Nnamdi opens collegiate outdoor debut with 78.90m in the Javelin
Reigning African Games javelin throw champion, Nnamdi Chinecherem Proper made his return to collegiate action on Friday in the javelin throw with a second-
place finish (78.90m) behind 2022 NCAA Champion, Marc Minichello whose 81.03m effort was the farthest throw of the event at the 2024 Tom Jones Memorial
Invitational in Florida.
The Nigerian came into the event as ne of the favourites to win following his 82.80m new Nigerian record throw at the African Games last month in Accra,
Ghana but a series of foul throws limited the 21 year old’s chances.
Nnamdi won second place with his first throw of the competition as all efforts to improve on that and hit the 80m mark for the fourth time in his career
could only yield 74.80m and 75.14m in his second and third throws. He passedon the final three throws.
Also at the meet, Abasiono Akpan’s 57.52 seconds run was only good enough to place her 15th in the overall classification in the women’s 400m hurdles while
Texas Tech’s Omamuyovwi Erhire cleared 2.21m in the high jump to win.
In the women’s long jump, Grace Oshiokpu’s 5.58m jump was adjudged the 10th best of the lot while Oghenefejiro Praise of Louisiana State University did not start the event.
