2024 Men's Track & Field Roster
Dubem Amene
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Farmington Hills, Mich.
- High School:
- Southfield Christian
- Position:
- Sprints
- Major:
- Economics
AT MICHIGAN
• Represented Nigeria at the 2024 Olympics in the 4x400-relay
• World Championships Finalist (mixed 4x400 relay, 6th place, 2022)
• Big Ten Champion (outdoor 400 meters)
• School Record Holder (indoor 400 meters, 45.75)
• School Record Holder (indoor distance medley relay)
• First-Team All-American (indoor distance medley relay, 2022)
• Second-Team All-American (indoor 400 meters, 2022)
• Second-Team All-American (indoor DMR and 400 meters, 2024)
Collegiate PR | Indoor: 200m - 21.18; 400m - 45.75; 600m - 1:17.41 | Outdoor: 200m - 20.96; 400m - 45.51
High School PR | 400m - 48.57; 800m - 1:55.95
TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)
Senior (2023-24)
Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran a season-best 45.55 in the 400-meter dash preliminaries for 13th at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 22-25)
• Ran a career-best 20.96 in the 200-meter dash preliminaries and 21.14 in the finals for ninth, 45.92 in the 400-meter dash preliminaries and 45.68 for the win, and 3:08.05 in the 4x400 relay for fifth at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12)
• Ran 20.78 (not wind legal) in the 200-meter dash for second and 40.86 in the 4x100 relay for fourth at the Jim Green Invitational (April 19-20)
• Ran 45.72 in the 400-meter dash invite for 10th and 40.64 in the 4x100 relay for 21st at the Tom Jones Invitational (April 12-13)
• Ran 21.11 (not wind legal) in the 200-meter dash for 14th and 46.01 in the 400-meter dash for seventh at the Battle on the Bayou (March 29-30)
Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 9:38.40 in the DMR for 12th, 46.39 in the 400-meter dash for 12th and two Second Team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships (March 8-9)
• Ran 9:43.96 in the DMR for second, 46.53 in the 400-meter dash preliminaries and 46.34 in the finals for third at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-24)
• Ran a school record 9:19.33 in the DMR, the No. 5 time in the NCAA, for third at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 16)
• Ran a school record 45.75 in the 400-meter dash, the No. 11 time in the NCAA, for fifth at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 9)
• Ran a meet record 46.17 to win the 400-meter dash, the No. 5 time in the NCAA, and 3:11.60 in the 4x400 meter relay for second at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 20)
• Ran a meet record and personal best 21.18 in the 200-meter dash at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)
Junior (2022-23)
Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 46.70 in the 400 meter dash for 22nd at the NCAA Championships (April 12-15)
• Ran 46.61 and 46.07 in the 400 meter dash at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 25-27)
• Ran 46.09 in the 400 meter dash preliminaries, 46.20 in the 400 meter dash for third, and 3:10.68 in the 4x400 meter relay for eighth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (May 12-14)
• Ran 21.31 in the 200 meter dash for seventh at the Jim Green Invitational (April 28-29)
• Ran 46.20 in the 400 meter dash for 11th and 3:09.33 in the 4x400 meter relay for second at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 12-15)
• Ran a career-best 21.15 in the 200 meter dash for 20th and 46.18 in the 400 meter dash for fourth at the Florida Relays (March 30- April 1)
Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 9:41.65 in the distance medley relay for 9th at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 10-11)
• Ran 46.41 in the 400 meter dash for the win at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
• Ran a school record 9:20.83 in the distance medley relay for 4th at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 17)
Sophomore (2021-22)
Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran a leg of the sixth-place Nigeria mixed-gender 4x400 relay team at the World Athletics Championships (July 15), running a 45.66 split in the final and a 45.79 carry on the eighth-place team in the semifinals.
• Ran 46.68 for 23rd in the 400 meter dash semifinals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 8-11)
• Qualified for the NCAA Championships by running a career-best 45.51 for 6th in the 400 meter dash quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 25-28) after running 46.11 for 8th in the first round. Ran a leg of the 17th-place 4x400 relay in 3:09.48
• Ran 46.84 for 2nd in the 400 meter dash final after running 46.17 for 2nd in the prelims, and a leg of the 7th-place 4x400 relay in 3:13.62 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 13-15)
• Ran 46.45 for 13th in the 400 meter dash final at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 14-16).
