Adaobi Tabugbo
Hurdles
Ht
5'
5"
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Laurel, 
Maryland
Last School
Reservoir High School
Roster Years
2021-2023


Pronounced: "Adobe" "Ta-bu-bo"

BYU Highlights

  • Helped women's 4x100-meter relay squad advance to their first-ever NCAA Outdoor National Championships with a school-record time of 43.84 at the 2023 NCAA West Preliminary. 
  • Part of four school record-breaking 4x100m relay squads at BYU. 
  • No. 3 all-time at BYU in 60m with 7.44 time at 2022 BYU December Invitational

Personal

  • Parents are Angela Tabugbo and the late Rowland Tabugbo
  • Has five brothers (Justin, Stanley, Kene, Ugochukwu, and Okechukwu)
  • Major: Exercise & Wellness
  • Enjoys sewing and artsy activities
  • Speaks Igbo (Nigeria)
  • Twitter: @adaobitabugbo
  • Instagram: @adaobitabugbo

Before BYU

  • Personal Bests: 14.15 (100H), 44.04 (300H), 12.30 (100m)
  • 2020 MPSSAA 3A Indoor State Champion (55H)
  • 2019 MPSSAA 3A State Champion (100H)
  • 2019 MPSSAA 3A Indoor State Champion (55H)
  • Holds the Reservoir High School records in the 55m hurdles, 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles

Stats

Indoor Personal Bests

Mark/Time 

Event 

Meet

7.44

60m

2022 BYU December Invitational

8.30

60m Hurdles

2023 Jarvis Scott Open

24.82

200m

2023 Jarvis Scott Open

 

Outdoor Personal Bests

Mark/Time 

Event 

Meet

11.77

100m

2023 Trojan Invitational

13.29

100m Hurdles

2023 NCAA West Preliminary

24.01

200m

2023 BYU Last Chance Meet

Career Results

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2022

  • Indoor
    • Won individual titles in both the 60m and 60m hurdles at the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships
    • Set personal bests in the 60m hurdles (8.39) and 200m (24.92) at the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships
    • Her 60m hurdles time of 8.39 at the MPSF Championships was good for sixth-best in BYU history
    • Ran a personal best time of 7.54 in the 60m at the BYU December Invite
    • Competed in four meets during the 2022 season
  • Outdoor
    • Ran on the 4x100m squad that set a new school record (44.68, Desert Heat Classic) and then broke it at the BYU Cougar Invitational with a a time of 44.63
    • Competed on the 4x100m team that qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary, finishing 16th with a time of 44.80
    • Raced in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA West Preliminary, finishing 24th in the first round and 20th in the quarterfinal with a wind-aided time of 13.32
    • Ran the sixth-fastest 100m hurdles time in program history, 13.46, at the UVU Collegiate Invitational
    • Set personal bests in the 100m (11.94), 100m hurdles (13.46) and 200m (24.33)
    • Competed in eight meets during the 2022 season
Sophmore Year 2023

  • Indoor
    • Clocked BYU's No. 3 all-time 60m finish with 7.44 at BYU December Invitational.
    • Clocked BYU's No. 5 all-time 60m hurdles finish with 8.30 at the Air Force Lindeman Invitational 
    • MPSF Conference Champion in the 60m hurdles​​​​​​
  • Outdoor
    • Received USTFCCCA All-America Honorable Mention honors in the 4x100m 
    • Combined with Jaslyn Gardner, Dolita Shaw and Marianne Barber to set a 4x100m school record (43.84) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round
    • BYU No. 5 all-time 100m hurdles finish with 13.29 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round
Junior Year

 


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Senior Year

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year

Freshman 2021

Indoor

  • Ran a personal best in the 60H with a time of 8.63 at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational
  • Set a personal best in the 60m at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational with a time of 7.73
  • Competed in four meets during the 2021 indoor season

Outdoor

  • Competed in the 100H at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, finishing 41st with a time of 13.58
  • Ran a personal best time of 13.68 in the 100H at the BYU Cougar Invitational
  • Set a personal best in the 100 at the ISU Bengal Invitational with a time of 12.48
  • Ran a personal best time of 24.97 in the 200 at the Jim Click Shootout
  • Competed in eight meets during the 2021 outdoor season
  • Adaobi Tabugbo #6 60H time in BYU history

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  • Adaobi Tabugbo in 60m hurdles at MPSF Championships

    Adaobi Tabugbo in 60m hurdles at MPSF Championships

  • Adaobi Tabugbo 60H MPSF Champion

    Adaobi Tabugbo 60H MPSF Champion

  • Adaobi Tabugbo tied for 5th all-time in 100m hurdles program history

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  • BYU Women's T/F sets 4x100 school record at 2022 Desert Heat Classic

    BYU Women's T/F sets 4x100 school record at 2022 Desert Heat Classic.png