Azeem and his teammates, Kanyinsola Ajayi, Dario Matau and Makanakishe Charamba, ran a blazing 38.03s and achieved their season’s best, after surpassing the previous mark of 38.38s during the heats on Thursday.

The Louisiana State University took silver with 38.21s while University of Houston clocked 38.25s to settle for bronze.

Azeem is the national 100m record holder with a record of 10.09s and has clocked 10.24s this season at the LSU Invitational Athletics Championships in Los Angeles on April 27.

The 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games men’s 100m bronze medallist will next face several tournaments in a row starting with the Malaysian Open on June 14-16 followed by the Kazakhstan Open on June 23-24 and the Asean University Games 2024 in Surabaya-Malang, Indonesia on July 2-5.