Oloyede Michael Taiwo’s collection of poems, “Lagos Is Killing Me”, has emerged winner of the 2023 Professor Akachi Ezeigbo Prize for Literature in Poetry.
Iredia Goodness Wins Long Jump Event At 2023 Mid-South Conference Championships
Iredia Goodness with a new Personal Best (PB) jump of 7.56 meters, wins the men’s Long Jump at the 2023 Mid-South Conference Championships.
He broke the Cumberland University School Record as well as the meet record to win the Long Jump; the furthest long jump in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) this season.
Iredia Goodness Wins Triple Jump Event At 2023 Commodore Challenge In Nashville
Iredia Goodness has leaped to a Personal Best (PB) and School Record (SR) of 15.59 meters to win the triple jump event at the 2023 Commodore Challenge in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Imaobong Nse Uko Wins 2023 TTU Corky Classic In Texas
Imaobong Nse Uko has emerged winner of the 2023 TTU Corky Classic in Texas running 53.51 seconds to win the women’s 400 meters event.
She ran the fastest time across 6 heats, finishing ahead of Nayanna Dubarry-Gay in 54.63 seconds and Lacarthea Cooper in 54.91 seconds.
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Wins Shot Put Event At 2023 Larry Wieczorek Invitational
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi has emerged winner of the men’s Shot Put event at the 2023 Larry Wieczorek Invitational in Iowa City on January 20, 2023.
Chukwuebuka won with a Personal Best (PB) throw of 21.20 meters.
Roger Steen finished second with a best throw of 20.59 meters while T’Mond Johnson got third with a PB of 20.10 meters.
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Miracle Thompson Sets New Records In 60-meter Hurdles & 60 Meters Dash Events At 2023 Washburn University Rust Buster Classic
Miracle Thompson has set new records in the 60-meter hurdles and 60 meters dash events at the 2023 Washburn University Rust Buster Classic inside the Indoor Athletic Facility in Topeka, Kansas on January 21, 2023.
Usheoritse Itsekiri Wins 60-metre Dash Event At 2023 Golden Bear Meet In Edmonton, Canada
In his first meet with the University of Regina’s track & field team, Usheoritse Itsekiri has won the 60-metre dash event at the 2023 Golden Bear Meet in Edmonton in a time that ranks second on the school’s all-time performance list.
Itsekiri ran 6.76 seconds in the preliminaries, 6.83 seconds in the semifinals, then put up a time of 6.70 seconds in the final to claim first place by just over a tenth of a second. Itsekiri’s winning time at the 2023 Golden Bear Meet was just three one-hundredths of a second shy of Tevaughn Campbell’s school record of 6.67 seconds, which the current Los Angeles Chargers defensive back set at the 2016 CIS Championships.