Not everything that went away during COVID is coming back.
For a time, Ned Azemia's speed, his ability to clear hurdles as quickly as almost any collegian in America, looked to be one of those things that simply vanished.
Turns out, UTEP's senior 400-meter hurdler from Victoria, Seychelles, just needed a little time to get all that back in order.
Three years after a silver medal for Western Texas College at the NJCAA championships, two years after having to leave the University of Miami for his African home because of the COVID shutdown, one year after a transfer to UTEP and initially coming up short of his goals and standards, Azemia is starting to feel the lightning returning to his legs.