2025 -- Indoor - Ran collegiate bests in 400 meters at Tyson Invite (55.04) and 600 meters at Jimmy Grant Alumni Invite (1:32.96).
2024 -- Indoor - Did not compete... Outdoor - Ran third leg on team-leading 4x400-meter relay to sixth-place finish at B1G Championships (3:37.79)... ran a collegiate-best 55.07 in 400 meters at B1G Championships... letterwinner.
High School -- Seven-time state champion… two-time team MVP… two-time all-state, all-county, all-region… state team champion in 2023… holds two school records (4×100 relay – 46.32 & 4×400 relay 3:50.28)… Urban League Award recipient… Blythewood by Design Student of the Year… National Honor Society member… NAHS member… track team captain… coached by Aleshia Hawkins.
Personal -- Born September 3, 2004… parents are Gregory and Jenne Williams… has four siblings - Asia, Collin, Caymen, and Raheen… civil engineering major.
Pauline Bikembo and Ryan Johnson were crowned champions of their respective events on Friday at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Iowa track and field freshman Emmanuel Njoku was crowned long jump champion and entered Iowa's all-time best list at the Tyson Invitational on Friday.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – University of Iowa track and field sprinter Austin Kresley rose to third on Iowa’s all-time list in the 200 meters with a 20.73 on day one of the New Mexico Collegiate Classic on Friday night.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – University of Iowa track and field concluded a stellar weekend of competition at the Meyo Invitational and Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational on Saturday. The Hawkeyes wrapped up the Meyo Invitational with an update to the Iowa all-time list, two event titles and 15 personal bests. At the Dr. McGuire Invite, Iowa secured five personal bests and two updates to the top-ten list.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – University of Iowa track and field won a combined six events to open its weekend at Missouri and Notre Dame on Friday evening. Annie Wirth highlighted the action at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invite in Columbia, Missouri, winning the pentathlon with a personal-best 3,890 points to move to sixth all-time at Iowa. Pauline Bikembo (women’s long jump), Ryan Johnson (weight throw) and Emmanuel Njoku (men’s long jump) also collected victories.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa track and field made three updates to the program’s top-ten list on Saturday afternoon at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational inside the Hawkeye Indoor Track Facility. Freshmen Lillian Harden (60-meter hurdles) and Damaris Mutunga (400 meters) entered the all-time record book in their respective events. Sophomore Kai Graves-Blanks moved to eighth on Iowa’s all-time list in the 60-meter hurdles.
The Hawkeyes will begin the new year at home, hosting the Hawkeye Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Weight throw and shot put will take place on Friday, starting at 1:00pm inside the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex and Saturday’s action will begin at 11:00am at the Hawkeye Indoor Track Facility.
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa track and field capped the weekend with another school record at the Jimmy Grant Invitational on Saturday night at the Hawkeye Indoor Track Facility. Returning All-American Daniela Wamokpego tallied a 13.32-meter mark in the triple jump, updating Iowa’s program record and tying the national lead.
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