Ngoni Makusha
	Class: Junior Hometown: Zimbabwe High School: Mandedza Event: Sprints/Long Jumps

2011 USTFCCCA NCAA Division I National Men's Track Athlete of the Year

2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Outdoor Field Performer of the Year

2008 Olympian

Six-Time NCAA Champion

Long Jump Outdoor: 2008, 2009, 2011

Long Jump Indoor: 2011

100m Dash Outdoor: 2011

4x100m Relay Outdoor: 2011

NCAA All-American

Long Jump Outdoor: 2008, 2009, 2011

Long Jump Indoor: 2008, 2011

4x100m Relay: 2008, 2011

100m Dash Outdoor: 2011

Six-Time ACC Champion

Long Jump Outdoor: 2008, 2011

Long Jump Indoor: 2009, 2011

100m Dash Outdoor: 2011

4x100m Relay Outdoor: 2011

All-ACC

Long Jump Outdoor: 2008, 2011

Long Jump Indoor: 2010, 2011

100m Dash Outdoor: 2011

4x100m Relay Outdoor: 2011

Collegiate Bests:

55m: 6.30 (Indoor)

60m: 6.60 (Indoor)

Long Jump: 8.40 (Outdoor), 8.21 (Indoor)

Triple Jump: 14.90A (Outdoor)

100m Dash: 9.89 (Outdoor)

2011 Track:

Outdoor-

•NCAA Champion in the 100m dash after running a collegiate, championships and Drake Stadium record 9.89 in the rain

•NCAA Champion in the long jump for the third time in his career after leaping to a Drake Stadium record 8.40 meters

•NCAA Champion in the 4x100m relay

•Became just the fourth person ever to win an NCAA Championship in the 100m dash and long jump, joining Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens

•ACC Champion in the long jump

•ACC Champion in the 4x100m relay

•ACC Champion in the 100m dash after running a conference-record 9.97 at the league meet

•His leap of 8.40 meters in the long jump at the NCAA Championships is the best in the country and second best in the world this year

•His 9.89 in the 100m dash at the NCAA Championships is the fourth fastest in the world this year

•His mark of 38.77 in the 4x100m relay at the NCAA Championships is the third fastest in the country this year

•Named USTFCCCA First Team All-American in the long jump

•Named USTFCCCA First Team All-American in the 100m dash

•Named USTFCCCA First Team All-American in the 4x100m relay

•Member of the Bowerman Watchlist

•Named ACC Performer of the Week on April 12, 2011

2010 Track:

Outdoor-

• Competed in just one event, earning fifth in the long jump at the Texas Relays.

Indoor-

• Competed in just one event, earning second in the long jump at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invite.

2009 Track:

Outdoor-

• Defended his long jump title at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with an impressive 8.11m/26-07.25 that's noted as the NCAA's best collegiate jump of the season.

• Leaped a long jump of 7.87m/ 25-10.00 in the prelims of the NCAA Outdoor Championships to qualify for the final round.

• Opened the season with a long jump of 7.73m/25-04.75 to take third place at the Seminole Twilight.

Indoor-

• Set the world's best long jump of the season at the time with a mark of 8.21m/ 26-11.25 at the ACC Indoor Championships to take home the gold medal. Mark is ACC's and FSU's best performance in history.

• Posted a season-best time in the 60m dash at the league meet with a time of 6.82.

• Leaped a mark of 7.79m/25-06.75 long jump at the Tyson Invitational to take third place.

• Opened the season with a first place 60m dash of 6.68 at the VT Hokie Invitational.

2008 Track:

Outdoor -

• Finished fourth at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a top jump of 8.19m/26-10.44. Was in third place until the final round. Beat out for the bronze by one centimeter.

• Won the long jump at the NCAA Championship with a school, conference, Drake Stadium and Zimbabwe record leap of 8.30m.

• Ran the second leg of the 4x100m Relay team that earned All-America honors by finishing fourth with a time of 39.11, the fourth-fastest in school history.

• Captured the ACC title in the long jump with a leap of 7.91m/25-11.50.

Indoor -

• Earned All-America honors in the long jump with a third-place school-record leap of 7.97m/26-01.75.

• Automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships with a first-place leap of 7.93m/26-00.25 during the Tyson Invitational.

• Finished second in the long jump at the New Balance Intercollegiate at 7.73m/25-04.50

Prep:

• Advanced to the semifinals of the 100m at the World Junior Championships with a time of 10.77m.

• Holds Zimbabwe high school record in the long jump (7.34m).

• Earned a bronze medal at the All-African Games as a member of the 4x100m relay team.

• Finalist in the long jump at the All-African Games to go along with a semifinalist spot in the 100m.

Personal:

Full name is Ngonidzashe Makusha ... Born March 11, 1987...Majoring in Applied Economics.

Prospective Student Athletes

Scholarship Standards 

Home Meet Information

Twilight Invitational Meet Info 

**Twilight Schedule Update** 

Seminole Twilight Performance List 

Media Information

2013 Media Guide 

2013 Record Book 

Mike Long Track & McIntosh Building

FSU Home Meet Parking 

FSU Hammer Cage Directions 

Tallahassee Hotels 

Camp Information

Miscellaneous

Contact the Coaches 

Knibb Sets School Record

Whalen Leads Charge

Tuning The Engine

Twilight Highlights

FSU Frosh Watson Leaving Early Mark

'Noles Climb National Poll

Distance 'Noles Roll At Stanford