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2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Chidera Okoro

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Dodge City HS
  • Hometown Dodge City, Kansas

Biography

Career and Season Results
Academic Honors
CSC Academic All-District - 2024
5x Academic All-Conference - 2022, '21, '23, '24, '25
10x AD Honor Roll - Fall '20, Spring '21, Fall '21, Spring '22, Fall '22, Spring '23, Fall '23, Spring '24, Fall '24, Spring '25
Involvement
SAAC Representative - 2021-25
2024-25 (Senior): Indoor – Competed in four meets, recording five top-five performances…Took second in the long jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular with a season-best mark of 5.87m/19’3.25”…Placed fourth in the triple jump with a season-best mark of 12.52m/41’1”, then sixth-farthest jump in Wichita State history, at the American Indoor Championships, scoring five points for the team and took 11th in the long jump. Outdoor – Competed in six meets…Jumped 12.07m/39’7.25” to take sixth in the triple jump at the Oregon Open…Placed 15th in the long jump and the triple jump at the American Outdoor Championships.

2023-24 (Junior): Indoor – Competed in seven meets, claiming three event wins and nine top-five performances…Won the long jump and the triple jump at the Wilson Invitational…Joined the 6-meter club, winning the long jump at the Ichabod Invitational with a leap of 6.00m/19’8.25”, the eighth-farthest jump in Shocker history…Jumped a season-best 12.21m/40’0.75” to place fifth at the Arkansas Qualifier…Placed fifth in the long jump, scoring four points for the team, and 11th in the triple jump at the AAC Championships. Outdoor – Competed in seven meets, claiming five individual event wins and running on two winning 4x100-meter relays…Won the long jump at the Friends Spring Open, the KT Woodman Classic and the Ward Haylett Invitational…Won the triple jump at both the Shocker Spring Invitational and the Ward Haylett Invitational…Jumped season bests in both the long jump and triple jump at the AAC Championships…Placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 6.02m/19’9” and sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.59m/41’3.75”, the 10th-best jump in school history…Scored six points for the team.

2022-23 (Sophomore): Indoor – Competed in five meets, winning three event titles…Jumped a season best in the long jump to win the long jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular…Won the triple jump at both the Lindeman Invitational and the USD Alumni Meet…Leapt a season-best 12.16m/39’10.75” at the Triangular…Ran a season-best 7.79 in the 60 meters to place fourth at the Herm Wilson Invitational…Placed 11th and 12th in the triple jump and long jump, respectively, at the AAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor – Competed in four meets, winning the 100 meters and triple jump at the Shocker Open…Jumped season bests in the long jump (5.78m/18’11.75”) and triple jump (12.09m/39’8”) at the AAC Outdoor Championships, placing 12th and 13th, respectively.

2021-22 (Freshman II): Indoor – Competed in seven meets…Won the triple jump at the Shocker Prelude with a season-best 11.85m/38’10.5”…Placed 12th in the triple jump at the AAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor – Competed in seven meets…Won the triple jump at the Shocker Open with a season-best 12.20m/40’0.5”…Placed second in both the long jump and triple jump and the Shocker Spring Invitational…Jumped a season-best 5.65m/18’6.5” at the KT Woodman Classic…Finished 15th in the triple jump and 25th in the long jump at the AAC Outdoor Championships.

2020-21 (Freshman): Indoor – Competed at seven meets … Earned a victory in the long jump at the Shocker Prelude … Had four top-five finishes at the Shocker Prelude … Jumped a season-best mark of 5.31m/17-5.25 in the long jump at the Division I Challenge … Jumped 11.55m/37-10.75 at the Championship at The Peak in the triple jump for a season best. Outdoor – Did not compete in a Shocker uniform.

High School: Placed 10th at the 2019 Kansas State Championships in the long jump … Ran on her team’s 4X100- and 4X400-meter relay teams in 2019 and helped the 4X400-meter relay team take fourth at the state meet … Qualified for the KSHSAA 6A State Championships in the long jump as a freshman and sophomore … Helped her school’s 4X400-meter relay team finish fourth at the 2017 Kansas 6A State Championships … Also played volleyball and basketball in high school … Was an all-conference first teamer in basketball during her sophomore and senior seasons and was an all-state honorable mention pick during her final three season of high school basketball … Her sister, Ezinne, is a jumper at Wichita State … Her other sister, Chiamaka, is on the track and field team at Washburn University.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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