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2025-2026 Women's Track Roster

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Yowome Ayim

  • Height 5-5
  • Position Hurdles/Jumps
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Portsmouth, Va.
  • Last School Manor HS

Biography

Personal Records
Indoor:
60 meters: 8.12 (2026 VCU Rams Indoor Invitational)
60-meter hurdles: 9.40 (2026 VCU Rams Indoor Invitational)
Triple Jump: 11.65 meters (2026 Indoor Pre-National)
Long Jump: 5.83 meters (2026 MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships)
 
Outdoor:
Triple Jump: 11.47 meters (2x) (Last: 2026 MEAC Outdoor Championships)
Long Jump: 5.38 meters (2026 USF Alumni Invitational)
 
2025-26: Indoor: Claimed the gold medal in the long jump with a leap of 5.83 meters at the MEAC Indoor Championships … Placed sixth in the triple jump at the same meet with a mark of 11.57 meters … Ran a personal-best time of 8.12 in the 60 meters at the VCU Rams Invite … Also recorded a personal-best 9.40 in the 60-meter hurdles at the same event … Opened the season with a sixth-place finish in the long jump at the Clemson Opener with a leap of 5.71 meters … Took eighth in the long jump at the HBCU Showcase with a mark of 5.47 meters. Outdoor: Finished fifth in the long jump with a leap of 5.35 meters at the Bill Carson Invitational … Placed 10th in the triple jump at the MEAC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 11.47 meters … Recorded an outdoor-best leap of 5.38 meters in the long jump at the USF Alumni Invitational.
 
High School: Competed in track & field all four years … Named to the All-District, All Region teams as a freshman, along with qualifying for State and Nationals … As a sophomore, she was named to the All-State, All-Region, and All-District teams, while being a national qualifier … Junior year she was an All-State member, Regional Champion, District Champion, and a national qualifier … During her senior year she Was an All-State, All-Region, and All-District, while winning two state championships and qualifying for nationals for the third consecutive year … Frequent member of the honor roll and graduate Summa Cum Laude.
 
Personal: Yowome Kekeli Ayim was born on May 29, 2007 … Daughter of Esi and Kwasi Ayim … Has four siblings: brothers Sefa and Yeyra, sisters Yenam and Yelinam … Majoring in exercise science … Hopes to be an athletic trainer upon graduation.