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Personal Bests

Indoor:

60 – 6.60

200 – 20.13

300 – 32.72

Outdoor:

100 – 10.04

200 – 19.84

400 – 46.54

Accolades

• 2025 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor 200m Champion
• 2025 Bowerman Semifinalist
• 2025 USTFCCCA Southeast Men’s Track Athlete of the Year
• 2025 SEC Indoor 200m Silver Medalist
• 2024 Olympian
• Sixth place finish in 200m at 2024 Olympic Games (20.10)
• Zimbabwe Record Holder (Indoor 200, Outdoor 200, 300)
• 11-time JUCO All-American
• Seven-time NJCAA National Champion
• NJCAA Record Holder – Indoor 200m

In the Record Book

• Holds the UK outdoor 200m record with a time of 19.84, set in 2025
• Holds the UK indoor 200m record with a time of 20.13, set in 2025
• Holds the Zimbabwe 200m National record for the 200m
• Features on the 4x100m relay team that broke the UK program record with a time of 38.43, set in 2025
• Ranks fourth in the UK all-time performers list in the indoor 60m with a time of 6.60, set in 2025
• Ranks third in the UK all-time performers list in the 300m with a time of 32.72 set in December 2024

Academic Accolades 

• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2025

2024-25 (Junior)

Outdoor

• 2025 NCAA Outdoor 200m Champion
• Claimed his second NCAA title of 2025 in the national 200m final in Eugene
• Broke the UK and Zimbabwe 200m record with a time of 19.84
• Qualified for the NCAA East First Rounds in Jacksonville in the 4x100m and 200m events, placing fifth and seventh
• Placed fifth at the SEC Championships in the 200m final, reaching a NCAA qualifying mark of 38.82
• Featured on the men’s 4x100m relay team that broke the UK school record at the Texas Relays, winning the event with a 38.43 final mark
• Made his outdoor debut at the UCF Black & Gold Challenge, helping the Wildcats win the 4x400m event with a 3:08.47 time

Indoor

• Won the NCAA 200m Championship in Virginia Beach, breaking the UK school record with a time of 20.13
• Claimed the silver medal at the SEC Championships in the men’s 200m final, posting a time of 20.26
• Placed second in the 200m event at the Tiger Paw Invitational with a time of 20.31
• Finished fourth at the Razorback Invitational in the 60m final with a 6.74 time
• Won the 200m event and placed second in the 60m event, posting a personal-best time of 6.60, at the Corky Classic
• Made Kentucky debut at Louisville Opener, breaking the Zimbabwe national record in the 300m in a time of 32.72, placing second, and winning the 60m prelims in a time of 6.75 seconds
• Placed second and fourth in the men’s 4x400m and 300m events at the Rod McCravy Memorial with times of 3:12.15 and 33.01, respectively

2023-24 (Sophomore at New Mexico JC)

• Broke NJCAA National Record in Indoor 200m – 20.29
• Won 60m Dash and 200m at NJCAA Indoor National Championships
• Won 100m Dash and 200m Dash at NJCAA Outdoor National Championships

2022-23 (Freshman at New Mexico JC)

• Won 60m Dash and 200m at NJCAA Indoor National Championships
• Won 100m Dash at NJCAA Outdoor National Championships
• Team National Champion at NJCAA Indoor and Outdoor National Championships