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Leoman Momoh
Position: Middle Distance
Height: 6'2"
Year: Senior
Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
High School: Cordova HS
Experience: 3 Letters
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Leoman Momoh
Courtesy: Arkansas
Release: 09/04/2009

PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
800m – 1:48.81 (Tyson Invitational, 2/11/12)
Outdoor
800m – 1:48.73 (SEC Championships – 5/11/12)

HONORS & AWARDS
2012 All-American
2012 All-SEC
2012 NCAA West Preliminary qualifier (800m)

2012 || INDOOR: Momoh ran the 800-meter leg of the distance-medley relay and helped the team to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, earning first-team All-America honors. The previous week he was part of the DMR that posted a season-best time of 9:31.48 at the Alex Wilson Invitational, an effort that secured a spot at the national meet. Momoh scored a fourth-place finish at 800 meters at the SEC Championships. He set a personal best of 1:48.81 in a second-place performance at the Tyson Invitational. He posted a pair of 800-meter wins during the season at the Arkansas-Texas Dual and Meyo Invitational. OUTDOOR: Momoh closed out his season as a qualifier at 800 meters for the NCAA West Preliminary. He advanced to the second round of the event. At the SEC Championships, he established a personal best of 1:48.73 in the first round and finished as the conference runner-up at 800 meters at the SEC Championships. Momoh was part of two second-place efforts at the Drake Relays with the 4x800-meter and distance-medley relays. During the year, he also registered a personal-best time of 47.49 at 400 meters at the season-opening Arkansas Spring Invitational.

2011 || INDOOR: At the season-opening Arkansas Invitational, Momoh finished in first place in the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.85 and was part of a third-place 4x400-meter team. At the Tyson Invitational, he ran to another victory in the college-division 800 meters in a time of 1:52.49. He also ran the 800-meter leg of Arkansas' third-place DMR (9:54.39) at Tyson. Momoh closed out his indoor season with a personal-best 1:50.38 in a third-place showing at the Arkansas Last Chance meet. OUTDOOR: Momoh finished in third place of the 400 meters (48.72) at the Texas Triangular and followed with a runner-up showing in the 800 meters (1:50.87) at the Razorback Spring Invitational. He ran the lead-off leg for Arkansas' 4x800-meter relay that clocked a time of 7:20.20 and finished second at Texas Relays. Momoh posted his first sub-1:50 performance in the 800 meters with a personal-best 1:49.55 at the John McDonnell Invitational. At Penn Relays, he was part the sprint-medley relay (3:23.03) and 4x800-meter relay (7:18.08) that each finished in fourth place. Running down from his normal distance, he posted a personal-best 47.54 in the 400 meters, good for fifth place at the Arkansas Twilight. Momoh finished seventh in the 800 meters at the SEC Championships to earn points for the Razorbacks. He advanced to the final with a 1:50.22 effort in the prelim. Momoh closed out his season at the NCAA West Preliminary, in which he had qualified for the 800 meters.

2010 || INDOOR: Momoh began his Razorback career at the Arkansas Invitational where he was third in the 800 meters (1:55.69) and part of the fourth-place 4x400-meter relay (3:20.50). At the Arkansas-Texas dual meet, he was fourth in the half-mile event and ran the third leg of the 4x400 relay that crossed third in a time of 3:17.63. He also competed with the distance-medley relay at the Razorback Invitational. At the New Balance Collegiate Invitational, Momoh had a season-best 800 time of 1:53.30, good for a third-place showing. At the SEC Championships, he finished 14th in the preliminary rounds of the 800 meters with a time of 1:56.89. OUTDOOR: He continued his work in the 800 meters and relays during the outdoor season. At the Arkansas-Texas dual meet, he was fourth in the 800 meters and ran lead off for the third-place 4x400 relay. Momoh ran an outdoor season best of 1:51.71 in the 800 at the Arkansas Twilight. At the SEC Championships, he finished 20th in the preliminary rounds of the half-mile race. Following the collegiate season, he posted a time of 1:52.29 at the USA Junior Championships. The time marked his second-best clocking of the season.

AT CORDOVA HS: Momoh holds prep bests of 48.8 in the 400 meters and 1:51.81 in the 800 meters. He was the 2009 Tennessee State Champion at 800 meters (1:51.81) and as a member of the 4x400-meter (3:19.62) and 4x800-meter relays (7:52.01). Additionally, he took city, regional and sectional titles in the 800 meters and as a member of the 4x400-meter and 4x800-meter relays. Momoh did not lose an 800-meter race during the championship meets of his senior campaign. He took event wins at the MIAA City Championships, TSSAA AAA Section 4 Championships and in the prelims and finals of the Tennessee State Championships. He also picked up a race win at the Music City Distance Carnival (1:55.19). He holds the Cordova High School record in the 800 meters and as a member of the 4x800-meter and distance medley relays.

PERSONAL: Born March 30, 1991, he is the son of Luqman and Khadijat Momoh. He enrolled in the Sam M. Walton College of Business and is majoring in finance.


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