Margaret Bamgbose, a 2012 graduate of Evanston Township High School, will compete in the 400 meter race in the upcoming Summer Olympics in August, representing Nigeria.
After gradiating from ETHS, Bamgbose continued her academic and athletic career at the University of Notre Dame where she was an 11 time All American and graduated this spring.
Since her parents, Sunday and Afusatu, were originally from Nigeria before moving to Evanston, Bamgbose has dual citizenship.
The 22 year old qualified at the Nigerian Olympic Trials earlier this month with a time of 52.27 seconds in the 400 meter final and secured a place on the team at her first Olympic tryout. Her personal best time in the 400 m race is 51.11 seconds which she hopes to improve upon in Rio.
Bamgbose was the 2015 ACC Indoor 400 Meter Champion and received several other awards as a student-athlete at Notre Dame.
After the Olympics, Bamgbose will work for Whirlpool Corporation in Michigan where she will utilize her degree in Information Technology and Visual Interface Design.
Bamgbose is currently conducting a GoFundMe campaign to raise money so that her parents will be able to travel to Rio to watch her compete.
Support Margaret & her family
Margaret is the epitome of a student-athlete and our community should be proud of her accomplishments. In addition, she's a terrific young lady.
She and her family need our help to enable them to travel to Rio and support Margaret during the Olympics.
Please contribute what you can to her "Go Fund Me" campaign:
https://www.gofundme.com/27rsvas
Thank you!
Thanks for posting the funding page
Thanks for posting the funding page. Such an accomplished young lady deserves support from all. Please give what you can.
Laura
She used to babysit my boys. She really is an all around very accomplished young lady (as well as her brother). Good for her!
Olympics
So nice to hear for a change, about a wonderful young person who is really living the life she's imagined and worked hard for. Her parents must be busting with pride!
Thank you from Margaret Bamgbose
I want to thank everyone one for there support, it really means a lot to me! I'm excited to get these last couple weeks of training in leading up to Rio and equally as excited to have my family watch me! GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/27rsvas
Watch Margaret Bamgbose Run tonight @ 6:35 CST
Margaret will run in the 1st heat of Sunday Aug 14th Semi Finals for the women's 400 meter race.
You can watch her on this link if it's not carried on TV:
http://stream.nbcolympics.com/track-and-field-day-9-evening
Good luck Margaret!