The Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) has announced that three of its athletes have taken up college scholarships in the USA as of the first semester of the 2016/17 academic year.
The athletes, Martin Owusu-Antwi, Safia Bright and Agnes Abrokwah have already left Ghana for their new schools and will be seeking to further their education and career development, while also developing their athletic talent.
Martin Owusu-Antwi, who enjoyed a breakthrough season, winning gold in the men’s 200m final and 4x100m final at the 8th Africa Universities Games in Johannesburg, South Africa, has joined Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Owusu-Antwi will be hoping to improve on his personal best of 20.73(PB) which he achieved in the men’s 200m final at the Soga-Nana Memorial on 8th July, 2016 at his new base.
Likewise, Agnes Abrokwah, after recording the fastest time by a Ghana-based athlete in the women’s 400m in 2016 when she stopped the clock at 53.06s, joins South Plains College, a public institution located in Levelland, Texas.
Abrokwah, one of the standout performers in the just-ended season, made her international debut at the CAA Championships in Durban, South Africa in July.
The three athletes are the latest to join the long list of athletes who are in the USA on similar student-athlete scholarships.
Meanwhile, 800 meters Youth Olympic Gold medallist, Martha Bissah, has gained a personal full scholarship worth $32,000 to study at the Norfolk University in Virginia USA earlier this month.
GAA Announces Athletes" Departure On Scholarship Programmes
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