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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.
