Divine Oduduru a.k.a ‘Mr. I never expered it’, who was a gold medalist in both the 100m and 200m events at the 2013 African Youth Athletics championships,
was named athlete of the week by the Big 12 conference during his performance at Texas Tech Open where he would have broken records and shone brightly.
Oduduru, who eliminated his 20.49-second record at school with a new mark of 20.18, which is also the NCAA's third all-time record, broke the university's 20-year record in the competition. 200m Saturday.
With a new record of 6.64 seconds to surpass his previous record of 6.66 in the Texas Tech Open 60m, Divine helped the Texas Tech men's track program reach the second place in the US Indoor Track and Coaches Association.
Oduduru clocked three top-two all-time Texas Tech marks, two of which were school records. In the 60-meter preliminaries, Oduduru topped his previous No. 2 ranked 6.66 time with a new mark of 6.64. He then went on to claim the new school record title with a 6.58 final mark, also serving as the third-ranked 60m time in the nation.
The next day, Oduduru ran only the second indoor 200-meter dash of his life, the first of which broke a 20-year old school record. This blazing-fast 20.18 run pushed down his previous time of 20.49 and secured the No. 3 all-time NCAA record. His 20.18 time sits first in the world.
Andrew Hudson ran alongside Divine Oduduru, also outpacing Oduduru’s former school record time of 20.49 with his new lifetime-best run of 20.42. Hudson’s mark sits second in the world 200-meter rankings.
Wes Kittley, head coach of Texas Tech who talked about Divine records, said;
“Divine continues to impress us. He is a remarkable athlete, especially running that 20.18 in only his second indoor 200m race ever. We love to watch him race just as much as he loves racing.”
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