Nsiah sets one hundred records

ABBOTSFORD -- Finish high school, see the world, then go home and start university. Vida Nsiah is following the blueprint.

But the world she sees surrounds running tracks - Victoria, for the Commonwealth Games in 1994, Atlanta and Sydney for the Olympics in 1996 and 2000. And her school, Central Ohio University, is a long way from her home in Ghana.

The 25-year-old sprinter, who is starting a degree in computer science in a place called Wilberforce, Ohio because "their recruiter called me and asked me to come," added Friday an impressive souvenir from her world travels.

Nsiah won two golds while re-writing the NAIA record book during the second day of the national track and field championships here.

Nsiah broke NAIA records in the women's 100 metres and 100 hurdles. She clocked 13.41 seconds - into a headwind - to win the hurdles by nearly a second, then clocked 11.37 in the 100 metres only an hour later. The previous meet records for each event were 13.44 and 11.41 seconds.

"Victoria was very beautiful," she beamed when asked about 1994.

"All the islands. The world championships are here [July, in Edmonton] and I want to go to that, too. But my country hasn't called me."

Phone lines must be down in Ghana.