Career Highlights
- 8-time First-team NCAA All-America | Indoor (3), Outdoor (5)
- 2023 World Athletics Gold | Mixed 4 x 400m relay – World Record 3:08.80
- 2023 NCAA Indoor Gold | 4 x 400m relay – World Best 3:21.75
- 2023 NCAA Outdoor Gold | 4 x 400m relay
- 2022 NCAA Indoor Gold | 4 x 400m relay
- 2022 NCAA Outdoor Bronze | 4 x 400m relay
- 2023 SEC Indoor Gold | 4 x 400m relay
- 2022 SEC Outdoor Bronze | 4 x 400m relay
- 2021 SEC Indoor Gold | 4×400 relay
Junior (2023)
Outdoor: Member of United States gold medal, World record mixed 4 x 400m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary … Split 50.38 on second leg as USA won in 3:08.80 to better previous world record of 3:09.34 set by the USA in 2019 … Also ran second leg in prelims, splitting 50.06 on a 3:10.41 effort … Member of United States women’s 4 x 400m relay at World Athletics Championships, splitting 49.51 on second leg while racing against Razorback teammate Amber Anning (49.77) … United States was disqualified for anchor leg not making baton exchange in zone …
Ran 50.73 anchor leg of winning 4 x 400m relay at NCAA Championships as Arkansas won in 3:24.05, the seventh fastest time ever in a NCAA final … Split 50.83 anchor in prelims on a 3:25.91 performance … Finished fourth in 400m NCAA final with a 50.77 after producing a 50.69 in prelims … Part of a 2-3-4 finish by the Hogs in the NCAA 400m final for 19 team points … Effiong’s 50.77 is the best ever mark for place in the NCAA Outdoor final … Also, anchor leg of Razorback 4 x 100m relay that placed fourth in final with a 42.83, the second fastest time in UA history …
Established career best of 50.17 in NCAA West Preliminary Round quarterfinals, moving to No. 10 on the American collegiate all-time list and ranks second on UA all-time list … Also ran 51.13 in second round of West Prelims … Split 50.54 on third leg of 4 x 400m relay as Arkansas produced top time of 3:25.95 in West Prelims …
Finished eighth at SEC Championships in both the 200m (23.23) and 400m (52.05) … Set a career best of 22.05 in prelims to place ninth and earn the final position in the final … Posted a 51.53 in the 400m prelims … Ran on ninth place 4 x 100m relay (44.35) …
Opened season at Texas Relays, running on runner-up 4 x 400m with Arkansas clocking 3:24.45 … Also member of sixth place 4 x 100 (43.96) … Produced then career best times of 22.91 and 50.93 at Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial … Member of runner-up 4 x 400 (3:26.60) ad eighth place 4 x 100 (44.15) … Won 200m (23.02) at John McDonnell Invitational … Claimed 200m in career best 22.87 at LSU Invitational while placing second in 400m (51.31) and ran on fourth place 4 x 100 relay (43.59) …
Indoor: Member of World best 4 x 400m relay that won NCAA Indoor title in 3:21.75, which bettered the World Record of 3:23.27 set by Russia in 2006 … Effiong split 50.57 as third leg, recording the fastest third leg by a collegian indoors and second fastest third leg on world all-time list … Previous best collegiate third leg split was 50.59 by Britton Wilson during 2023 season … Arkansas bettered the indoor collegiate record of 3:24.09 set by the Razorbacks in 2022 as well as the outdoor collegiate record of 3:21.93 set by Kentucky in 2022 … The previous NCAA Indoor meet record was 3:26.88 set by Texas A&M in 2021 and the Albuquerque facility record of 3:27.40 was set by Oregon in 2014.
Finished fourth in 400m at NCAA Indoor with a career best 50.54 after 51.73 in the semifinal … The 50.54 by Effiong ranks equal No. 7 performer, equal No. 9 performance on US all-time indoor list … Equal No. 8 performer, equal No. 12 performance on collegiate all-time indoor list, and equal No. 7 performer, equal No. 9 performance on US collegiate all-time indoor list …
Fourth in SEC Indoor 400m with a 51.64 after a 52.16 prelim … Member of winning 4 x 400m relay at SEC with 3:27.57 effort, splitting 52.29 on second leg … Opened indoor season by claiming 200m at Arkansas Invitational in 23.45 and ran on runner-up 4 x 400m relay (3:30.79) with a 51.51 second-leg split … Posted a time of 52.04 to place eighth in 400m at Razorback Invitational, ran on winning 4 x 400 in a meet record 3:26.40 with a 50.90 anchor split … Arkansas bettered the Razorback Invitational meet record of 3:29.38 set by Arkansas in 2022 … Won 400m at Tyson Invitational with a 51.02, finished seventh in 200m with a 23.27.
