2020-21 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Okoronkwo, Chinne

Chinne Okoronkwo
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Mountlake Terrace
- Hometown:
- Lynwood, Wash.
Bio
TFRRS PAGE
- 2019 First Team Indoor Pole Vault
- 2019 First Team Indoor Triple Jump
- 2020 Indoor Pole Vault
- 2019 Indoor Pole Vault
- 2020 Indoor Pole Vault
2021 OUTDOOR
Competed in 10 meets that ended with a trip to the NCAA Championships... Placed 1st in the pole vault and long jump at the Texas Tech Open... Took first in the pole vault at the Corky/Crofoot... Capped off the season finishing 7th in the pole vault at the NCAA meet with a height of 4.30m (14' 1.25").
2021 INDOOR
Started the season competing unattached in three meets... Finished 3rd in the long jump at the Matador Qualifier with a mark of 5.68m (18' 7.75").
2020 OUTDOOR
Season canceled.
2020 INDOOR
Competed in seven meets... Recorded eight top 6 finishes... Placed 1st in the pole vault twice, first at the Matador Qualifier before taking the Big 12 title with a PR mark of 4.35m (14' 3.25").
2019 OUTDOOR
Competed at seven meets in her first outdoor season at Tech … started her year with a win in the pole vault at the Fearless Champion Open, topping out at 13’-10” (4.22m) … finished seventh in the triple jump at the Michael Johnson Invitational … triple jumped a season-best 44’-3.5” (13.53m) at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout for the win … won the pole vault at the Big 12 Championships with a season-best clearance of 14’-2” (4.32m), which counted as the sixth-best height in school history … also scored in the triple jump (fourth place) and long jump (sixth) … her long jump at the conference meet was her first time jumping this season … was First Team All-Big 12 in three events ... advanced to nationals in the pole vault, where she finished 16th with a top height of 13'-9.25" (4.20m).
2019 INDOOR
Competed in seven meets, eventually becoming the first athlete ever to earn First Team All-America status in the pole vault and triple jump at the same national meet ... did so with an eighth-place finish in the vault after clearing 13'-11.75" (4.26m) and eighth place in the triple with a top jump of 42'-11.75" (13.10m) ... was a First Team All-Big 12 selection in the pole vault, triple and long jump ... won the pole vault after clearing 14'-2.5" (4.33m), claiming the third-best mark in program history ... PR'd in the triple jump at the Texas Tech Shootout with a 43'-10" mark ... her long jump mark came in her first meet, with a 19'-11.75" distance.
USTFCCCA All-American
- 2019 Second Team Outdoor Pole Vault- 2019 First Team Indoor Pole Vault
- 2019 First Team Indoor Triple Jump
- 2020 Indoor Pole Vault
Big 12 Champion
- 2019 Outdoor Pole Vault- 2019 Indoor Pole Vault
- 2020 Indoor Pole Vault
2021 OUTDOOR
Competed in 10 meets that ended with a trip to the NCAA Championships... Placed 1st in the pole vault and long jump at the Texas Tech Open... Took first in the pole vault at the Corky/Crofoot... Capped off the season finishing 7th in the pole vault at the NCAA meet with a height of 4.30m (14' 1.25").
2021 INDOOR
Started the season competing unattached in three meets... Finished 3rd in the long jump at the Matador Qualifier with a mark of 5.68m (18' 7.75").
2020 OUTDOOR
Season canceled.
2020 INDOOR
Competed in seven meets... Recorded eight top 6 finishes... Placed 1st in the pole vault twice, first at the Matador Qualifier before taking the Big 12 title with a PR mark of 4.35m (14' 3.25").
2019 OUTDOOR
Competed at seven meets in her first outdoor season at Tech … started her year with a win in the pole vault at the Fearless Champion Open, topping out at 13’-10” (4.22m) … finished seventh in the triple jump at the Michael Johnson Invitational … triple jumped a season-best 44’-3.5” (13.53m) at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout for the win … won the pole vault at the Big 12 Championships with a season-best clearance of 14’-2” (4.32m), which counted as the sixth-best height in school history … also scored in the triple jump (fourth place) and long jump (sixth) … her long jump at the conference meet was her first time jumping this season … was First Team All-Big 12 in three events ... advanced to nationals in the pole vault, where she finished 16th with a top height of 13'-9.25" (4.20m).
2019 INDOOR
Competed in seven meets, eventually becoming the first athlete ever to earn First Team All-America status in the pole vault and triple jump at the same national meet ... did so with an eighth-place finish in the vault after clearing 13'-11.75" (4.26m) and eighth place in the triple with a top jump of 42'-11.75" (13.10m) ... was a First Team All-Big 12 selection in the pole vault, triple and long jump ... won the pole vault after clearing 14'-2.5" (4.33m), claiming the third-best mark in program history ... PR'd in the triple jump at the Texas Tech Shootout with a 43'-10" mark ... her long jump mark came in her first meet, with a 19'-11.75" distance.
Wes Kittley Media Session
Thursday, March 06
Postmeet Press Conference: Big 12 Indoor Championships
Saturday, March 01
Wes Kittley Media Session - Big 12s Indoor Preview
Wednesday, February 26
Sean Gribble Media Session
Wednesday, January 22