2019 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Onyie Chibuogwu
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Shoreline, Wash.
- High School:
- Shorecrest
2019 All-America Second Team (Hammer)
2017 Pac-12 Hammer Throw Runner-Up
2019: Closed out her career by breaking her own school record in the hammer throw once again and becoming an All-American for the first time โฆ earned Second Team All-America honors after placing 16th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer with a best of 204-6 โฆ qualified for her first NCAA Championships appearance by taking fifth at NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento, throwing 206-5 โฆ broke her school record by seven feet at the Beach Invitational with a toss of 208-3 โฆ won the hammer at the National Relay Championships in Arkansas with a throw of 193-10 โฆ upped her discus PR to 162-8 with a win in the collegiate section at the Stanford Invitational, going to 10th in school history โฆ won the hammer at the UW-WSU Dual at 191-8 โฆ had a tough Pac-12 meet, finishing 11th in the hammer with her shortest mark of the season at 181-10 and 12th in the discus at 153-9 but bounced back in a big way at the West Prelims two weeks later โฆ indoors, moved up to No. 2 in school history in the weight throw with a PR of 64-0 1/4 at the Last Chance Elite Meet โฆ scored in fourth-place at the MPSF Championships in the weight with a best of 61-11 3/4 โฆ second in the weight at the UW Invitational throwing 62-9 1/2.
2018: Redshirted the season to preserve a year of eligibility โฆ competed unattached once outdoors and twice indoors โฆ outdoors, won the hammer at the Ken Shannon Invite with a toss of 195-11 and was fifth in the discus at 136-6 โฆ indoors, had a weight throw best of 56-2 at the Husky Classic for 16th-place.
2017: Became the school record-holder in the hammer throw with an outstanding Pac-12 Championships performance that saw her finish as the conference runner-up โฆ at the Pac-12 meet in Eugene, had the first throw over 200-feet in Husky history as she finished second with a mark of 201-6 to break her own school record โฆ first set the school record, breaking Elisa Bryantโs 2012 mark, at the Beach Invitational where she threw 198-11 on Apr. 14 โฆ advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Championships for the second time and finished 25th with a toss of 191-9 โฆ won the hammer in the UW-WSU Dual at 193-2 and was second in the discus at 144-0 โฆ got a win at the OSU High Performance Meet with a big hammer toss of 197-0 โฆ indoors, set a new PR in the weight throw at the UW Indoor Open, winning with a mark of 59-10 ยฝ to improve her No. 2 mark in UW history โฆ 10th at the MPSF Championships in the weight throw at 57-5 ยพ โฆ also threw 57-6 ยฝ at the Husky Classic for 10th โฆ earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2016: Made big strides in the hammer throw, scoring for the first time at the Pac-12 Championships and advancing to her first NCAA West Preliminary Championships โฆ threw a new hammer PR of 189-7 to win the Ken Shannon Invite, and move up to No. 3 in school history โฆ also got the win in the hammer at the UW-WSU Dual with a toss of 187-7 โฆ placed fifth in the hammer at the Pac-12 Championships, throwing 187-8, and also was 16th in the discus at 140-1 โฆ threw 177-4 in the hammer at West Prelims in Kansas, finishing 41st โฆ third in the hammer at the Pepsi Team Invite, going 179-6 โฆ fifth at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invite with a hammer toss of 179-4 โฆ season-best discus throw was 149-5 at the Pepsi Team Invite for fifth-place โฆ indoors, was 14th in the weight throw at the MPSF Championships, tossing 55-7 โฆ season-best weight throw of 56-3 ยพ at the Husky Classic.
2015: Competed at both conference championships in her first season, making the school top-10 lists in both the hammer throw and weight throw โฆ competed in the hammer throw at the U.S. Junior Championships, finishing 12th with a toss of 163-4 โฆ won the Ken Shannon Invite hammer with a PR of 174-0, the No. 4 mark in school history โฆ had her best discus toss of the year at the Pac-12 Championships, throwing 142-5 to finish 10th โฆ was second in the discus at the UW-WSU Dual with a toss of 140-8, and fourth in the hammer at 153-4 โฆ at the Pepsi Team Invite, placed sixth in the discus at 128-10 and fifth in the hammer at 150-9 โฆ indoors, had the No. 2 weight throw toss in school history at the UW Indoor Open, winning it with a throw of 57-10 ยฝ โฆ was 16th at the MPSF Championships in the weight throw at 53-3 โฆ also threw 53-7 in the weight at the Husky Classic for 13th.
High School and Personal: Born in Seattle โฆ parents are Gladys and Emmanuel Chibuogwu โฆ has one older brother, Emmanuel, one older sister, Chisom, who also attends UW, and one younger sister, Uju โฆ Emmanuel plays basketball at Seattle University โฆ took fourth at the Washington 3A state meet in the discus as a senior, throwing 127-1 in the final, despite missing much of the season with an injury .. had a 2014 season-best throw of 132-9 in the discus โฆ also a regular relay runner, making it to state in the 4x100m as a junior โฆ reached the state meet in the discus as a sophomore in 2012, placing 11th overall โฆ triple jumped as well, taking fourth at WesCo at 33-4 in 2012 โฆ won the WesCo discus title as just a freshman at 108-10 and made state on the 4x100m and 4x200m relays โฆ track team Heart of a Champion award winner in 2014 โฆ a standout basketball player, earning 2014 Team MVP honors and Seattle Times Player of the Week in 2012 โฆ a 2014 Everett Herald Girls Athlete of the Year nominee โฆ graduated with a 3.61 GPA.
Major Meets
2015 MPSF - 16th, Weight
2015 Pac-12 - 10th, Discus | Foul, Hammer
2015 U.S. Junior Champs - 12th, Hammer
2016 MPSF - 14th, Weight
2016 Pac-12 - 16th, Discus | 5th, Hammer
2016 NCAA Prelims - 41st, Hammer
2017 MPSF - 10th, Weight
2017 Pac-12 - 2nd, Hammer
2017 NCAA Prelims - 25th, Hammer
2019 MPSF - 4th, Weight
2019 Pac-12 - 12th, Discus | 11th, Hammer
2019 NCAA Prelims - 5th, Hammer
2019 NCAA Outdoors - 16th, Hammer (All-America Second Team)
Outdoor Bests
Discus.......162-8
Hammer.......208-3ย $
Indoor Bests
Weight Throw.......64-0 1/4
$ - School Record
Academic Honors
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