• Ran a career-best 46.07 for the win in the 400 meter dash final, and legs of the 1st-place 4x400 relay in 3:10.24 and the 4th-place 4x100 relay in 40.56 at the Duke Invitational (April 7-9).
• Ran a career-best 21.20 (+0.4m/s) for 3rd in the 200 meter dash final at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (March 26). Ran a leg of the 1st-place 4x400 relay in 3:08.64
Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 46.98 for 13th in the 400 meter dash prelims for second-team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 11-12). Ran a leg of the 8th-place distance medley relay in 9:30.46 to earn first-team All-America honors
• Ran a school-record 46.04 for 2nd in the 400 meter dash final at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 25-26) after running a school-record 46.34 for 3rd in the prelims. Also ran 21.33 for 11th in the 200 meter dash prelims. Ran a leg of the 7th-place 4x400 relay in 3:11.63
• Ran a leg of the school-record distance medley relay in 9:23.78 at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 19). At the time, the performance ranked No. 2 in Big Ten history and No. 10 in collegiate history on the all-conditions lists
• Ran a career-best 46.46 in the 400 meter dash for 2nd at the Rod McCravy Memorial (Jan. 28-29), and ran a leg of the 6th-place 4x400 relay in 3:15.93.
• Ran a career-best 1:17.41 in the 600 meter run for the win at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 22)
First-Year (2020-21)
Outdoor Track & Field
• Representing Nigeria at the World U20 Championships, ran a 46.17 split as a member of the fourth-place 4x400 relay team, and finished tied for 13th over 400 meters in 47.50.
• Ran a leg of the 4x400 relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 9-11) that did not finish the race. Earned USTFCCCA Honorable Mention status.
• Ran 47.69 in the 400 meter dash for 23rd at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 26 & 28) after running 46.71 in the first round. Qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Championships as a member of the 10th-place 4x400 relay in 3:07.18.
• Ran 46.77 in the 400 meter dash for 4th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 14-16) to score five team points for the Wolverines after running 46.83 in the prelims. Also ran a leg of Michigan's fifth-place 4x400 relay for an additional point.
• Ran a career-best 21.25 (+0.1m/s) in the 200 meter dash for the win at the B1G Len Paddock Open (May 8)
• Ran a career-best 46.40 in the 400 meter dash for 3rd at the B1G Jesse Owens Classic (April 30-May 2), and ran a leg of the third-place 4x400 relay in 3:09.56.
• Ran a career-best 46.62 in the 400 meter dash for 2nd at the B1G Husker Invitational (April 16-17)Also ran legs of the fourth-place 4x400 relay and 9th-place 4x100 relay.
• Ran a career-best 21.69 (+1.0m/s) for 13th in the open 200 meters at the B1G North Florida Invitational (April 2-3)
Indoor Track & Field
• Ran legs of the fourth-place distance medley relay in 9:38.14 and a leg of the sixth-place 4x400 relay in 3:11.78 at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 25-27).
• Ran a career-best 47.95 in the 400 meter dash for the win at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 19)
• Ran a career-best 48.32 in the 400 meter dash for 9th at the SPIRE B1G Invitational (Feb. 12-13), and ran 1:21.36 for 11th over 600 meters.
HIGH SCHOOL
Notes: Younger brother of former Michigan women’s track and field sprinter Chika Amene
2019 MHSAA Division 4 state champion at 400 meters … Two-time indoor MITS state winner in the 400 meters and the 4x400 relay … Ran a leg of the winning 4x800 relay team in the 17-18 division at the 2019 AAU Junior Olympic Nationals, to go along with a 10th-place finish in the 4x400 relay … Finished third over 800 meters in the 15-16 division at the 2018 AAU Junior Olympic Nationals, and ran a leg of the runner-up 4x800 relay team … Finished third in the 2018 MHSAA Division 4 State Finals at 800 meters … Ran legs of four relay teams that finished runner-up at the state finals in 2018 and 2019 … Ran 48.57 for the fastest time among Michigan high schoolers for the 2020 indoor season, and ranked 21st nationally
