Awards and Accolades
2024 Outdoor First Team All-American in long jump
USF Record Holder in the Outdoor Long Jump (7.94m | 26' - 0.75" | 2024)
USF Record Holder in the Indoor Long Jump (7.90m | 25' 11" | 2025)
2024 AAC Outdoor Triple Jump Champion
2024 AAC Outdoor Long Jump Champion
2023 NAIA Outdoor Long Jump Champion (Cumberland)
Member of the 2024 AAC Championship Team
Competed in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships
AAC Male Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 18, 2025)
AAC Male Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 4, 2025)
AAC Male Field Athlete of the Week (Apr. 23, 2024)
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Collegiate Track PRs
Indoor Long Jump: 7.90m (25-11) | Windy City Invitational (Feb. 14-15, 2025)
Indoor High Jump: 2.01m (6-7.0) | 2024 Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invite (Feb. 3, 2024)
Indoor Triple Jump: 16.26m (53-4.25) | Jimmy Carnes Invitational (Jan. 17, 2025)
Outdoor Long Jump: 7.94m (26-0.75) | UNF East Coast Relays ( Apr. 26-27, 2024)
Outdoor High Jump: 2.05m (6-8.75) | 2023 Mid-South Conference Championships (May 7-8, 2023)*
Outdoor Triple Jump: 16.26m (53-4.25) | Jimmy Carnes Invitational (Jan. 17, 2025)
*Competing for Cumberland
Season Recaps
2025 (South Florida):
Indoor: Saw a new PR in the triple jump (16.26 | 53' 4.25") which finished in first place at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational...Finished first in the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational with a 7.79 (25' 6.75") long jump, which also served as a new indoor program record and earned him athlete of the week accolades...Set a new indoor program record in the long jump with a 7.90m (25' 11") mark which also finished first place at the Windy City Invitational (Feb. 14-15)...
2024 (South Florida):
Indoor: Finished first in his USF debut in the triple jump (15.92m / 52' - 2.75") at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite (Jan. 26-27)...Placed sixth in the long jump (7.19m / 23' - 7.25") at the Harvard Crimson Elite Invitational (Feb. 2)...Finished fourth in the high jump (2.01m / 6' - 7.0") at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Open Entry (Feb. 3)...Finished first in the triple jump (15.57m / 51' -1.0") and second in the long jump (7.52m / 24' - 8.25") at the Badger's Windy City Invite (Feb. 9-10)...Competed in all three jumping competitions at the AAC Indoor Championships, finishing second in the triple jump (15.76m / 51' - 8.5"), fourth in the long jump (7.40m / 24' - 3.5"), and sixth in the high jump (1.98m / 6' - 6.0").
Outdoor: Finished first in the triple jump (15.91m / 52-2.5) at the USF Bulls Alumni Invitational (Mar. 15-16)...Won first in the long jump (7.48m / 24-6.5) at the Pepsi Florida Relays (Mar. 29-30)...Saw a fourth place finish in the long jump (7.54m / 24' - 9") at the South Florida Invitational on April 5-6...Finished fifth in the triple jump (15.93m / 52-3.25) at the 64th Annual Mt. SAC Relays (Apr. 17-20) and won AAC Male Field Athlete of the Week for his performance...Won the long jump with a program record mark (7.94m / 26-0.75) at the East Coast Relays (Apr. 26-27)...Swept conference championships in both the triple jump (16.23m / 53-3) and the long jump (7.69m / 25-2.75) at the Outdoor AAC Championships (May 10-12)...Qualified for NCAA Championships in the long jump with the third-best qualifying mark of the field (7.75m / 25-5.25) at NCAA East Regionals in Lexington, Ky. (May 22-25)...Placed seventh in the long jump (7.86m / 25' - 9.5") at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships (June 5-8)...Concluded the season on the 2024 First Team All-American list for outdoor in long jump...
2023 (Cumberland):
Indoor: Finished first in the triple jump with a mark of 15.59m (51-1.75) at the Commodore Challenge (Jan.13-14)...Won the long jump with a mark of 7.26m (23-10) at the Samford January Open 2023 (Jan. 21)...Placed second in the high jump (2.01m / 6-7), first in the long jump (7.56m / 24-9.75), and first in the triple jump (15.17m / 49-9.25) at the Mid-South Indoor Track & Field Championships ( Feb.16)...Finished second in the long jump (7.40m / 24-3.5) at the NAIA Indoor Championships (Mar. 2-4).
Outdoor: Finished first in the triple jump (15.76m / 51-8.5) and long jump (7.39m / 24-3) at the KSU Invitational (Apr. 7-8)...Set a season-best mark to win the long jump (7.69m / 25-2.75) at the Running Eagles Open (Apr.14) ...Swept first place in all three jumping events at the 2023 Mid-South Conference Championships (May 7-8), with then-personal bests in both the triple jump (15.93m / 52-3.25) and the high jump (2.05m / 6-8.75), also winning the long jump (7.46m / 6-8.75)...Won the long jump NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championship (May 24-26) with a mark of 7.63m (25-0.5).
Personal: Native of Nigeria...Middle name is 'Osamudiamen' which means "God, stand by me'' in Nigerian...Has five siblings: Gift, Merit, Treasure, Prevail and Benjamin...Roomates and good friends with Abdul-Rasheed Saminu.
