Manjai Kunda, The Gambia … Daughter of Mbayang Saine … Hobbies include working out, watching TV, cooking, and braiding hair … Majoring in public health … Chose the Aztecs over Morgan State.