Ngonidzashe Makusha Class: Sophomore Hometown: Zimbabwe High School: Mandedza Event: Sprints/Long Jumps

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.

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