The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022-23 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Ezinne Abba
- Position:
- Sprints
- Hometown:
- Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Etiwanda
- Previous School:
- Cal Berkeley
- Major:
- Strategic Communication - Grad Certificate
PERSONAL BESTS & RESULTS VIA TFRRS
• 2023 NCAA Outdoor 4x100 Champion
• USTFCCCA First Team All-American - 4x100, 100m
• 2023 Big 12 4x100 Champion
• Big 12 Performer of the Week (4/4/23)
2022-23 (Grad Student):
OUTDOOR: Ran the second leg of the collegiate-record 4x100 relay team that won the Texas Relays with a time of 42.00... Produced two wind-aided top-10 finishes at the Tom Jones Memorial in the 100-meter with her time of 10.99 (2.4w) to finish sixth and 22.66 (3.6w) in the 200m to finish eighth... Finished fourth in the 100-meter dash at the Texas Invitational with a wind-legal time of 11.15 and was seventh in the 200-meter with a time of 22.86... Earned the bronze medal at the Big 12 Championships in the 100-meter dash with her time of 11.04, was fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.23 after setting a PB in the prelims (22.47) and helped Texas win the 4x100 relay with a CR time of 41.89... Qualified for the both the 100m, 200m and the 4x100 relay at the NCAA West Preliminaries... Won her first NCAA title in the 4x100 - setting another CR in the prelims at 41.55 and scored two team points in the 100m with a seventh-place finish with a time of 11.07.
INDOOR: Debuted for the Longhorns by winning the 60m dash at the Cardinal Classic with her time of 7.28 and finished the 200m in 24.13 to finish sixth... Finished seventh in the 200m at the Dr. MLK Jr. Invitational with her time of 23.30... Finished fifth in the 60 dash at the New Mexico Collegiate Invite running it in 7.29 and the 200 in 23.51... Became the No. 9 performer in Texas history in the 60 running a time of 7.20 at the Tiger Paw Invite... Won the bronze medal at the Big 12 Championships in the 60m dash with her PB time of 7.17 (No. 5 performer in UT history) and finished sixth in the 200 with a time of 23.11... Reached the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60m dash and finished as a Second Team All-American finishing ninth in the prelims (7.15).
While at Cal:
2022 (Indoor): Competed in five meets for the Bears… posted a time of 7.40 in the 60m dash at the Pac-12 Invitational… set a new personal record of 24.18 in the 200m dash at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, fifth-fastest in Cal history… won the 60m dash at the WSU Open with a time of 7.52… placed third in the 200m dash at the WSU Invitational after finishing the race in 24.52... named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2021 (Outdoor): Competed in eight meets for the Bears… set the school record in the 100m dash with her time of 11.30 at the NCAA West Region Preliminaries, which was also the seventh-best time in the Pac-12 that season… at that meet, also posted a personal-best 23.58 in the 200m dash… finished the 100m dash in 11.51 at the Pac-12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships… helped the 4x100m (44.59) and 4x400m (3:43.67) relay teams to wins at the Big Meet… at the West Coast Classic in Arizona, took third place in the 100m dash with a time of 11.52… won the Stanford Invitational 100m race with a wind-aided time of 11.53 and took third in the 200m, finishing that race in 24.05… ran a second-place 11.62 in the 100m dash at the Trojan Invitational… placed first in the 200m dash (24.20), the 4x100m relay (46.48) and the 4x400m relay (3:58.50) at the Cal-Sac State Dual… U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic… made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2021 (Indoor): Competed in three meets… won the 60m dash at the Air Force Collegiate Open with her time of 7.40… also took third in the 200m dash (24.96) and combined with her teammates to reach Division I’s seventh-best time of the season in the 4x440y relay (3:56.80)… tied the school record in the 60m dash at the Air Force Invitational, posting a time of 7.33 in the preliminary round and eventually taking second place in the finals at 7.43.
2020 (Outdoor): Appeared in one meet for Cal… set a new personal record in the 400m dash at the Cal Opener, posting a time of 59.15… was also part of the winning 4x100m (45.77) and 4x400m (3:51.36) relay squads at that meet.
2020 (Indoor): Competed in two meets… set a new personal record in the indoor 200m dash at the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships with her time of 24.62… also competed in the 60m dash at that meet, posting a time of 7.48… ran the 200m in 24.75 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational.
2019 (Outdoor): Appeared in nine meets for the Bears… finished second in the 100m dash and third in the 200m dash with respective times of 12.00 and 24.25 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, the latter of which was a personal best… at the Mt. SAC Relays, finished the 100m dash in 11.89 and the 200m dash in 24.83… placed second in the 100m dash at the Big Meet with her time of 12.05… posted a 200m time of 24.55 at the Stanford Invitational… set a new personal record in the 100m dash at the Hornet Invitational, finishing the race in 11.87.
2019 (Indoor): Competed in three meets… at the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships, finished the 60m in 7.58 and the 200m in 24.87… posted a time of 7.77 in the 60m dash at the UW Invitational.
Personal Bests Prior to Texas: 60m - 7.33 | 100m - 11.12 | 200m - 22.85
