Chika Amene

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Farmington Hills, Mich.
High School:
Southfield Christian
Position:
Sprints

Last modified: June 17, 2022

AT MICHIGAN

Senior (2021-22)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran a leg of the 21st-place 4x400 relay in 3:42.62 at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 25-28).
• Ran 24.47 [+0.2m/s] for 18th in the 200 meter dash prelims at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 13-15). Ran a leg of the 4th-place 4x400 relay in 3:38.22
• Ran a career-best 23.83 (+2.6m/s) for 2nd in the 200 meter dash final at the Len Paddock Open (May 7).
• Ran 57.22 for 18th in the 400 meter dash final at the Drake Relays (April 28-30).
• Ran a career-best 55.38 for 38th in the 400 meter dash final at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 14-16). Ran a leg of the 7th-place 4x400 relay in 3:36.86
• Ran a career-best 55.80 for 12th in the 400 meter dash final at the Duke Invitational (April 7-9).
• Ran a career-best 24.57 (+1.3m/s) for 15th in the 200 meter dash final at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (March 26).
• Ran a career-best 24.59 (+1.5m/s) for 33rd in the 200 meter dash final at the Black & Gold Invitational (March 18-19).

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran a career-best 55.95 for 19th in the 400 meter dash prelims at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 25-26).
• Ran a career-best 24.74 for the win in the 200 meter dash final at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 18).
• Ran 25.57 for 30th in the 200 meter dash final at the Windy City Invitational (Feb. 11-12). Ran a leg of the 6th-place 4x400 relay in 3:52.72
• Ran a career-best 56.92 in the 400 meter dash for 21st at the Rod McCravy Memorial (Jan. 28-29) and ran a leg of the 4th-place 4x400 relay in 3:39.08.
• Ran a career-best 57.50 in the 400 meter dash for the win at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 22), and finished 6th at 200 meters in a career-best 25.01.
• Ran a career-best 25.51 in the 200 meter dash for 5th at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 15), and ran a leg of the winning 4x400 relay in 3:42.55.

Junior (2020-21)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran a leg of the 17th-place 4x400 relay in 3:37.99 at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 26-29)
• Ran a leg of the 3rd-place 4x400 relay in 3:35.90 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 14-16)
• Ran 25.01 (+0.5m/s) in the 200 meter dash for 3rd at the B1G Len Paddock Open (May 8)
• Ran 24.94 (+0.0m/s) in the 200 meter dash for 7th at the B1G Billy Hayes Invitational (April 30-May 1), and ran a leg of the winning 4x400 relay in 3:36.86.
• Ran a career-best 24.69 (+3.3m/s) in the 200 meter dash for 12th at the B1G Fighting Illini Relays (April 23-24)
• Ran a career-best 56.50 in the 400 meter dash for 15th at the B1G Husker Invitational (April 16-17)
• Ran 58.69 in the 400 meter dash for 18th at the B1G North Florida Invitational (April 2-3)
• Ran 24.70 (+1.2m/s) in the 200 meter dash for 8th at the B1G Indiana Invitational #1 (March 26-27), and ran a leg of the 11th-place 4x400 relay.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran a career-best 58.03 in the 400 meter dash for 3rd at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 19)
• Ran 58.18 in the 400 meter dash for 10th at the SPIRE B1G Invitational (Feb. 12-13)
• Ran a career-best 58.05 in the 400 meter dash for 3rd at the Gladstein Invitational (Jan. 23)
• Ran 25.65 in the 200 meter dash for 8th at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 16), and also ran a leg of the winning 4x400 relay in 3:48.02.

Sophomore (2019-20)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help prevent the spread of the virus, the University of Michigan suspended all athletic activities, including practices, effective March 12.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran a career-best 58.26 in the 400 meter dash for 3rd at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 21). Also finished third in the triple jump with a career-best mark of 10.84m (35-6.75).
• Ran a career-best 58.42 in the 400 meter dash for 35th at the Vanderbilt Music City Challenge (Feb. 14-15)
• Ran a career-best 25.56 in the 200 meter dash for 11th at the Power Five Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)
• Jumped a career-best 10.11m (33-2) in the triple jump for 3rd at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 18), and also ran 26.20 to finish seventh at 200 meters.
• Ran 59.49 in the 400 meter dash for 8th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 11)

Career-Best Performances (College)

Event	Mark	Date
200m (I)	24.74	2-18-22
200m (O)	23.83 (+2.6m/s)	5-7-22
400m (I)	55.95	2-25-22
400m (O)	55.38	4-15-22
Triple Jump (I)	10.84m (35-6.75)	2-21-20