Umukoro and Nwokike join Adeshina as top African performers in NCAA circuit this weekend
Success Umukoro sped to an impressive 7.21 seconds in the 60m event at the Corky Classic on Saturday to set a personal season’s best and move to the top of African 60m top list, supplanting her compatriot, Tima Godbless who a few hours earlier scorched to a 7.22 finish to also set a lifetime best.
Umukoro holds a 7.15 lifetime best in the event achieved last year at the same ground.
In the 200m, Amaka Joy Nwokike also sped to the of the African list when she stopped the clock at 23.79 seconds at the Stile Athletics Field House in Akron, Ohio.
It was an improvement on the 23.94 lifetime best she ran seven days earlier.
Nwokike was again the top African in the 400m at the same meeting, racing to a 54.46 seconds finish, the fastest time by an African in the event so far this year.
It was also an improvement on the 54.56 lifetime best she ran a week earlier.
In the high jump, Temitope Adeshina’s 1.89m clearance at the Corky Classic in Lubbock, Texas also landed her on top of the African high jump top list.
The men did not produce a top-listing performance this weekend albeit Isaac Okon and Adekalu Fakorede set lifetime best of 6.64 in the 60m event.
