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University of California, Santa Barbara

2025 Women's Track and Field Roster

Nyenuchi Okemgbo

  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Richland, Wash.
  • High School Hanford HS

Biography

2025 TRACK & FIELD: Recorded a personal best in the 400m (57.53) at Nevada Invitational (Jan. 24) … Posted a time of 8.82 in the 60m hurdles at Crimson Elite Invite (Feb. 7) … Took first overall in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:01.79 at Long Beach Opener (March 7) and a time of 1:01.35 at Challenge Cup (March 14) … Ran personal bests in the 100m hurdles (14.05) and 400m hurdles (1:00.43) to take first in both events at UCSB Open (April 12) ... Competed in the 400m hurdles at Mount SAC Relays (April 18) … Placed first in both the 100m hurdles (13.95) and 400m hurdles (1:00.43) at UCSB Invite (April 26) … Qualified for the finals by recording personal records in the 100m hurdles prelims (13.64) and 400m hurdles prelims (1:00.13) at Big West Championships (May 16).

PRIOR TO UC SANTA BARBARA: Spent the 2019-20 season at Eastern Washington earning Big Sky All-Academic Team and All-Big Sky honors in the 60-meter hurdles ... Finished third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Big Sky Championships and posted the second-fastest time in school history ... Spent the 2020-21 season at Ohio State making her debut at the UM BIG Silverston Invitational ... Spent the last three seasons at Boise State ... During the 2021-22 season, earned All-Mountain West honors in the 4x400m relay and the 400-meter hurdles ... Earned a spot in the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 400-meter hurdles ... Spring Academic All-Mountain West selection ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete ... During the 2022-23 season, again earned All-Mountain West honors in the 4x400m relay ... Earned a spot in the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 400-meter hurdles ... Named Academic All-Mountain West and was a USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete for the second time ... Ended her career as a Bronco as a three time All-Academic athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of Hanford High School 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.