I can't think Texas Southern....

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..and not think...

Theo Bush
Charles Frazier
Warren Wells
Tommy Fulton
Lester Milburn
Britt Courville
Arnoldo Bristol
Ken Burrough
Houston
Coach Stan Wright
Ralph Aldredge
Robert Taylor
Michael Strahan
W.K.Hicks
Homer Jones
Herman Marion Sweatt
Willie Ellison
Jimmy Hines
Harold Hart
Roy Hicks
Ray Saddler
Harold Maddox
Robert E. Taylor
John Timpson
Calvin Muhamad
Willie Polk
T.J.Bell
Amos Sumpter
Vince Courville
Paul Emordi
Moses Ugbisie
Seymour Newman
Ernest Pough
Ainsley Armstrong
Henry Neal
Clyde Duncan
Bill Cowings
The Flying Tigers

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...or Mary Onyali

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...or Mary Onyali

Sure! She married Victor Omegbemi a 92 100/200 African Championships champion.

[dukehjsteve]

...or Mary Onyali

Sure! She married Victor Omegbemi a 92 100/200 African Championships champion.

Is this Omegbemi related to a sprinter named Jimmy Omagbemi from about 30 years ago ? I just remember the name and a pic in T&FN.

[Avante]

...or Mary Onyali

Sure! She married Victor Omegbemi a 92 100/200 African Championships champion.

Is this Omegbemi related to a sprinter named Jimmy Omagbemi from about 30 years ago ? I just remember the name and a pic in T&FN.

Jimmy Omagbemi was one of those San Jose Staters back at the origins of "Speed City". A Nigerian Olympian who once beat Armin Hary. I would guess they are related but I don't know for sure.

You tweked my curiousity.

Victor is the son of Jimmy Omagbemi. Which would make them Africa's fastest father/son combo. Hmmm...I think.

[rson]

Texas Southern

What about Gerald Pratt,the Californian pole vaulter who was the leading Afro-American pole vaulter in the mid-60's and once ranked among the world's top 10. Onyali was one of many Nigerian sprinters at TSU in thye late '80s and early 90s.If I remember correctly two oothers were Linda Eseimokumoh and hurdler Maria Usifo.Linda's cousin,Patrick Eseimokumoh,was the European Junior decathlon champion in 1986 representing the GDR.