Tag: Rhema Otabor

Otabor wins Bahamian Championship and qualifies for Paris Olympics

Rhema Otabor won the javelin at the Bahamian Championship in the javelin with a throw of 58.18 meters and will head to Paris later this summer.

A Nebraska Track and Field athlete has qualified for the summer Olympics. Rhema Otabor won the javelin at the Bahamian Championship with a throw of 58.18 meters and will head to Paris later this summer.

Otabor has had a successful year. She won her second consecutive NCAA title. Her throw of 64.19 meters broke the collegiate record, the NCAA Championship meet record, the Nebraska school record, and the Bahamian record.

With the title, Otabor ended her Nebraska career as a three-time First-Team All-American, a two-time NCAA Champion, and a two-time Big Ten Champion. Otabor is also the first Husker to win back-to-back titles since 2003-04.

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Rhema Otabor sets collegiate record in javelin with her second-straight championship

For the second year in a row, a Nebraska track and field athlete has won the national championship in the javelin.

For the second year in a row, a Nebraska track and field athlete has won the national championship in the javelin. This time, however, they also set a new collegiate record.

Rhema Otabor secured her second-consecutive NCAA title on Thursday night, launching the javelin 210 feet, 7 inches (64.19 meters), a record-breaking mark. That distance broke the collegiate record, the NCAA Championship meet record, the Nebraska school record, and the Bahamian record.

With the title, Otabor closes out her collegiate career as a three-time First-Team All-American, a two-time NCAA Champion, and a two-time Big Ten Champion. Otabor is also the first Husker to win back-to-back titles since 2003-04.

Nebraska sent three female throwers to nationals in the javelin along with Otabor. Eniko Sara added to the Huskers javelin success, tossing a personal-best 182 feet, 7 inches (55.66 meters) to finish fifth, earning First-Team All-America honors at her first-career NCAA Championship meet. This is also the fifth-best javelin mark in school history.

Mirta Kulisic finished 15th with a distance of 170 feet (51.82 meters), and Emanuela Casadei took 19th place with a throw of 164 feet, 10 inches (50.24 meters).

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Otabor wins javelin at NACAC U23 Championships

A successful weekend for the Nebraska Track and Field team continued with another individual championship.

A successful weekend for the Nebraska Track and Field team continued with another individual championship over the weekend. Rhema Otabor won the javelin at the NACAC U23 Championships with a throw of 57.48 meters.

That distance was also a new meet record. Earlier in the month, Otabor won the BAAA Bahamas National Championship in the javelin with a throw of 59.75 meters. Last month, she set a personal best (at the time) and won the NCAA title with a throw of 59.49 meters.

The NACAC U23 Championships is a three-day and 88-event track and field meet between North American, Central American, and Caribbean Athletic Associations for athletes under the age of twenty-three.

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