Favour Ashe has won the men’s 100 meters Conference Title in Oxford, Missouri 2022 with a new Personal Best (PB) of 10.04 seconds (+0.6).
He also secured an automatic ticket to the World Championships in Oregon later this year.
The young Nigerian athlete got a good head-start in the race, and when he was in full flight, getting to the line first for his third consecutive victory in the NCAA, and also amassing crucial points for the University of Tennessee.
Favour Ashe defeated Dedrick Vanover (Florida) who finished 2nd in a new PB of 10.10 seconds, and Dorian Camel 3rd also with a PB of 10.11 seconds. Nigeria’s Godson Brume who was also in that race, came in 5th clocking 10.16 seconds.
He now joins Raymond Ekevwo (10.04 seconds) and Enoch Adegoke (9.98 seconds) as one of three Nigerian athletes who have hit World Championships automatic qualification standard in the men’s 100 meters.
With his new PB, Ashe moved up to second place in the all-time list of Tennessee’s history, surpassing Justin Gatlin, and now only behind Christian Coleman who ran a Collegiate record of 9.82 seconds in 2017.
Favour Ashe has been showing glimpses of his ability, running a wind-aided 9.79 seconds, the fastest time ever run by any Nigerian athlete in all conditions.
This season he has continued to underline why he is Nigeria’s next-rated male track star, running impressive times to make the world take notice of his tremendous talent.
