Nigeria, March 14 -- Nigeria's Ella Onojuvwevwo delivered a stunning performance on the opening day of the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, smashing the African indoor 400 metres record and emerging as the fastest woman in the world this season.

Competing for Louisiana State University at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Arkansas, the Nigerian star stormed to victory in her heat with a remarkable time of 50.28 seconds, setting both a new African indoor record and an LSU school record in the process.

Her blistering run also ranks among the fastest in collegiate history, placing her among the top performers ever recorded in the NCAA indoor 400m. The time currently stands as the fastest in the world for the 2026 indoor season, fu...