Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan is set to continue her impressive run from 2016 after opening her 2017 Athletics season on a winning note at the Commodore Invitational held on January 13 and 14 in Nashville, Tennessee.
The University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) Sophomore clocked a time of 8.19s to win the 60m Hurdles ahead of Louisiana State University’s (LSU) duo of Brittley Humphrey (8.34s) and Tonea Marshall (8.36s).
Amusan had earlier won her heat in a Personal Best (PB) of 8.18s, and was followed by Brittany Kelly (8.67s), Raven Stewart of Georgia Tech (8.71s) and teammate Rebecca Oshinbanjo (8.91s).
The African Games Champion also ran in the 200m where she won her heat in an SB of 24.03s, finishing in 5th place in the overall rankings.
Jennifer Edobi is another Nigerian who was in action at the Commodore Invitational last weekend. The Vanderbilt Junior won the women’s 400m in an SB of 53.99s, while LSU’s pair of Travia Jones and Jada Martin followed in 54.00s and 54.01s respectively. Ada Benjamin was 4th in 54.26s.
Meanwhile former African Youth Athletics Championships (AYAC) Long Jump Bronze medallist, David Ejumeta placed 4th in the Long Jump at the Nebraska Holiday Inn Invitational. The Iowa Western Freshman made a leap of 6.98m as Oklahoma State’s Jacob Fincham-Dukes won the event with 7.40m.
