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Knowledge Omovoh

  • position Sprints
  • height 5-5
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Obinomba, Nigeria
  • Previous School Grand Canyon University
  • Major Undecided
  • High school Usumuntong, Abi
  • position Sprints
  • height 5-5
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Obinomba, Nigeria
  • Previous School Grand Canyon University
  • Major Undecided
  • High school Usumuntong, Abi

Knowledge Omovoh Bio

Season and Career Results

ATHLETIC HONORS
2021 Indoor All-American (4X400-Meter Relay)
2020 Indoor All-American (4x400m Relay)

ACADEMIC HONORS
2020 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2021
Indoor: Was a member of the 4X400-meter relay team that finished seventh at the NCAA Championships to earn First Team All-America honors … Ran in five 400-meter races for the Gamecocks … Ran at the SEC Championships and took 10th with a season-best time of 53.17 … Won the 400 meters at the USC Indoor Open with a time of 54.16 … Earned top-three finishes at the Gamecock Opener and Carolina Challenge … Took seventh at the South Carolina Invitational in the 400 meters.
Outdoor: Qualified for the East Regional in the 400 meters … Made it to the second race at the Regional meet and took 24th with a time of 53.88 … Ran a time of 53.17 to take 20th in the first race at the Regional meet … Finished 21st at the SEC Championships in the 400 meters with a time of 54.30 … Ran her season-best time in the 400 meters at the USC Open to finish as the runner-up, clocking a time of 53.11 … Also took sixth in the 400 meters at the Gamecock Invitational with a time of 54.13 … Ran the 100 meters at the Tiger Track Classic and the Charlotte Invitational … Season-best time in the 100 meters came at the Tiger Track Classic when she clocked a time of 11.55 … Ran the 200 meters at Weems Baskin and the Florida Relays … Ran her season-best time in the 200 meters at Weems Baskin, when she ran a time of 23.72.

2020 
Indoors: Joined the Gamecocks late, but made an immediate impact becoming an important member on the Gamecocks 4x400m squad… Earned an All-American recognition after being on the Gamecocks 4x400m relay squad that qualified for the 2020 NCAA Indoor Championships… Was on the 4x400m relay squad that had the 14th best time in the country at 3:33.39 that was put up at the 2020 SEC Indoor Championships… Helped the Gamecocks score at the SEC Championships, taking sixth… Ran the 400m open twice during the season, putting up a new PR of 54.94 at the SEC Championships to take 21st.
Outdoors: Cancelled.

Sophomore – 2019 (at Grand Canyon University)
Joined GCU in January 2019 from Nigeria… One of four women to represent GCU at the NCAA West Preliminary Round… Finished the 400 meters at the NCAA Preliminary Round in 55.58… Finished third in the 400 meters at the WAC Championships… Finished fourth in the 200-meter dash at the WAC Championships… Set personal records in the 400 meters and 200-meter dash at the Desert Heat Classic… Ranks first in the 400 and second in the 200 entering the WAC Championships… Finished second in the 200 at the WAC Indoor Championships… Ran a leg of the 1,600-meter relay at the WAC Indoor Championships that finished second.

High School
Attended in Usumuntong, Abi in Nigeria

Personal
Youngest of 25 children.