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2008 Olympian
NCAA Champion
Long Jump Outdoor: 2008
NCAA All-American
Long Jump Outdoor: 2008
Long Jump Indoor: 2008
4x100m Relay: 2008
ACC Champion
Long Jump Outdoor: 2008
All-ACC
Long Jump Outdoor: 2008
Collegiate Bests:
Long Jump Outdoor: 8.30m/27-02.75 - FSU, ACC & Drake Stadium Record
Long Jump Indoor: 7.97m/26-01.75 - FSU Record
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
High School
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 multinational business.