Udodi Onwuzurike has set new records by breaking Stanford University’s freshman records in both the 100 and 200 meters races in his collegiate debut running 10.14 seconds in the 100 meters preliminary and topping it that with a 10.07 seconds in the final, which is No. 2 in America this year.
The 19-year-old World under-20 champion as a result of the feat earned his first Track Athlete of the week award after his phenomenal performance at the Stanford Invitational last weekend at Cobb Track and Angell Field in USA.
His time is the fastest by an under-20 in the world this year while he finished ahead of Japanese Yuki Koike in 10.31s and Alonzo Floriolli in 10.47 seconds.
Udodi Onwuzurike came from behind on the anchor to edge other sprinters in he 4×100 relay winning in 40.10, which is No. 9 in Stanford history. Later the same day, he earned his third victory of the meet by running the second-fastest 200 time in school history.
At the 2021 World Athletics under-20 championship held in Nairobi, Kenya, Onwuzurike broke a 25 year old jinx in Nigerian track history in a time of 20.21 seconds.
The golden feat earned him a Personal Best and a National under-20 record that has seen no other Nigeria win gold in the 200 meters event since Francis Obikwelu won in 1996 in Sydney.
