2024 Lady Demon Track & Field Roster

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Michael Wade
Michael Wade
Michael Wade
Michael Wade
Michael Wade
Michael Wade
Courtesy of Southland Conference
Courtesy of Southland Conference

Vanessa Balde

Vanessa Balde

  • Position:
    Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Hometown:
    Hamburg, Germany
  • Highschool:
    Gesamtschule, Horn

Summary

Biography

2024 Outdoor Season: Earned a trip to nationals by running a school-record 3:29.22 as part of the 4x400 relay team at the NCAA East Regionals ... clocked a wind-legal season-best 13.26 at regionals in the 100-meter hurdles to advance to the regional finals ... ran a 13.32 to place 17th in the regional finals ... earned second team All-Louisiana as a member of both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays ... collected two golds and two bronzes at the Southland Conference Championships ... member of the 4x400 relay team that clinched the women's outdoor title, clocking a 3:35.84 to capture the gold ... also won the gold with a 13.63 in the 100-meter hurdles ... grabbed the bronze in the 400-meter dash, running a 53.40 ... also won the bronze in the 4x100 relay team that clocked a 45.22 ... finished fourth in the 200-meter dash, running a 23.69 ... member of the 4x400 relay team that sent a school and conference record, running a 3:32.67 at the Texas Relays ... also was a member of the relay team that set the school record previously in the 4x400 prelims at the Texas Relays, running a 3:35.50 ... also ran a 3:34.39 at the LSU Alumni Gold in the 4x400 relay ... ran season-bests in the 100-meter hurdles (13.13) and 200-meter dash (23.61) at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout ... clocked a 13.27 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Keyth Talley Invitational ... also clocked a 13.42 in the LSU Alumni Gold in the 100-meter hurdles ... ran a leg in the 4x100 relay team that clocked a season-best 44.86 ... placed fifth in the 100-meter dash at the Louisiana Classic with a time of 11.89 ... named Academic All-Southland Conference.
2024 Indoor Season: Earned the gold medal in the Southland Conference Championships in both the 60-meter hurdles and as part of a 4x400 relay team, helping lead the NSU women to its second consecutive team title ... took home first place in the 60 hurdles with a time of 8.55 ... ran on the relay team that dominated, running a 3:42.49 ... picked up the bronze in the 200-meter dash at the SLC Indoor Championships, clocking a 24.04 ... nearly gave NSU points in the 60-meter dash, finishing ninth with a time of 7.63 ... ran an 8.56 in the 60-meter hurdle finals to place sixth at the LSU Purple Tiger ... placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdle prelims with a time of 8.59 ... ran a 7.61 in the 60-meter dash prelims at the Samford Invitational ... part of a 4x400 relay team that claimed first at the Samford Invitational with a time of 3:42.10.

2023 Outdoor Season: Made the NCAA East prelims in both the 100-meter hurdles and as a member of the 4x400 relay team ... Finished 37th in the 100 hurdles (13.60) and the relay team DQ'd ... Named Southland Conference Freshman of the Year ... Grabbed three gold medals at the SLC championships ... Earned the golds in the 100-meter hurdles with a 13.46 after posting a 13.57 in the prelims and ran legs in the 4x100 (44.99) and 4x400 (season-best 3:35.77) ... Posted season bests at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, winning in the 200-meters (23.74) and finishing second in the 100-meters (11.69) ... Ran a leg in the season-best 4x100 relay team that recorded a season-best time of 44.83 at the West Texas A&M Last Chance Meet ... Member of the 4x100 team at the Leon Johnson Invitational that finished in second with a 45.63 ... Finished second in the 200-meters (24.08) and 4x100 (45.62) in the outdoor season opener at the TCU Alumni Invitational ... Member of the 4x400 team at the Battle on the Bayou that posted a season-best 3:37.65 ... Also came in third in the 4x100, coming in second, posting a season-best 44.91 ... Ran a season-best 13.75 at both the Texas Relays and Battle on the Bayou.

2023 Indoor Season: Posted a second-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (8.63) and third in the 200-meters (24.14) at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships, both of which were season bests  ... Member of the 4x400 relay team that clinched the first SLC women's team championship in school history ... Ran a season-best 7.69 in the 60-meter dash at the LSU Twilight ... Member of the women's 4x400 relay team that finished first at the Pittsburg State Invitational ... Recorded a season-best 8.67 in the 60-meter hurdles in the Corky Classic ... Posted a sixth place finish in the 200-meters with a time of 24.28 in her first career meet at the Corky Classic.

High School: Ran track for Gesamtschule, Horn.

Personal: Daughter of Joaninha Dabo and Djidere Balde … education major who would like to become a teacher in her home country of Germany.

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  • 2023Freshman

  • 2024Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
    5'6"