Belle Aduaka

Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
High School:
Foothill HS
Hometown:
Pleasanton, CA

2022 -- Indoor Season: Competed in two meets … ran a 58.90 in the 400-meter at the Arkansas Qualifier to place 16th … helped the women’s 4x400 relay team finish sixth at the Michigan Invitational. Outdoor T&F: Placed 13th in the 400 prelims at the Big West Conference Championships … posted a season best of 57.89 in the 400 at the Fresno State Invitational … helped the women’s 4x400 squad capture first at the Mustang Invitational and Cal Poly Open, and second at the UCSB Invitational.

2021 -- Indoor Season: Cal Poly did not compete in any indoor events due to COVID-19 pandemic. Outdoor T&F: Placed seventh in 400 at Big West Conference Championships with a season-best time of 57.49 ... personal best is 55.19 in high school ... also competed in 200 in pair of meets with a season-best time of 25.92 in Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet, finishing second ... earned Big West Conference All-Academic honors.

2020 -- Indoor Season: Moved to No. 4 in school history for the indoor 200-meter dash, as she clocked a time of 25.06 seconds at the Arkansas Qualifier on Feb. 21 ... earlier in the winter, at the New Mexico Classic in Albuquerque on Feb. 8, helped the Mustang 4x400m relay squad earn a time of 3:52.91 — tallying the fourth-fastest indoor performance ever at Cal Poly ... improved her 200m time at three straight meets to start out the year. Outdoor T&F: Spring season was cancelled; however, retains year of eligibility moving forward.

Prep -- While with Foothill High School of Pleasanton, finished in seventh place at the 2019 CIF State Finals for the 400 meters, with a time of 55.52 seconds ... recorded a PR of 55.19 in the Championship Prelims ... also won the 2019 North Coast Section championship, in 55.64 seconds ... her senior year for the Falcons also included a second-place showing at the Sacramento Meet of Champions, along with a third-place finish at the Stanford Invitational ... was a back-to-back All-East Bay Athletic League honoree ... additional PRs included 12.31 for the 100-meter dash as well as 25.19 for the 200m ... also anchored the 4x1 & 4x4 relay squads for three straight years ... meanwhile, also participated in Choir, Peer Advocates counseling and Black Student Union while winning the AAREA Academic Excellence Award in 2018.

Personal -- Majors in BioChemistry ... aspires to become a biochemist “to cure the various diseases that plague society, especially lupus, an autoimmune disease that my mother has” ... also visited Oregon State; chose Cal Poly in part because she “loved the atmosphere when I stepped onto campus, all the coaching staff and other athletes were amazing, and I found that it fit my needs as both an athlete and a student.”