Athletics Heat 10th Anniversary Meet: Godwin, Ezechukwu Sprint To 100m Gold As Kure Makes History

Tejiri Godwin and Miracle Oluebube Ezechukwu claimed the men’s and women’s 100m titles respectively at the Athletics Heat 10th Anniversary Meet, held at the Yaba College of Technology Sports Ground in Lagos, while Adam Kure stole the spotlight with a historic personal best in the men’s javelin.

Godwin clocked 10.35 seconds to win the men’s 100m Final A, narrowly beating Gafar Audu, who finished second in 10.37s. Shalom George took third place.

Ezechukwu won the women’s 100m Final A in 11.21s, finishing ahead of former national champion Chioma Nweke, who clocked 11.41s. Omoyeni Lydia Ajayi-Bibilomo completed the podium in 11.45s.

Ejiro Peter also impressed, winning the women’s 100m Final B in 11.38s.

Kure became only the third Nigerian in history to breach the 80m mark in the men’s javelin, producing a personal best of 80.80m to claim gold.

The Nigeria Customs Service athlete improved on his previous best of 79.72m, set in March at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City. He joined Chinecherem Nnamdi (84.68m) and Pius Bazighe (81.08m) in the exclusive group of Nigerians to throw beyond 80 metres.

In the men’s 400m, Esan Tosin continued his impressive season by winning in 47.00s. The Ekiti State athlete, who also won the event at the Dynamic Athletics Meet in August, finished ahead of Lekan Abolaji (47.12s) and Olaoluwa Obashola (47.47s).

Iyanuoluwa Aderemi claimed the women’s 400m title in 51.29s, her second-fastest time in history. Joy Ayomide took silver in 52.63s, while Oluchi Ezeh finished third in 52.93s.

Glory Jarrett also enjoyed a double triumph in the jumps, winning the triple jump with 12.26m before taking the long jump title with 6.10m less than an hour later.

Gafari Badmus surprised the specialists to win the men’s 800m in 1:53.75.

Hamid Kewuyemi Sambo of Team Edo won the men’s 1500m in 3:59.94, ahead of Kingsley Chinecherem Onyia (4:05.21 PB) and Michael Oduntan (4:06.56 PB). Six athletes recorded personal bests in the event.

Janet Sunday set a personal best of 13.31s, with a legal tailwind of 0.5m/s, to win the women’s 100m hurdles. Stella Ayanleke also improved her personal best to 13.35s for silver, while Precious Uduvweghre took bronze.

Abdullahi Olawale won the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.95s, ahead of Uchechukwu Felix and Wisdom Muda.

Akanbi Ronke claimed the women’s 5000m title in 16:34.19, with Aminat Alabi taking silver and Patience Edet bronze.

Dickson Nnadizie completed the list of winners in the men’s hammer throw with a 48.77m effort. Emmanuel Shakamomodu Audu took silver with 44.08m, while Michael Aiyegbeni finished third.