2021 Track and Field Roster

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Raymond Ekevwo

  • Prev School Oral Roberts
  • Instagram big_r_a_y
  • Class (I/O) --/SR
  • Event Sprints
  • Hometown Ughelli, Nigeria
  • High School Delta State

Biography

Univ. of Florida PR | 100m: 9.96; 200m: 20.84; 60m: 6.53
Pre-Univ. of Florida PR | 100m: 10.35; 200m: 20.92; 60m: 6.69

Raymond Ekevwo's TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
Collegiate Records
  • Collegiate Record Holder - 4x100 (37.97 at 2019 NCAA Outdoors)

Championships
  • 2020 SEC Indoors Champion - 60m
  • 2019 NCAA Outdoors Champion - 4x100

USTFCCCA All-America Honors
  • 2021 USTFCCCA First Team Indoor All-American (60 meters)
  • 2020 USTFCCCA First Team Indoor All-American (60 meters)

All-SEC Honors
  • 2019 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (100m - silver)
  • 2019 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (4x100 - silver)

UF All-Time Top 10 List
  • School record holder (100m)
  • School record holder - 4x100 (37.97 at 2019 NCAA Outdoors - collegiate record)
  • No. 3-ranked 60m sprinter on UF's Indoor All-Time Top 10

Academic Honors
  • 2021 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  • Graduated in Spring 2021 with a bachelor's degree in African American Studies 

2021: Indoors - Finished second NCAAs with at time of 6.54 second in the 60 meters... First team USTFCCCA All-American... Made his season debut during the Tyson Invitational... Competed in two meets during the 2021 indoor season. Outdoor - Did not compete in any outdoor meets... Named to the 2021 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2020: USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (60 meters)... SEC Indoor Championships gold medalist in the 60 meters... Became the No. 3-ranked 60m sprinter in school history after logging an NCAA-leading time of 6.53 seconds at Arkansas' Razorback Invitational... NCAA Indoor qualifier... Named the SEC Men's Runner of the Week (Feb. 4)... Competed in a total four meets in the 2020 shortened season.

2019: Broke the 100m school record (9.96) en route to gold at the Africa Games ... IAAF World Championships 100m semifinalist ... Leadoff leg for NCAA Outdoors title-winning and collegiate record-breaking 4x100 relay team - which clocked a time of 37.97 seconds ... USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America First Team (4x100) ... Silver medalist in both the 100m and 4x100 relay at SEC Outdoors ... Clocked an IAAF World Championships standard and personal record of 10.02 seconds to take second in the 100m at SEC Outdoors ... Finished sixth in the 60m with a personal record of 6.66 at SEC Indoor Championships - his only indoor meet of the season, where he was one of four Gators to make the 60m final ... Clocked a 200m personal record of 20.84 at the NCAA East Preliminary ... Finished 14th in the 100m at the NCAA East Preliminary.

At Oral Roberts (2017-18)
2018 The Summit League Indoor Championships gold medalist (60m) ... competed in seven meets as a freshman for Oral Roberts in 2017.

Raymond Ekevwo's Oral Roberts TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships qualifier (100m).

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Junior

    Sprints
  • 2020Senior

    Sprints
  • 2021Senior

    Sprints