Fatimat Yusuf-Olukoju OLY 🇺🇸 🇳🇬

2× Olympian | 🥈 Olympic Silver (4×4) 🌎 World Junior Champion Commonwealth & African Champion 🎓 UCR Short Sprints Coach | VCF Owner

[Owen @_OwenM_]

PERSONAL BEST!!!! 🤩🙌

Ella Onojuvwevwo 🇳🇬 clocked 49.47 seconds to win the women’s 400m at the USATF Lone Star Grand Prix.

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

Watch Samuel Ogazi 🇳🇬 run a big PB & World Lead of 43.82s over 400m at the NCAA East Regionals!

Justin Braun 🇺🇸 2nd in a PB of 43.99s.

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

Another one makes it official ✍️

Welcome to the fam, Kenneth!

#GoHighlanders

[Fatimat Yusuf-Olukoju OLY 🇺🇸 🇳🇬 @CoachFatimat]

Welcome! Looking to having you on campus!!

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

Another signee to announce 📢

Welcome to the family, Imani!

#GoHighlanders

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

It’s Big West meet week.

We’re ready. Are YOU?

#GoHighlanders

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 🤞

#GoHighlanders

[Fatimat Yusuf-Olukoju OLY 🇺🇸 🇳🇬 @CoachFatimat]

Welcome to the family, @zaiah255 8
Excited to officially welcome our
newest Highlander to UCR Track and Field. Thank you for trusting our vision and believing in what we are building. Time to get to work and chase greatness together. #GoHighlanders
#UCRTF #BuiltNotGiven

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

Welcome to the fam, Isaiah 🫡

#GoHighlanders

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

The Steve Scott Invitational continues to be good to us!

#GoHighlanders

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

Full speed ahead into a 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 meet week!

#GoHighlanders

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

Women's relays going crazy at Mt. SAC!

#GoHighlanders

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

Ray with ANOTHER 200m record 🤯

#GoHighlanders

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

THEY DID IT AGAIN.

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[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

Lock in for meet week 🔒

🔵 April 15-18: Mt. SAC Relays
🔵 April 16: Pacific Coast Invitational
🔵 April 16-18: Bryan Clay Invitational

#GoHighlanders

[Purview @abdul_semi]

What a run by @CoachFatimat as well.
The 🇳🇬 quartet:
-Bisi Afolabi
-Fatima Yusuf
-Charity Opara
-Falilat Ogunkoya

[Dr. Victor Ademola @AdemolaVictorTv]

Only FOUR Nigerian women in history have gone sub-50 in the 400m 🇳🇬.

- Falilat Ogunkoya (49.10s)
- Charity Opara (49.29s)
- Fatima Yusuf (49.43s)
- Ella Onojuvwevwo (49.59s)

Elite company.

[Albahaca @abuotor]

Atlanta 1996 🇺🇸 Olympics

The epic women’s 4x400m relay final

🇺🇸 ⚔️ 🇳🇬

Nigeria almost shocked the USA on home soil, 0.13 seconds decided everything

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

Throwback to this epic 4x400m battle between USA 🇺🇸 and Nigeria 🇳🇬 at the 1996 Olympics!

🥇 USA 3:20.91
🥈 Nigeria 3:21.04
🥉 Germany 3:21.14
4. Jamaica 3:21.69

[UCR XC/Track & Field @ucrxctf]

Happy #UCRGiveDay!

Make your gift to Highlander cross country/track & field today to ensure the long-term success of our student-athletes.

Give: https://t.co/yvLRKwxo7w

#GoHighlanders

[Fatimat Yusuf-Olukoju OLY 🇺🇸 🇳🇬 @CoachFatimat]

@gbengakoya Memory lane o, oga mi😂

[Fatimat Yusuf-Olukoju OLY 🇺🇸 🇳🇬 @CoachFatimat]

Pure history here... and you're absolutely on point. Her predecessor already paved the way, so she walked in comfortable - she just clocked in for WORK & Breaking 50 in the 400m?? Oh that's not small talk — that's BIG TIME. Super proud of her.
Stay focused. Stay healthy. Keep building 🇳🇬 . Thanks @_OwenM_ for giving her a shout out🙏🏾 @LSUTrackField @LSUCoachShaver
#EllaLoading4LA28

[Owen @_OwenM_]

What makes Ella Onojuvwevwo’s run this weekend so impressive 👇

The 21-year-old LSU star clocked an incredible time of 49.59 seconds in the women’s 400m at the Battle on the Bayou.

This performance brings her closer to 🇳🇬’s all-time top 3. Nigeria, which has a rich history in the one-lap event, was one of the strongest nations during the 1990s, as Falilat Ogunkoya and Fatima Yusuf reached the 400m Olympic final in Atlanta and won a silver medal in the 4x400m relay.

Ella, now the fastest Nigerian runner of the 21st century, will aim to break Ogunkoya’s national record of 49.10s ⚡️

📸 @LSUTrackField & Mark Sandten