Track & Field

Ngozi Onwumere
Ngozi Onwumere

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Mesquite, Texas
High School:
Mesquite HS
Height:
5-8
Event:
Long Jump/Sprints
Experience:
2L

04/20/2013

Track & Field Wraps Up Busy Weekend

Onwumere leads Cougars with two personal best

04/14/2013

Track and Field Sets 16 Personal Best at Texas Invitational

The Cougars claim four event titles at one-day meet

04/11/2013

More than 160 Student-Athletes Named to C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

Cougars earn award with cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher from 16 sports programs

03/16/2013

Track & Field Concludes TSU Relays

Cougars claim five event titles in final day of competition

02/24/2013

Nnokwam Sets School Record on Day One of Conference USA Indoor Championships

Competition resumes at 10 a.m. with the conclusion of the men's heptathlon

• 2012 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2011 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

2012-13 (Junior)
Indoor: Member of the women's 4x400 relay team that took third with a time of 3:45.83 at the season opener...Finished second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.03 at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational...4x400 team took home first (3:48.97) at the Howie Ryan Indoor Invitational and Multi's...The team took second with a season best of 3:41.21 at the Texas A&M Invitational...Competed in the long jump and 400-meter dash at the Conference USA Indoor Championships...Took fourth in the long jump with the C-USA Championships with a season best of 5.90m (19-4.25).

2011-12 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Member of the 4x4 relay team that placed third (3:44.03) at the Conference USA Championships...Placed fifth in the long jump after jumping 5.55m at the Texas A&M Reveille Invitational... Ran a season best of 57.43 to place fifth in the 400m at the 2012 Adidas Classic.

Outdoor: Member of the 4x4 relay team that placed second (3:37.39) at the Conference USA Championships and 13th (3:38.09) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round...Ran a 54.57 in the 400m to place second at the Victor Lopez Classic...Was the fourth place finisher in the 200m at the LSU Invitational with a time of 24.04... 4x400 relay team that finished on top at the Mt. Sac Relays with a time of 3:38.70...Finished in ninth-place (56.41) at the Conference USA Championships.

2010-11 (Freshman)
Indoor
Leonard Hilton (60m) 7.85 - 19th
Leonard Hilton (200m) 25.70 - 7th
Leonard Hilton (400m) 1:00.60 - 13th
Adidas Classic (200m) 25.29 - 6th
Adidas Classic (Long Jump) 5.41m/17-09.00 - 5th
Houston Invitational (200m) 25.40 - 9th
Houston Invitational (Long Jump) 4.61m/15-1.500 - 15th
A&M Conference Challenge (200m) 24.72 - 20th
A&M Conference Challenge (Long Jump) 5.18m/17-0.00 - 19th
C-USA Championships (200m) 25.05 - 15th
C-USA Championships (400m) 58.22 - 12th

HIGH SCHOOL
District champion from 2007-09.. Regional Champion 2008... State Qualifier 2008-09... Also a member of three-time district champion volleyball team and played basketball throughout high school and middle school.

PERSONAL
Born Jan. 23, 1992 in Mesquite, Texas... Daughter of Rose and Emmanuel Onwumere... Sister to Ifeoma, Nneka and Kelechi... Full name Ngozi Whitney Onwumere... Volunteered with Clothes Closest and Salvation Army... Career ambition to be a physical therapist... Hobbies include singing, hair, clothes construction and sewing.

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