Rosemary Chukwuma reveals next professional move after impressive third-place finish at the NCAA Championships

Texas Tech University standout speedster Rosemary Chukwuma has revealed her next professional move following her impressive performance in the women's 100m final at the NCAA Championships.

Chukwuma clocked a brilliant 10.90s (2.2m/s) to finish third behind Brianna Lyston (10.89s) and race winner McKenzie Long, who clocked 10.82s and eventually did the double by winning the 200m in a ground-breaking 21.83s.

In an interview with @realtalkwithtee after her race, the Nigerian track phenom revealed she's finally ready to venture into the professional circuit, and getting a podium finish was a perfect ending to her collegiate career.

"I'm excited that I made it from 11.1 to 10.9, It's not easy. I'm happy this is my last year of running with Texas Tech. I'll be signing pro with Adidas or Nike, anyone I'm okay," said Chukwuma.

"I'm excited that I finished my NCAA time with a good performance, good programming from my coach, and I'm super excited that I had some people around me.

"Thank you Favour Ofili, that's my best friend, I love you. Thank you to my coach (Murphy), that's my grassroots coach from Nigeria for always encouraging me, and coach Rob here, he's always talking to me, my daddy, thank you so much. And thanks to the trainers, they're always there with me, when I was battling with injury they were there and I'm super excited that I came out here and did my best."

Chukwuma ended her college career as Texas Tech's record holder in the 60m, 100m, and 200m with multiple conference titles and medals.

She has already punched her Paris Olympic ticket in the 100m event, having clocked an outstanding 10.88s at the NCAA West Preliminaries to become the second-fastest Nigerian woman in history behind Blessing Okagbare.