Kanyinsola Ajayi wins the NCAA 100m title

Editor

Kanyinsola Ajayi has written his name into the history books at the NCAA Championships, storming to a sensational 9.72s (2.2) in the men’s 100m final on Friday.

The wind was just over the allowable limit of 2.0mps, according to the Making of Champions report.

Ajayi has now further solidified himself as the fastest Nigerian man in history and is now the second fastest all-conditions NCAA performer in history.

Ajayi is the third Nigerian athlete in history to win an NCAA 100m title after Olapade Adeniken (UTEP) – 1992 and Divine Oduduru (Texas Tech) – 2019.

It is a historic run and a new chapter for Nigerian sprinting. Ajayi’s feat adds up to a superlative weekend for young Nigerian athletes, as quite a number of them made headlines in the huge NCAA event.

It is good news for Nigerian athletics with the Commonwealth Games just around the corner.