Salma Elbadra

Career Honors and Recognition
2025 USTFCCCA All-American
2025 NCAA Southeast Region Individual Champion
2025 USTFCCCA Southeast All-Region
2025 Cross Country All-SEC First Team
2025 Cross Country SEC All-Freshman Team
2025 Outdoor Second Team All-American
2025 Outdoor First Team All-SEC
2025 Indoor Second Team All-SEC
2025 SEC Outdoor Newcomer of the Year
2024 Mountain West All-Conference

Season and Career Results

2025-26

Cross Country

Ran in six cross country meets during her first cross country season for the Gamecocks, turning in arguably the best individual season in program history … Earned USTFCCCA All-American honors as just the second Gamecock to ever do so, placing 28^th at the NCAA Championship with a time of 19:14.7 … Led South Carolina to its first ever NCAA Championship appearance in cross country as she became the first Gamecock to win the individual title at the NCAA Southeast Regional meet, turning in a program record 6K time of 19:03.1, besting the previous program record by nearly 40 seconds … Earned a spot on the USTFCCCA Southeast All-Region team after her individual title … Landed on the All-SEC First Team and All-SEC Freshman Team at this year’s SEC Championship, placing fifth overall at the conference meet when she crossed the finish line in 20:01.4 … Made her Gamecock Cross Country debut at the Joe Piane Invitational 5K, finishing as the bronze medalist with a personal best mark of 15:57.5 for the second fastest 5K time in South Carolina history … Captured the title at the Crimson Classic in the 5,868m race, running 18:40.3 … Earned SEC Women’s Runner of the Week twice for her performances at the Joe Piane Invitational and the Crimson Classic.

2025

Indoor

Appeared in four meets during the indoor season, running the mile, 3000m and two distance medley relays … Earned Second Team All-SEC in the DMR after finishing runner-up with a program record time of 10:55.41 … Was also part of the DMR squad that set a new Carolina Indoor Track & Field facility record, stopping the clock at 11:02.54 … Had a meet to remember at the Scarlet & White Invitational, recording program records in both the mile (4:31.01) and the indoor 3K (8:58.95) … Also set a facility record in the indoor mile at the USC Invite, recording a time of 4:31.09.

Outdoor

Appeared in seven meets in her first outdoor season with South Carolina, primarily running the 1500m as well as the 800m and the 5K … Earned Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, finishing 10^th in the 1500m with a time of 4:11.20 … Advanced to the national meet after running 4:08.35 at the East Regional to place eighth overall … Won the SEC Outdoor Championship 1500m, clocking 4:20.21 to earn First Team All-SEC honors … Was also named SEC Outdoor Newcomer of the Year following the SEC Championship meet … Also placed sixth in the 5K at the SEC Championship, running a new program record time of 15:51.24 for a new personal best … Won the 1500m at the Wake Forest Invitational, clocking a new personal best time of 4:05.85 for a new South Carolina program record … Won the 800m at the Charlotte Invitational, running 2:03.09 … The following week she ran a personal best 800m time of 2:01.76 to finish runner-up in the East Coast Relays with the third fastest outdoor 800m time in program history.

Previous School(s)
Wyoming
2024
Indoor
Competed in four indoor meets for Wyoming as a freshman, running one 3K and primarily competing in the mile … Won the indoor mile at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championship, running 4:46.07 in the finals … Finished runner-up in the indoor 3K at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championship, clocking a personal best time of 9:23.93 … Ran a personal best indoor mile of 4:35.02 at the Husky Classic … Made her collegiate debut in the Potts Invitational, winning the mile with a time of 4:43.94 before winning the following week at the Bobcat Challenge after posting a time of 4:51.39.

Outdoor
Ran in five outdoor meets for Wyoming, competing in the 800m and the 1500m with one 4×400 meter relay … Finished ninth at the NCAA West Regionals in the 1500m, running a personal best time of 4:14.03 to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championship at Oregon … Placed 20^th overall in the 1500m at the NCAA Championship, crossing the line in 4:15.24 … Won the Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championship 1500m race, running 4:17.18, while finishing runner-up in the 800m with a time of 2:06.04 … Clocked a personal best outdoor 800m time of 2:05.87 at the Doug Max Invitational for the win, while also finishing third overall in the 4×400 meter relay with a time of 4:08.09 … Made her outdoor collegiate debut at the Bryan Clay Invitational, running 4:16.87 in her first 1500m race of the season.

Personal Records

Indoor

Outdoor

Cross Country