Tobi Amusan has faced her share of hurdles over the past year, which is appropriate for someone who makes a living getting over them.
Among the medal favorites in the 100-meter hurdles for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the UTEP graduate and now UTEP volunteer assistant coach faced the mental adjustment of losing the 2020 season to the pandemic.
The Nigerian's two best times this year, the fourth-and-fifth best all-conditions times in the world this season, didn't count toward records because of an aiding tailwind. That kept one of her big goals, taking down the 23-year-old African (and Nigerian) record of 12.