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2016 Women's Track and Field Roster

Anuli Okonkwo

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Osseo
  • Hometown Maple Grove, Minn.

Biography

PRONUNCIATION: ON-a-lee O-konk-wo

• 2015 Horizon League Outdoor 4x400m Relay Champion
• 2015 Horizon League Indoor 4x400m Relay Champion
• 2014 Horizon League Outdoor 400m Champion
• 2014 Horizon League 4x100m Relay Champion
• All-League Second Team (2015 Outdoor 200m, 2015 4x100m Relay, 2015 Indoor 400m, 2014 Outdoor 4x400m Relay)

2016 Outdoor: Capped an impressive career with four more trips to the podium at the Horizon League Championships, taking fifth in the 400m, sixth in the 200m, third in the 4x100m relay and fifth in the 4x400m relay ... started the outdoor season with a win in the 200m and third-place finish in the 100m at the Billiken Kickoff Mar. 19 ... was 12th in the 200m and 19th in the 100m at the Big Blue Classic April 2 ... won the 400m and was fifth in the 200m at the Lee Calhoun Memorial April 15 ... placed ninth in the 200m and 12th in the 100m at Louisville's Lyles/Wood Invite one week later ... named to the Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll.


2016 Indoor: Scored in all three events, taking sixth in the 200m, seventh in the 400m and fifth in the 4x400m relay at the Horizon League Championships ... started her senior season winning the 200m and taking fourth in the 60m at the Karl Schlender Invite Jan. 16 ... came in third in the 300m at the Tierney Quad Jan. 24 ... finished seventh in the 200m and eighth in the 400m at the Mike Lints Open Jan. 30 ... placed 21st in the 60m, 27th in the 200m and 31st in the 400m at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 12 ... named to the Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2015 Indoor: Had a strong showing at the Horizon League Championships, being crowned league champion in the 4x400m relay, league runner-up in the 400m and finishing fifth in the 200m ... helped shatter the school record in the 4x400m relay at the league meet, setting the new standard to 3:48.88 ... 400m time of 56.28 at the league championships now stands fourth in UWM history ... moved into third place in school history in the 200m with a time of 24.90 in prelims at the league meet ... fourth in the 400m and seventh in the 200m in season opener Jan. 16 ... finished second in the 300m and fifth in the 60m at the John Tierney Triangular Jan. 23 ... had an outstanding showing at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 14, posting a PR of 56.59 in the 400m and helping shatter the school record in the DMR, lowering the new standard to 11:54.66 ... won the 60m with a personal-best time of 7.89 at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 20. 2015 Outdoor: Continued her outstanding career with a league title in the 4x400m relay at the Horizon League Championships ... also came in second in the 200m, second in the 4x100m relay and third in the 400m at the league championships ... 4x100m relay time of 46.75 now stands tied for fifth in school history ... preliminary 200m time of 24.61 now stands seventh in UWM history ... started the season taking third in the 400m and fifth in the 200m at the Billiken Kickoff Mar. 21 ... was second in the 200m and third in the 100m at Marquette April 10 ... had an incredible showing at the Drake Relays, running the opening leg to help break the school record in the sprint medley relay in 4:02.27 ... also helped post the second-fastest 4x400m relay time (3:48.00) and the fourth-fastest 4x100m relay time (46.74) at Drake.

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.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

  • 2016Senior