Udodi Onwuzurike Season 2023-24

TFRRS Performance Profile

• 8/7/23: NCAA 200m champion Udodi Onwuzurike on leading the Nigerian sprint revolution: 'I can do bigger things' -- Nick McCarvel (Olympics.com)
• 1/13/21: From underdog to champion in Nairobi, Onwuzurike sets his sights on the big stage -- Yemi Olus (WorldAthletics.org)
• 9/8/21: Behind Udodi Onwuzurike's Road To Success At World U20s -- Cory Mull (MileSplit)
• 9/6/21: Tebogo and Onwuzurike set the pace for Africa's new generation of sprinters -- Yemi Olus (WorldAthletics.org)

Career Accolades

• NCAA outdoor 200 champion (2023)  
• Five-time All-American
• Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Year (2023)
• Pac-12 200 champion (2023)
• Academic All-American (2023)
• Pac-12 200 record-holder
• Commonwealth Games 4x100 bronze medalist (2022)
• World under-20 200 champion (2021)
• Stanford record-holder: indoor 60, 200; outdoor 100, 200, 4x100
• Has broken or tied Stanford records 18 times
• Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Sophomore Award
• USTFCCCA All-Academic (2023)
• Academic All-District (2023)
• Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (winter 2023, spring 2023) 

Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)

• 100: 9.92
• 200: 19.76
• 60: 6.59i
• 400: 48.57

As a Sophomore (2023)
Outdoors

• NCAA 200 champion
• Two-time first-team All-American
• Sixth in NCAA 100
• Scored 13 points at NCAA Championships to help Stanford to third place as a team
• 19.76 at the NCAA Championships prelims broke Pac-12 and Stanford records
• The time was No. 3 collegiate history, No. 2 in Nigeria, and No. 5 in Africa
• Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Year
• Pac-12 200 champion
• Pac-12 100 runner-up
• Ran 9.92 at NCAA West Prelims, a PB and breaking his own school record, and first-time under 10 seconds
• The time was the 13th-fastest in collegiate history
• Tied for fourth on Nigeria's all-time 100 list and 11th in Africa
• Anchored 4x100 to school record 39.56 at NCAA West Prelims
• The time broke a school record of 39.61c that had stood since 1965
• Won the 100 and 200 at the Stanford Invitational
• Won the elite invitational 200 at the Mt. SAC Relays
• Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Sophomore Award
• Second-team Academic All-American
• USTFCCCA All-Academic
• Academic All-District
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 

Indoors

• First-team All-American
• Fifth in the 200 at the NCAA Indoor Championships
• Set indoor PB of 20.17 at NCAA prelims
• The time was the seventh-fastest in collegiate history
• Tied or broke Stanford 60 record three times
• Broke Stanford indoor 200 record three times
• Won the 200 at the Scarlet & White Invitational and Last Chance Indoor Qualifier
• His season-opening 200 of 20.61 broke a 26-year-old Stanford record
• Won the 60 at the Ken Shannon Invitational
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

As a Freshman (2022)
Outdoors

• First-team All-American in the 200
• Second-team All-American in the 100
• Third in the 200 final and 11th in the 100 at NCAA Outdoors 
• Led off Nigeria's bronze-medal winning 4x100 relay at Commonwealth Games
• Sixth in Commonwealth Games 200 final
• Reached 200 semifinals, placing sixth in his heat, at World Championships
• Broke Stanford's 100 record three times and the school 200 record twice
• First Stanford male to reach the NCAA 200 final since 1963
• First Stanford male to advance to the NCAA Championships in the 100 and 200 since 1963
• First Stanford male to reach the NCAA Championships in the 100 since 2008
• In the semifinals, set Stanford NCAA Championships records for the 100 (10.21) and 200 (20.15)  
• Top qualifier out of the NCAA West Prelims in the 200 (20.08) and second in the 100 (10.03), setting school records in both
• Twice broke the John McDonnell Field facility record at Arkansas in the 200, running 20.13 and 20.08 at the NCAA West Prelims
• Pac-12 runner-up in the 100 and 200
• Broke Pro Football Hall of Famer James Lofton's school 200 record at the Pac-12 Championships, running 20.09 to Lofton's 20.33 in 1978
• Broke the Big Meet (dual with Cal) record in the 100 (10.20) and was a triple winner (100, 200, 4x100)
• Twice broke Stanford, Stanford frosh, and Stanford Invitational records in his collegiate 100 debut, running 10.14 in the prelims, and 10.07 in the final
• Won the 200 at the Stanford Invite in 20.38, the fastest Stanford time in 44 years, and a school frosh record
• Set Cardinal Classic record in the 200 (21.04) in his collegiate outdoor debut
• Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week (April 5)
• Stanford Athletics Board Block 'S' Outstanding Freshman
• USTFCCCA All-Academic

Indoors

• Broke the school 60 record in his collegiate debut, running 6.67 to win the UW Indoor Preview final, after a school frosh record 6.78 in the prelims
• Fifth in the Pac-12 Invite in the 60 (6.76)

International

• Competed for Nigeria at the 2022 World Outdoor Championships in Eugene in the 100, 200, and 4x100
• Advanced to the World semifinals, placing sixth in his heat and 14th overall
• Competed in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the 200 and 4x100
• Placed sixth in the Commonwealth 200 (20.76) and led off Nigeria's bronze-medal winning 4x100 (38.91)  
• Representing Nigeria, won the 2021 World Under-20 Championships in the 200 in Nairobi, Kenya
• His time of 20.21 in the final set a Nigerian U20 record (20.13w in semifinals)

Prior to Stanford

• Became the first Stanford-affiliated male and second person overall to win a world U20 track title
• Won the 2021 World Under-20 Championships in the 200 in Nairobi, Kenya
• His time of 20.21 in the final set a Nigerian U20 record
• In the semifinals, ran 20.13, aided by a 2.3 mps wind
• Won the 100 and 200 titles at the 2021 Michigan Division I championships
• Won the 2021 Brooks PR Invitational 100 in a personal best 10.23
• The time of 10.23 broke his own Michigan state high school record

Personal

• Coached by his father, Chris Owuzurike, and Deron Early
• Brother of former Boston University sprinter, Chiebuka Onwuzurike

Career Results