Makatiani, Namu

Namu Makatiani

  • Award
    Sprints/Hurdles Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    12/10/2024
  • Sport
    Indoor Track & Field
  • School
    Oberlin College
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Jumps
  • Hometown
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • High School
    George School (PA)
Oberlin junior Namu Makatiani set a new career-best and broke the program record in the 60-meter hurdles at the Spartan Alumni meet on Saturday. The junior clocked a personal best time of 8.63 seconds in the preliminaries to break his original record of 8.70 seconds but followed that up with a time of 8.29 seconds in the final to shorten his milestone once again. With that time, Makatiani also surpasses Chris Andrews’ converted mark of 8.53 seconds (1990).
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