
Obazughanmwen Medals Twice, Bears 7th At SoCon Championships
5/13/2025 10:28:00 PM | Track & Field
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Junior Charity Obazughanmwen picked up a pair of All-Southern Conference accolades with third-place finishes in both the 200- and 400-meter Dash to pace the Mercer track & field team on the final day of the 2025 SoCon Championships on Tuesday.
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The Bears compiled 30 more team points on Tuesday at the Samford Track/Soccer Complex to finish 7th among the 10 league squads. The 42 total team points accumulated by the Bears over the two-day event is the most for the squad since tacking up 59 points on the way to a sixth-place team finish in 2021.
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Obazughanmwen opened her day by logging a personal-best time (24.60) in the 200m Dash, and then doubled down on her bronze medals with a time of 56.36 seconds in the 400m Dash. Senior Nikki Harris finished just more than 11 seconds away from logging her second all-conference laurels of the event after finishing fourth in the 5000m Run with a mark of 17:23.33.
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The 4x100m Relay squad crossed in fourth place with its second-fastest time of the season (47.26), while the 4x400m Relay squad finished in sixth place with a season-best time of 3:59.34.
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The Bears compiled 30 more team points on Tuesday at the Samford Track/Soccer Complex to finish 7th among the 10 league squads. The 42 total team points accumulated by the Bears over the two-day event is the most for the squad since tacking up 59 points on the way to a sixth-place team finish in 2021.
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Obazughanmwen opened her day by logging a personal-best time (24.60) in the 200m Dash, and then doubled down on her bronze medals with a time of 56.36 seconds in the 400m Dash. Senior Nikki Harris finished just more than 11 seconds away from logging her second all-conference laurels of the event after finishing fourth in the 5000m Run with a mark of 17:23.33.
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The 4x100m Relay squad crossed in fourth place with its second-fastest time of the season (47.26), while the 4x400m Relay squad finished in sixth place with a season-best time of 3:59.34.
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SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (MAY 13) | |||
100m Dash | |||
6 | Jayla Simmons | 12.37 | |
8 | Melissa Ubani | 12.44 | |
100m Hurdles | |||
9 | Arielle Livingston | 14.68 | |
200m Dash | |||
3 | Charity Obazughanmwen | ! 24.60 | |
400m Dash | |||
3 | Charity Obazughanmwen | 56.36 | |
5000m Run | |||
4 | Nikki Harris | 17:23.33 | |
21 | Olivia Jones | 18:20.56 | |
26 | Abbie Kallbreier | 18:49.65 | |
27 | Mackenzie Crowe | 19:11.17 | |
28 | Paula Sandoval | 19:22.03 | |
3000m Steeplechase | |||
5 | Olivia Jones | ! 11:20.53 | |
7 | Abbie Kallbreier | ! 11:38.60 | |
9 | Paula Sandoval | 11:57.99 | |
Triple Jump | |||
9 | Kamryn Copeland | 11.40m | |
14 | Naomi Pierce | 10.74m | |
15 | Lauryn McDougald | 10.47m | |
18 | Pria Pullin | 10.15m | |
4x100m Relay | |||
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Mercer - Melissa Ubani, Charity Obazughanmwen, Jayla Simmons, Akira Brown |
47.26 Â |
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4x400m Relay | |||
6 Â |
Mercer - Melissa Ubani, Kendyl Maddox, Arielle Livingston, Charity Obazughanmwen |
3:59.34 Â |
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! = Personal Best $ = School Record # = Wind-Aided Mark (q) = Qualified for finals of event |
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