Favour Ashe missing as Kanyinsola Ajayi wins 60m SEC Championship
Favour Ashe was conspicuously missing at the Randal Tyson Track Centre in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Saturday to defend the
60m SEC Championship title he ran 6.52 to win at the same arena in 2023.
Ashe’s absence may not be unconnected to his arrest and sebsequent release on a $9,000 bond by the Auburn police on
multiple counts of theft and fraud.
Specifically, the 21 year old is being charged with four counts of fraudulent use of a debit/credit card and two counts of
theft of property third degree.
Ashe’s absence was however not felt by his school, Auburn University as another Nigerian, Kanyinsola Ajayi became the
third SEC Champion produced by the University in the last four years in the men’s 60m dash.
The 19 year old claimed the gold in a lifetime best setting time of 6.60 during the final day of competition.
According to Auburn University, ‘Ajayi’s win was the first by an Auburn male freshman at SEC indoors since Sajay Ayre won in the 400m dash 24 years ago.
‘He joined Favour Ashe (2023) and Dante Brown (2021) to win the event for Auburn in the last four years.’
Meanwhile, the relay team of Abasiono Akpan, Ashantae Harvey, Zuriel Reed and Vimbayi Maisvorewa ran the third fastest 4x400m relay in school history in 3:32.75 en route to a seventh place showing.
