Written by Aimee Morganti, edits & additional commentary via Garrett Zatlin Sources have informed The Stride Report that South Carolina’s Salma Elbadra has signed an NIL deal with Nike. She joins BYU’s Jane Hedengren, Jenna Hutchins, James Corrigan and Riley Chamberlain, as well as Oregon's Elliott Cook, Matthew Erickson and Maddy Elmore on Nike’s current collegiate NIL roster. Elbadra is a three-time national meet qualifier. One of those instances came during her time at Wyoming where she contested the 1500 meters at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In the other two instances, she placed 10th over 1500 meters at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships and later placed 28th at the 2025 NCAA XC Championships to earn her first All-American honor. Since then, Elbadra has been electric on the indoor oval. The Gamecock ace began her winter campaign with a win at the 2025 Boston U. Season Opener over 3000 meters where she recorded an N CAA #7 all-t ime mark of 8:41.76. Elbadra later built upon that momentum by breaking the Moroccan mile national record in a time of 4:27.54 at the 2026 Boston U. Valentine Invitational. The Gamecock athlete also excelled last spring as she raced to an NCAA #13 all-time mark of 4:05.85 over 1500 meters at the Wake Forest Invitational. She is also a three-time SEC champion between the 1500 meters, the mile and the DMR (2026). Elbadra is set to compete at the upcoming 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships over the 3000 meters and possibly in the DMR. She scratched out of the mile.