1 week Ago By Abiodun Adewale
National record holder in the women’s high jump, Temitope Adeshina, opened her 2025 outdoor season with a big win at the 44 Farms Team Invitational at the Bryan-College Station in Texas on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The NCAA indoor champion scaled a height of 1.86m to set the pace from the rest of the field and claim first place ahead of Veronika Kramarenko in 1.
77m while her Texas Tech teammate also claimed third in with a mark of 1.77m. After winning her first NCAA title during the indoor season in March, the 26-year-old will hope to replicate that form and better her third place finish from last season.
In 2024, she finished third during the season finale based on countbacks behind Rose Yeboah and Elena Kulichenko who tied for first place with the same mark of 1.97m and it was enough to earn her a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic as well as set a new national record. The Lagos-born athlete had her breakout in 2022 when she won the Nigerian national title and also qualified for the African Championships.
Related News Adeshina wins first NCAA title Tella scores 10th Leverkusen goal in big win Adeshina bows out of women’s high jump She won her second consecutive title last year and also represented the country at the African Championships and the Paris Olympics. The 26-year-old was the first Nigerian jumper to qualify for the Olympics since Doreen Amata in 2016. Last year, she set the Nigerian indoor and outdoor records with a jump of 1.
96m at the Texas Tech Corky Classic meet. The previous records of 1.93m (indoor) and 1.
95m (outdoor), were set by Amata in 2016 and 2008 respectively. She is a two-time silver medallist at the African Championships..
