Godson Oghenebrume Named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week
Godson Oghenebrume has been named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week for the first time in the 19 year old’s young collegiate career.
This announcement was made on Tuesday following his impressive performance at the weekend at the LSU Alumni Gold meet where he came first against a loaded field that included multiple Olympians and World Championship quality runners.
The Nigerian sped to his first sub-10 seconds clocking with the wind-aided 9.97 he ran to win the 100m event.
Oghenebrume’s 9.97 clocking is the second-fastest time in the USA this year behind Noah Lyles’ 9.95, and it is the fastest all-conditions time among Nigerians and third fastest for the continent of Africa.
Corrected down to a legal wind, Oghenebrume’s time of 9.97 seconds at +2.0 m/s wind would’ve been around 9.98 seconds.
The Nigerian also anchored the LSU relay team to win the 4x100m in 38.36, a performance that puts them at fourth on the all-time LSU performance list.
This is the first time an LSU athlete has earned a National Athlete of the Week honour this outdoor season. The last to earn this honor was fellow Nigerian Favour Ofili after setting the collegiate 200-meter record at Tom Jones Memorial on April 19, 2022.
