UTEP Miners

Miner Nuggets: Bronze medalist in the long jump at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing with a personal best of 6.91 (22-8) for Nigeria.

2009: Indoor: Redshirted. Outdoor: Finished fifth in the triple jump and eight in the long jump at the 2009 NCAA Championships to earn USTFCCCA All-America honors, was ninth in the 100-meter dash ... tabbed the Mountain Region Field Athlete of the Year ... earned Conference USA Performance and High Point Scorer of the Meet ... named a Honda Collegiate Women Sports Award nominee ... Midwest Region champion in the long jump with a leap of 6. 65m (21-10), third in the triple, 13.47m (44-02.50) ... claimed four crowns at the C-USA Championships with gold in the 100m (11.21), long jump (6.90m), triple jump (13.73m) and as the anchor for the 4x100m relay (45.04) ... first in the 100-meter dash clocking in a PR of 11.21 at the Don Kirby Invitational ... part of the 4x100 and 4x200 relays that took second at the Drake Relays with times of 44.92 and 1:35.43 respectively ... UTEP Invitational champion in the long jump (6.86m) and in the 4x100m relay (45.25) ... second in the triple jump at the Texas Relays (44-04.25) and sixth with the 400-meter relay ... top finish in the long jump (6.44m) and 4x100m relay (45.36) at the Springtime Invitational.

2008 (Junior): Indoor: Earned a pair of All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships, taking silver in the long jump (6.63) and fourth in the triple (13.57), leading UTEP to a 13th place finish...named the USTFCCCA Women[apos]s Field Athlete of the Year and the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Female Newcomer of the Year...claimed the C-USA Championship crowns in the long and triple jumps en route to breaking the UTEP and C-USA records in both events...the mark of 6.65 (21-10.00) in the long jump was second best NCAA as she headed into the national meet ranked top three in both events. Outdoor: Three-time All-American, taking silver in the triple jump with a PR and school record mark of 14.01 (45-11.75), third in the long jump, 6.59 (21-7 ½), and ran anchor for the sixth place 4x100-meter team...led the women to the best finish ever, 10th, at the NCAA Outdoor Championships...named the USTFCCA Mountain Region Women[apos]s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Female Newcomer of the Year...Conference USA long jump and triple jump champion...set C-USA records in the triple with a jump of 13.86 (45-5.75) and in the long jump with a mark of 6.7 (21-11.75)...set a UTEP and regional qualifying mark in her first outing in the long jump at the Springtime Invitational, 6.78 (22-3), at the time the world[apos]s best mark of the year and a Kidd Field record...helped the Miner women rank as high as sixth nationally during the season...finished second in the long jump, 6.41 (21-00.5) at the Drake Relays...a two-time C-USA Athlete of the Week.

Before UTEP: Set a one-time record for Nigeria at the Mobile Track and Field Championships in May 2007 by finishing with a leap of 14.13 meters in the triple jump ... earned a silver medal in the long jump and finished fourth in the triple jump at the All-Africa Games in May 2007 ... competed at the World Junior Championships in 2006.

Personal: General studies major ... daughter of Margaret and Francis Okagbare ... born Oct. 9, 1988, in Sapele, Nigeria.