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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

Zainab Ali

Zainab Ali

  • Position:
    Hurdles
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Highschool:
    Stevenson
  • Hometown:
    Sterling Heights, Mich.

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times
 

Career Highlights:

  • Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2024)

2025 Outdoor:
  • Placed 12th in the 100m (18.90) and 14th in the 400mH (1:21.99) at the Chippewa Challenge
  • Took sixth in the 400mH (1:24.17) and 10th in the 100mH (18.61) at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
  • Posted three PR's in the 400mH (1:15.69) for ninth, 100mH (17.98) for 12th and 100m (14.19) for 25th at the Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational

2024-25 Indoor: 
  • Started her collegiate career taking 18th in the 60mH (10.42) and 24th in the 300m (48.90) at Notre Dame's Blue & Gold Invitational
  • Ran a season-best 10.42 in the 60mH for 13th at the SVSU Classic
  • Clocked a season-best 29.36 in the 200m and was 13th in the 60mH (10.52) at EMU's Bob Parks Memorial

Prior to Detroit Mercy:
  • A four-year letterwinner in track and field
  • Tabbed the Team MVP as a junior
  • A 2024 Michigan D1 100-meter hurdles & and 4x200-meter relay medalist at the regionals and Macomb County
  • Ran club with Str8 Smokin Track Club
Personal:
  • Daughter of Azhar Jasim
  • Has two older brothers and an older sister
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because he felt like it was just where he belonged and loved the environment
  • A Business major

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  • 2024-25Freshman

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