Rising UTEP sophomore Tobi Amusan recorded a fifth-place finish in the finals of the 100m hurdles at the World U20 Championships Sunday. She crossed the line in her best time (12.95) in three races at the prestigious event but it wasn’t enough to...
Rising sophomore Tobi Amusan punched her ticket to the finals of the 100m hurdles at the World U20 Championships by winning the first semifinal heat with a time of 12.99 on Saturday. The Nigerian finished ahead of Alexis Duncan (13.02-USA) and Alicia B...
The UTEP track and field program will have a strong presence at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, with current Miner Tobi Amusan (Nigeria-100m hurdles) and former Miner greats Churandy Martina (Netherlands-100m and 200m) and Blessing Oka...
Freshmen sensation Tobi Amusan was named the 2016 Conference USA Track Athlete of the Year Friday morning. C-USA track and field head coaches from around the league voted on the awards.
Jun 17th 2016, 7:11pm
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Freshman hurdler Tobi Amusan ran her fastest time of the year in arguably the biggest race of her career on Saturday at the NCAA Championships. The under-20 world leader for 2016 in the 100m hurdles dropped a time of 12.79 to take second place.
Jun 13th 2016, 2:36pm
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Sophomore Lucia Mokrasova had a stellar day on her first day of competition in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships. The Slovkia native tallied 3,480 points through the first four events.
Jun 11th 2016, 2:32am
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Tobi Amusan’s incredulous freshman season lived to see another day after her time of 12.98 in the final 100m hurdle heat was good enough to capture the final qualifying spot on day two of the NCAA Championships.
Jun 10th 2016, 3:15am
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Jonah Koech’s freshman year came to an end Wednesday evening at the NCAA Championships in the 800m run. The native Kenyan clocked a personal best time of 1:46.53 in his heat to miss qualifying for the finals by one spot.
Jun 9th 2016, 2:27am
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The UTEP track and field program will have four athletes competing at the 2016 NCAA Championships this week in Eugene, Ore.; Jonah Koech (800m run), Tobi Amusan (100m hurdles), Florence Uwakwe (400m dash) and Lucia Mokrasova (heptathlon) will be repres...
Jun 7th 2016, 2:45pm
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