Victory Achakpoekri ran a personal best of 45.88 seconds in his debut for Purdue to win the men’s 400 meters at the 2026 UCF Knights Invite.
He slashed his personal best by almost a full second, beating Elijah Grant who ran 46.52 seconds and Jayvian Greene in 46.78 seconds.
Ella Onojuvwevwo has emerged winner of the women’s 200 meters outdoor race event at the 2026 Hurricane Collegiate Invitational in Miami, running a new personal best of 22.93 seconds (1.4).
She won the event ahead of her LSU teammate La’Nica Locker who ran 23.13 seconds and Shaqueena Foote in 23.20 seconds.
The Nigerian quartet of Chidera Ezeakor, Maria Thompson, James Taiwo Emmanuel and Obi Jennifer Chukwuka have clocked 41.44 seconds to win the mixed 4×100 meters race event at the 2026 Lefika International Relays in Gaborone.
Joseph David Ayibakuro of Pitstop Community Lagos has claimed the men’s title at the 2026 Ride Afrique Accra Criterium, powering through 30 laps of 105 kilometres at the Accra Sports Stadium to emerge the overall winner in a field of more than 200 male and female cyclists drawn from Ghana and across Africa.
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Blessing Ogundiran has emerged winner of the 2026 Visit Gainesville Indoor Classic in the women’s 60 meters race event, clocking a time of 7.28 seconds.
She was a clear winner of Tonyan Beckford (7.46 seconds) and Camilla Nicholas (7.53 seconds).
Quartermile specialist Favour Onyah has won the women’s 60 meters and 200 meters race events at the 2026 UAB Green & Gold Invite.
She ran a Personal Best (PB) of 7.39 seconds to win the women’s 60 meters and then took on the 200 meters where she also ran 24.03 seconds (PB).
Joshua Caleb has emerged winner of the men’s 200 meters race event with a new Personal Best of 20.71 seconds at the 2026 New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
He won the event, over his LSU teammate Grant Buckmiller who was second in 20.85 seconds and Dominic Calhoun in third with 20.99 seconds.