2022-23 Track & Field Roster
Okemgbo, Nyenuchi
Nyenuchi Okemgbo
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Richland, Wash.
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- High School:
- Hanford HS
- Prev School:
- Eastern Washington / Ohio State
- NIL Exchange:
- Nyenuchi Okemgbo
Bio
CAREER HONORS
INDOOR
CAREER BESTS
INDOOR
60m - 8.01
60m Hurdles - 8.61
200m - 25.28
Triple Jump - 11.04m (36’2.75’’)
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OUTDOOR
200m - 25.20
100m Hurdles - 13.98
400m Hurdles - 58.56
- 2x NCAA West Preliminary Round (2022- 400m Hurdles, 2023 - 400m Hurdles)
- 3x All-Mountain West Track and Field (2022 - Indoor 4x400-Meter Relay, 2022- Outdoor 400m Hurdles, 2023- Outdoor 4x400m Relay)
- 3x Academic All-Mountain West (Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024)
- 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022, 2023)
- Big Sky All-Academic Team (2019-20)
- All-Big Sky Honors (2019-20 - 60m Hurdles)
- Honors: Spring Academic All-Mountain West
- Did not compete.
- Top Highlights: Participated in six meets…made her season debut at the Mangrum Invitational (March 22)...won the women’s 400-meter hurdles at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (March 29)...competed in the women’s 400m hurdles at the Mountain West Championships (May 9).
- Honors: All-Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field (4x400m Relay)...NCAA West Preliminary Round (400m Hurdles)...Spring Academic All-Mountain West…USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete.
- Top Highlights: Ran the second-fastest time in program history (3:42.04) in the 4x400-meter relay at the Texas Tech Open & Multis (Jan. 27-28)...represented the Broncos at the Mountain West Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-25) in the 60m hurdles and 4x400m relay.
- Top Highlights: Garnered second in the 400m hurdles at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (March 30-April 1)...recorded the third-fastest time in program history in the 4x400m relay (3:41.22), earning second place at the Beach Invitational (April 14-15)...registered a bronze-medal finish in the 4x400m relay at the MW Outdoor Championships (May 11-13), breaking the school record with a time of 3:39.16…qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 400m hurdles…placed 47th in the first round of the 400m hurdles at the preliminaries.
- Honors: All-Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field (4x400m Relay)... All-Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field (400m Hurdles)...NCAA West Preliminary Round (400m Hurdles)...Spring Academic All-Mountain West…USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete.
- Top Highlights: Opened the season at the Spokane Invitational (Dec. 11), placing second in women’s 60m hurdles…finished third in women’s 4x400 relay at the WSU Invitational (Feb. 4-5) and recorded a personal-best time of 25.28 in the 200m dash…set a PR in the women’s 60m hurdles at the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 24-26), clocking a time of 8.63.
- Top Highlights: Kicked off the outdoor segment of the season at the 43rd Aztec Invitational (March 24-26), placing sixth and seventh in women’s 400m hurdles and 100m hurdles, respectively…won the women’s 400m hurdles at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (March 31-April 2)…was a member of the first-place women’s 4x400m relay and set a PR in women’s 200m dash at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational (April 8-9)...at the Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 11-14), garnered the silver medal in the women’s 400m hurdles, becoming just the second Bronco woman to break the one-minute barrier, posting a time of 58.56...became the school record holder in the event…also registered a PR time of 13.98 in the women’s 100m hurdles…qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 25-28) in the women’s 400m hurdles, placing 26th.
INDOOR
- Top Highlights: Made Ohio State debut at the UM B1G Silverston Invitational and took eighth in the 60m Hurdles.
- Did not compete.
- Honors: Big Sky All-Academic Team...All-Big Sky honors (60m Hurdles)
- Top Highlights: Finished third in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2020 Big Sky Championships and posted the second-fastest time in school history.
- Season canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- Graduate of Hanford in Richland Wash...ran cross country, track and played soccer...four-time State 4A Championships qualifier in track, finishing third in the 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles her senior year...concluded her high school career as the 2019 Hanford Female Athlete of the Year.
CAREER BESTS
INDOOR
60m - 8.01
60m Hurdles - 8.61
200m - 25.28
Triple Jump - 11.04m (36’2.75’’)
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OUTDOOR
200m - 25.20
100m Hurdles - 13.98
400m Hurdles - 58.56
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