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Ohio State Overview
- 2023 USTFCCCA All-American First Team (4x100m relay)
- 2024 Outdoor USTFCCCA All-American Second Team (4x400m relay)
- 2024 Outdoor Big Ten Champion (4x100m relay)
- 2024 Outdoor All-Big Ten First Team
- OSU Scholar Athlete (2023, 2024)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2025)
- Broke the program record in the 4x100m relay in the outdoor NCAA semifinals (42.68)
2024-25
Indoor
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Did not compete.
Outdoor
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Did not compete.
2023-24
Indoor
- Finished eighth in the 60m (7.48) at the Big Ten Championships after finishing fourth in the prelims (7.33, season-best time)
- Also competed in the 200m at the Big Ten Championships
- Finished fourth in the 60m semifinals (7.40) at the Rod McCravy Memorial
- Finished fifth in the 200m (24.05) at Louisville, also finishing ninth in the 60m prelims (7.48)
- Ran a season-best 23.90 in the 200m at Clemson
- Finished 12th in the 4x400m relay (3:31.03) in the NCAA semifinals
- At the NCAA East First Round: finished ninth in the 4x400m relay (3:29.83) to advance to the semis
- Big Ten Champion in the 4x100m relay (43.44), also runner-up in the 4x400m relay (3:33.35), ninth in the 100m (11.47) and ran the 200m (23.97)
- Finished third in the 200m (23.82) at Florida
- Was sixth in the 100m (11.66) at South Carolina
- Also ran the 200m at USF (24.01) and Jesse Owens Classic (24.60) and the 100m at Penn Relays (11.80)
Indoor
- Finished 11th in the distance medley relay (11:48.01) at the Big Ten Championships
- Ran the 60m (7.62) at the Big Ten Championships
- Also ran the 60m at the Clemson Invitational (7.58) and the Arkansas Qualifier (7.71)
- Made her 200m debut (25.21) at the Arkansas Qualifier
- Ran a leg on the 4x100m relay in the NCAA semifinals (42.68), breaking the program record
- Ran a leg on the 4x100m relay squad that finished fifth (42.85) at the NCAA Championships
- Finished ninth in the 100m at the Big Ten Championships (11.54) after running a PR of 11.45 in the prelims, also ran the 200m (23.98)
- Ran the 100m (11.40, wind) at the NCAA East First Round
- Won both the 100m (11.74) and the 200m (23.84) at the Ohio Invite
- Totaled three top-10 finishes in the 100m during the regular season – runner-up at the Bobcat Invite (11.67), sixth at the Bulls Invite (11.71) and ninth at the Lloyd Wills Invite (11.85)
- Finished fifth in the 200m (24.46) at the Jesse Owens Classic
- Lettered for four years at IMG Academy
- Team MVP both her senior and freshman seasons
- Won the league championships in both the 100m and 200m as a freshman
- High school PR's: 100m (11.5), 200m (23.7)
- Was on the honor roll all four years at IMG Academy
- Daughter of Chris and Rosemary Effiong
- Has one sibling, Chris
- Majoring in business administration/real estate
- Strives to become a professional athlete in the 100m and 200m for Team USA, compete in the Olympics and be one of the fastest women in the world
- Favorite sports memory was running a personal best 11.93 in the 100m at the California state championships as a freshman in high school
- Enjoys traveling, trying new foods, listening to music and watching movies
