Rhoda Adisa has clocked a personal best of 2:04.05 to win the women’s 800 meters race event at the 2026 Tom Jones Memorial in Florida.
She finished ahead of Naomi Clarke who was second in 2:04.60, while Camryn Merryman finished third in 2:06.91.
Rhoda Adisa has clocked a personal best of 2:04.05 to win the women’s 800 meters race event at the 2026 Tom Jones Memorial in Florida.
She finished ahead of Naomi Clarke who was second in 2:04.60, while Camryn Merryman finished third in 2:06.91.
Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi has thrown a personal best of 84.68 meters in the men’s Javelin Throw at the 2026 Tom Jones Memorial in Florida.
He shattered his own national record, improving by almost two metres, after a very short 2025 season. He now moves up to 7th on the African all-time list.
Blessing Ogundiran has won the women’s 100 meters race event with a personal best of 10.98 seconds (+0.6) – a new record at the 2026 South Florida Invitational.
The Nigerian athlete stormed to a new NAIA 100 meters record, taking down her own previous record of 11.21 seconds to emerge victorious.
That performance places her joint top in global women’s 100 meters this season; becoming one of just two women who have gone under 11 seconds in the world so far in 2026.
Samuel Ogazi and Precious Nzeakor have emerged winners of the 200 meters race events in the men and women categories respectively at the 2026 Crimson Tide Invitational in Tuscaloosa.
Joshua Caleb has won the men’s 100 meters race event at the 2026 Baylor Invitational in Waco, running a Season’s Best (SB) of 10.23 seconds (-0.1).
Blessing Akintoye has clocked a personal best of 22.95 seconds (1.7) to win the women’s 200 meters race event at the 2026 Jo Meaker Classic in Texas.
She broke her own school record and moves into top 10 on the NCAA Division II all-time list.
Akintoye is coming off a great indoor season where she won the NCAA DII 400 meters race title.
Rosemary Chukwuma has emerged winner of the women’s 100 meters race event at the 2026 Battle on the Bayou in Louisiana with a time of 10.81 seconds (3.1), the fastest all-conditions time of her career.
She beat her training partner Favour Ofili who finished in 10.93 seconds, tying for second with Audrey Leduc who posted the same time.