Northwestern State University of Louisana

2026 Outdoor Season: Found the podium at the Southland Conference Championships as a member of the 4x100 relay team, earning a bronze medal with a time of 44.92 ... Second Team All-Louisiana in that relay ... also earned points in the 100-meter dash, finishing seventh with a time of 11.77 after clocking a season-best 11.70 in the prelims ... ran a 24.32 in the 200-meter dash at the conference meet to finish 15th ... clocked season-bests in the 200 (24.08) and the 4x100 relay (44.84) at the Alumni Muster, placing second in the latter ... won the 4x100 relay at the Louisiana Classic, running a 44.95 ... finished second in the 4x100 relay at the LSU Alumni Gold, clocking a 45.09 ... ran an 11.82 in the 100 at the Bryan Clay Invitational and 11.95 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, finishing third in the latter.
2026 Indoor Season: Earned points for the Lady Demons with a seventh-place finish at the Southland Conference Championships with a 7.56 in the 60-meter dash after running a 7.54 in the prelims ... ran a season-best 7.51 in the 60 at the Woo Pig Classic prelims before clocking a 7.57 in the finals, placing sixth in both ... posted a time of 7.63 in the 60 at the Jarvis Scott Invitational ... clocked a 7.69 in the 60 at the Pittsburg State Invitational ... finished 28th in the 200-meter dash at the Corky Classic with a 24.86 ... posted a time of 25.05 in the 200 at the Woo Pig Classic.

Prior to NSU: Transfer to Central Arkansas … also competed for Barton County CC and South Plains College, where she was a part of the NJCAA national champion indoor team for Barton … placed 14^th in the NJCAA Outdoor Championships at Barton in 2024, running a 12.01 … ran a personal-best 11.75 in the 100 at the 2024 Alex Francis Classic … part of a second-place finish team in the 4x100 relay team at the 2023 NJCAA Outdoor Championships … finished first on five occasions during her events in various meets.
 
High School: Competed for Itana College in her home country of Nigeria, where she was a standout on the 4x100 relay team.
 
Personal: Daughter of Elizabeth and Emmanuel Akpan … has one brother (Solomon Umoibang) and one sister (Mercy Umoibang) … sister runs track at Texas Tech … sport management major who plans on becoming a coach.