LSU Gold
Position
Sprints
Height
5'5
Class
Junior
Hometown
Bebelebiri, Nigeria
High School
Community Secondary School, Aleibiri
Experience
2L
Indoor Class
Junior

Tima Godbless’ TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)

5x USTFCCCA First Team All-American
1x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
3x Second Team All-SEC
2024 Paris Olympian (100 Meter, 200 Meter, 4×100-Meter Relay)
2024 African Championships Gold Medalist (4×100-Meter Relay)
2023-24 LSWA Women’s Freshman of the Year
2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
SEC Women’s Runner of the Week 1x (02/11/25)

LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 3: Indoor 60 Meter (7.08, 2025 Tyson Invitational)
No. 4: Outdoor 100 Meter (10.91, 2025 NCAA East First Round)
No. 4: Outdoor 4×100-Meter Relay (42.49, 2024 SEC Outdoor Championships)

Collegiate All-Time Top 10 Performance List
T-No. 10: Indoor 60 Meter (7.08, 2025 Tyson Invitational)
T-No. 10: Outdoor 4×100-Meter Relay (42.49, 2024 SEC Outdoor Championships)

2025 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Closed the year finishing with All-American honors in the 100 meter, 200 meter and 4×100-meter relay for the second outdoor season in a row… clocked a time of 11.19 seconds to finish third and earn First Team All-American honors in the 100 meter at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… helped the 4×100 to an eighth-place finish at the same meet with a time of 43.32 seconds, earning First Team honors in the event… earned Second Team All-American honors in the 200m with a time of 22.59 seconds to finish 10th in the season finale… recorded a personal-best time of 10.91 seconds at the NCAA East First Round, which was the No. 1 time in the world at the moment… the time of 10.91 ranked Godbless fourth in LSU performance-list history, fourth in Nigerian history, sixth in African history and 12th in collegiate history… qualified in the 100m, 200m and 4×100 at the NCAA East First Round… earned silver in the 100m at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 11.06… finished second in the 4×100 at the conference meet with a team time of 43.02 seconds, earning her second Second Team All-SEC honor of the meet… finished fifth overall at the conference meet in the 200m with a time of 22.68 seconds in the final… clocked a personal-best time of 22.55 seconds at the Tom Jones Invitational to finish first, which ranks her 10th in Nigerian history… also finished second in the 100m at the same meet with a time of 11.14 seconds… closed the regular season taking first in the 4×100 and second in the 100m at the LSU Invitational… finished first in the 200m and third in the 4×100 at the LSU Alumni Gold meet… won the 200m at the Battle at the Beach with a wind-aided time of 22.66 seconds… opened the season taking second in the 4×100 and third in the 100m at the LSU Battle on the Bayou… 2x USTFCCCA First Team All-American (100m, 4×100)… 1x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (200m)… 2x Second Team All-SEC (100m, 4×100).

2025 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Burst onto the scene in her first full indoor season with the Tigers… clocked the No. 6 indoor 60-meter time in the world of 7.08 seconds to finish first at the Tyson Invitational… the time of 7.08 seconds ranks third in LSU performance-list history, 10th in collegiate PL history, No. 5 in Nigerian history and No. 6 in African history… finished fourth in the 60m at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 7.22 seconds… took 12th in the 200 meter at the conference meet… recorded an indoor PR of 23.19 (converted to 23.26 for altitude) to finish eighth overall at the UNM Collegiate Classic… finished second in the same meet in the 60m with a time of 7.14 (converted to 7.16a)… finished third in the 60m and seventh in the 200m at the Razorback Invitational… took fifth in the 60m at the LSU Purple Tiger to open the season… 1x SEC Women’s Runner of the Week (02/11).

2024 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Made her name known throughout the nation during her first outdoor season with the Tigers… qualified for the 100 meter, 200 meter and 4×100-meter relay at the Paris Olympics… helped the Team Nigeria 4×100 to a first-place finish at the African Championships with a time of 43.01 seconds… at the NCAA Outdoor Championships Godbless became the first freshman woman in the nation to earn three First Team All-American honors since Sha’Carri Richardson did it in 2019… clocked an Olympic-entry standard qualifying time of 22.56 seconds at the NCAA Championships in the 200 meter to finish eighth overall in the nation… clocked a time of 11.10 seconds in the 100 meter final at the NCAA Championships to finish eighth… helped the 4×100-meter relay team to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships with a time of 42.57 seconds… at the NCAA East First Round she recorded a personal-best time of 11.03 seconds in the 100m, which qualified her for the Olympics and ranked 10th in the nation in 2024… was part of the Tigers winning their 26th SEC women’s team title, scoring a total of 5.5 points for LSU in the 100m and 4x100m relay… finished fifth at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the 100m final with a time of 11.14 seconds… helped the LSU 4x100m relay to bronze at the SEC Championships with a time of 42.49 seconds, which ranks fourth in LSU PL history, fifth in the nation during 2024 and 10th on the all-time collegiate PL… finished 14th in the 200m at the SEC Championships with a time of 23.06 seconds… punched her first ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics at the World Athletics Relays in Bahamas, anchoring Nigeria’s 4x100m relay to a heat win with the team’s time of 42.71 seconds alongside former Tiger great Favour Ofili… finished fourth in the 100m (11.15) and second in the 4x100m relay (43.29) at the LSU Invitational… took third place in the 4x100m relay with a team time of 43.53 seconds at the LSU Alumni Gold meet… finished first with the Tiger 4x100m relay at the Tom Jones Invitational with a time of 43.05 seconds… earned a first-place finish in the 100m at the Keyth Talley Invitational with a time of 11.24 seconds… opened her season at the Hurricane Invitational with a second-place finish in the 4x100m relay and sixth-place finish in the 200m… had top-10 finishes in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay at the Battle on the Bayou… USTFCCCA First Team All-American (100m, 200m, 4×100)… Second Team All-SEC (4×100).

2024 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Competed in two meet during the 2024 indoor season… recorded a 60 meter personal-best time of 7.77 seconds at the LSU Purple Tiger… recorded an altitude-converted time of 23.85 seconds in the 200 meter at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.

PRIOR TO LSU – Community Secondary School, Aleibiri
Gobless comes to LSU with a plethora of experience on the national and world stage… recorded a legal personal-best time of 11.09 seconds, which is second in African U20 history and is the Nigerian U20 national record… ranks fifth in Nigerian-U20 history with a 200 meter PR of 23.07 seconds… she is a two-time African U20 Champion, winning the 100 and 200 in 2023… a two-time 4×100-meter national relay champion for Nigeria (2022 & 2023)… an African senior 4×100 champion and placed fourth in the 100 in 2022… repping Nigeria, finished fifth in the 100 with a time of 11.19 seconds at the World U20 Championships in 2022… took third with the Nigerian 4×100 team at the World U20 Championships in 2021.

PERSONAL
Born on July 14, 2004, in Bebelebiri, Nigeria… daughter of Godbless Seikeseye and Kwakwa-ere Godbless… has four siblings – Daniel, Esther, Gesikeme, and Simon… plans to pursue a degree in sport administration at LSU.

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