Miss Favor Ezewuzie, from Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra state has won the 2021 United States of America, National Division Three Championship 100-meters hurdles.
Favour Ezewuzie is the daughter of the Special Adviser to the Anambra State Governor on Disability Matters, Barr. Chukwuka Ezewuzie. Favour Ezewuzie, a student of the Wheaton College Illinois, holds the record as the first Wheaton women’s track and field athlete to earn all-american recognition in four events at an NCAA Championship meet.
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She participated in the recent Wheaton Track and Field program (Top Division III) finishing on a high on second position in the 110 metres hurdles (13.81s), 100 metres dash (11.75s) and 200 metres (24.16s).
Meanwhile, in a statement signed by Anambra State Sports Commission, Favour Ezewuzie will be among two athletes of Anambra extraction to feature in the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) trials for a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics.
The AFN trials which kick-starts today in Lagos will see US based Favour Ezewuzie featuring in the 110 metres hurdles while Gold medalist at the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF), Nnamdi Chinecherem will seek to consolidate his position in anticipation of the global sports mundial.