Ella Onojuvwevwo has emerged winner of the women’s 500 meters race event at the 2026 LSU Twilight in Baton Rouge, securing a clear victory in a time of 1:11.66.
She was almost six seconds clear of the field, with second place Akaree Roberts finishing in 1:17.15.
Justine Jimoh rose over a new Personal Best of 2.22 meters to win the men’s High Jump at the 2026 LSU Twilight.
He is now third on the Nigerian all-time list. His LSU teammate Kameron Franklin was second with 2.14 meters.
Rosemary Chukwuma has raced to victory in her first outing this season, defeating a strong field to win women’s 60 meters at the 2026 LSU Twilight in a season best of 7.17 seconds.
Alia Armstrong finished second in 7.19 seconds while Favour Ofili clocked 7.23 seconds to finish third.
16-year-old Jared Ejiasan has just broken the under-18 World Record in the men’s 60 meters hurdles event at the 2026 French under-18 and under-20 Championships in Val-de-Reul, storming to victory in a blistering 7.43 seconds.
He broke the previous World Record of 7.46 seconds set by Sasha Zhoya in 2019.
He started off the year with 7.57 seconds, which was an African Record in January. He is now the fastest athlete ever over the under-18 barriers.
Blessing Ogundiran has powered to a new Personal Best (PB) of 7.20 seconds to win the women’s 60 meters at the 2026 Sun Conference Indoor Championships in Florida.
She equalled the NAIA Record of 7.20 seconds set by Kimberly Smith in 2010.
Ogundiran was so dominant and far ahead of the rest of the field, the closest to her being Tonyan Beckford who was second in 7.52 seconds.
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Jami Schlueter has broken the Nigerian National Record in the men’s heptathlon scoring a huge Personal Best of 5871 points at the 2026 US Combined Events Championships in Indianapolis.