Splits in 2023
| Outdoor | ||
| 49.51 | 2nd leg | World Athletics prelim |
| 50.06 | 2nd leg | World Athletics mixed prelim |
| 50.38 | 2nd leg | World Athletics mixed final |
| 50.54 | 3rd leg | NCAA West Preliminary |
| 50.73 | 4th leg | NCAA Championships final |
| 50.83 | 4th leg | NCAA Championships prelim |
| Indoor | ||
| 50.57 | 3rd leg | NCAA Championships |
| 50.90 | 4th leg | Razorback Invitational |
| 51.51 | 2nd leg | Arkansas Invitational |
| 52.59 | 2nd leg | SEC Championships |
Sophomore (2022)
Outdoor: Member of bronze medal 4 x 400m relay at NCAA Championships as Arkansas recorded a time of 3:23.69 … Placed seventh in NCAA 400m final with a 51.55 after a 51.06 in semifinal … Ran on 3:25.16 4 x 400m relay at NCAA West Preliminary … Advanced in 400m with times of 52.20 and 51.73 … Member of SEC bronze medal 4 x 400m relay that set school record of 3:22.55, which ranks No. 3 on collegiate all-time list … Finished seventh in SEC Championships in both 200m and 400m … Posted times of 23.20 in prelim and 23.22 in final at SEC meet, along with 51.75 and 52.12 in 400m …
Opened outdoor season at Texas Relays, running on third place 4 x 400m relay with a 3:26.40 supplying second leg carry … Also member of fifth place 4 x 100m relay (43.87) at Texas Relays … Finished seventh in 4000m with a 52.24 at Mt. SAC Relays, also member of third place 4 x 400m relay (3:30.23) as well as member of 4 x 100m relay that posted times of 44.01 and 44.35 … Runner-up in 400m with a 51.66 at LSU Invitational, seventh in 200 with a 23.00, and ran on runner-up 4 x 400m relay (3:30.09) … Finished third in 200m (23.17) and 400m (51.72) at Arkansas Twilight.
Indoor: Member of winning 4 x 400m relay at NCAA Championships as Arkansas won in 3:27.23 with Effiong splitting 52.45 on first leg … Also qualified in 400m, posting a 52.94 in prelims to place 13th … SEC gold with 4 x 400m relay, which won in 3:24.09, splitting 51.97 on opening leg, as Arkansas broke collegiate record, facility record, and meet record … Finished eighth in SEC 400m with a 52.68 after a 52.56 in prelim … Opened season as runner-up in 400m in 52.56 at Arkansas Invitational and ran on winning 4 x 400m relay (3:30.79) … Runner-up in 400m with a 52.56 at Texas Tech Red Raider Open, while running on runner-up 4 x 400m relay (3:29.09) … Finished fourth in 400m at Razorback Invitational with a 52.76, ran on winning 4 x 400m relay (3:29.38) … Third in 400m with a 52.14 at Tyson Invitational, ran on winning 4 x 400m relay (3:28.39).
Freshman (2021)
Outdoor: did not compete outdoors.
Indoor: Earned an individual NCAA Indoor All-America placing seventh in 400m at NCAA Indoor with a time of 52.50 … Established a career best of 51.82 during prelims of NCAA Indoor, which ranks No. 4 on UA all-time list … Finished fifth in SEC 400 (52.30) and ran on winning 4×400 relay, supplying second leg split of 52.07 as Arkansas set meet and school record with 3:28.50 performance … Started off season third in 400m (54.19) at Arkansas Invitational … Set then career best of 53.18 for fifth in Wooo Pig Classic, followed by 52.80 as runner-up in Arkansas Qualifier … Set career best of 23.30 as runner-up in Arkansas Qualifier, which is No. 9 on UA all-time list … Started season with then best of 23.70 to place fourth in Arkansas Invitational … Then improved to 23.40 in finishing fifth at Wooo Pig Classic … Has a 23.56 in placing third at Razorback Invitational and a 23.45 for seventh at Tyson Invitational … Ran anchor leg on four consecutive 4×400 relay victories in Arkansas Inv. (53.97), Wooo Pig Classic (53.00), Razorback Inv. (52.39) and Arkansas Qualifier (52.47) … The Razorbacks set a meet record in the Arkansas Inv., and then world-leading times in the Wooo Pig Classic (3:32.18) and Razorback Inv. (3:30.80).
Freshman (2020)
Indoor: Competed in six meets during her debut indoor season with the Razorbacks … Member of fourth-place 4×400 relay at SEC Indoor as Arkansas produced U.S. leading time of 3:32.24, splitting 54.04 on anchor leg … Competed in prelims of 200m (24.24) and 400m (55.62) at conference meet … Established indoor best marks in 200m (23.87) and 400m (54.18) during Tyson Invitational while also running on runner-up 4×400 (3:34.87) … Opened season placing third in 400m (55.93) at Arkansas Invitational and running of winning 4×400 relay (3:46.58) … Also ran on winning 4×400 (3:38.16) at Red Raider Invitational, while producing times of 24.32 and 55.07 in the 200m and 400m to place fourth and sixth, respectively … Set then indoor career bests of 54.80, placing fourth in 400m, and 24.09 in the 200m at Razorback Invitational … Posted a 23.88 as 200m runner-up in Arkansas Qualifier and ran on winning 4×400 (3:32.63), supplying a 52.57 anchor leg split.
High School
Competed for coach June Villers at Desoto High School… Four-time State Champions as a team… Ran a leg on the 4×100-meter relay that set a national high school record posting a time of 44.44 seconds breaking the previous 15-year-old mark of 44.50 seconds set by Long Beach Poly in 2004…. Holds the school record at 200-meters… Holds personal-bests of 23.16 (200-meters), 53.80 (400-meters)…
Personal
Born May 8, 2001… Daughter of Daniel Effiong and Tina Chikezie… Has three siblings, Danita, James, and Kayla… Both parents competed in the Olympics, representing Nigeria… Majoring in Biology…
