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2024-25 Track and Field Roster

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Obiora Okeke

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hawthorne, Calif.
  • Previous School Sato Academy of Math & Science
  • College Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Biography

2024-25 (Senior): (ITF) won WT with mark of 19.23m at Rutgers Holiday Classic and season opener, won SP with mark of 18.36m at DYC tri-meet, won SP at Mets with season’s best mark of 19.25m, won SP again at Penn Classic with throw of 18.59m, new WT PR of 20.60m at Kane Invite and won both the WT & SP events, competed in both events at Ivy Indoor Championships and scored in the top 4 for both (OTF) threw great marks in SP and HT and DT at Penn & Florida Relays, won both DT and HT (new PR of 62.64m) at Oscar Moore, won all three throwing events at Mark Young Invite in the SP and DT and HT, won the SP with new PR of 20.17m and scored in the top 4 for DT event & made the HT final with an injured thumb at Ivy Outdoor Championships, went on to compete in NCAA East First Round Qualifier in all of his throwing events, qualified for and competed in SP finals at NCAA DI Outdoor T&F Championships

2023-24 (Junior): (ITF) Won both SP (18.33m) and WT (18.40m) at Penn Select 10 meet, won SP with 17.88m throw at YDC Challenge, won SP with 17.68m at Crimson Elite meet, won SP with another 17.68m throw at Fastrack National Invite, scored 2nd place finish in SP (18.64m) and threw WT PR of 20.04m to score with 5th place finish at competed and scored with 5th place finish in 800m at Ivy League Heps Indoor T&F Championships. (OTF) Won SP with 18.21m throw at Hurricane Alumni Invitational, won SP in 18.58m at Virginia Challenge, competed in SP at Penn Relays, won SP and threw PR of 18.68m and scored with 6th place finish in HT finals at Ivy League Heps Outdoor T&F Championships, threw DT PR of 56.91m at West Point Twilight meet, won SP in 18.10m at Yale Twilight meet, went on to compete in NCAA East First Round Qualifier in both DT and SP, qualified for and competed in DT finals at NCAA DI Outdoor T&F Championships.


2022-23 (Sophomore): (ITF) Posted a personal best weight throw mark of 53-8.5/16.37m at the Dr.Sander Columbia Challenge, finishing 8th (Jan. 27-28) … Competed at the 115th Millrose Games in weight throw, placing 9th with mark of 51-9.25/15.78m (Feb.11) … (OTF): Finished 3rd place in both DT and HT events at the 2023 Springtime… PR discus mark of 148-8/45.31m and PR hammer throw mark of 171-4/52.23m (Apr. 30) … Top performance in shot put at Yale’s Last Chance Meet with a personal best SP mark of 58-2.5/17.74m (May 13) … Participated in NCAA East Preliminaries for shot put and placed 41st with mark of 55-7/16.94m (May 25-27)

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Throws
  • 2023-24Junior

    Throws
  • 2024-25Senior

    Throws