2012-13 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
PRONUNCIATION: ON-a-lee O-konk-wo
• 2014 Horizon League Outdoor 400m Champion
• 2014 Horizon League 4x100m Relay Champion
• All-League Second Team (2014 Outdoor 4x400m Relay)
2014 Indoor: Came in third in the 200m and ninth in the 400m at the Horizon League Championships ... also helped the 4x400m relay team to a fourth-place finish at the league championships ... time of 24.95 in the 200m at the league meet now stands third in UWM history ... finished second in the 300m and fourth in the 60m at the John Tierney Triangular Jan. 17 ... won the 200m at the John Craft Invite Jan. 25 ... won the 200m again at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 15 ... also combined to post the fourth-fastest 4x400m relay time in Panther history at the same meet with a time of 3:51.78 ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll. 2014 Outdoor: Won an individual league title in the 400m and team one in the 4x100m relay at the Horizon League Championships ... also came in second in the 4x400m relay and fourth in the 200m at the league championships ... time of 55.70 in the 400m at the league meet now stands sixth in school history and time of 24.82 in the 200m at that meet is now ninth in program history ... also at the league championships, time of 46.89 in the 4x100m relay is now fifth in Panther history ... came in third in the 200m and fifth in the 400m at the Cougar Classic Mar. 22 ... finished second in the 100m and third in the 200m at the Marquette Duals April 4 ... fourth in the 200m at the Billiken Invite April 12.
2013 Indoor: Finished 11th in the 200m and 15th in the 60m as a freshman at the Horizon League Championships ... posted season-best times in both events at the league meet ... finished runner-up in the 200m at the Panther Tune-Up ... fifth in the 200m and seventh in the 60m in collegiate debut at Madison ... also ran the 400m once at the GVSU Big Meet. Outdoor: Ran in the 200m at the outdoor league championships ... also helped the 4x400m relay team to a sixth-place showing at the league meet ... won the 200m and was fourth in the 400m in season opener Mar. 23 ... fourth in both 100m and 200m against Marquette April 5 ... posted a season-best time in the 200m at the Sea Ray Relays April 13 ... in all, tallied eight top-five finishes on the season.
High School
Helped break a Minnesota state record in the 4x200 relay in winning a state title as a senior ... competed in the 200m at the state meet all four years, taking fourth as a senior ... also a standout in basketball, winning conference junior and senior years and finishing state runner-up as a senior.
Personal
Daughter of Vincent and Amrill Okonkwo ... sister, Chiamaka, also ran track for UWM ... born Oct. 14, 1994.
