Chiamaka Odenigbo

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Photo by: Brian Foley

Class:
Junior
Event:
Multis/Jumps
Hometown:
New Rochelle, N.Y.
High School:
New Rochelle
Concentration:
Mechanical Engineering

Full Results on TFRRS

2024 Outdoor: Qualified for NCAA East Regionals for the high jump after achieving the sixth-best high jump mark in school history of 1.76 meters.

2023-2024 Indoor: Academic All-Ivy selection…First team All-Ivy in the high jump with a school record 1.82-meter mark at the Crimson Elite…Set the second-highest pentathlon score in school history with 4,027…Set the third fastest 60-meter hurdle time of 8.52.

2023 Outdoor: NCAA First Round qualifier in the high jump...Ivy League champion and First Team All-Ivy honoree in the high jump (1.75m)...CSC Academic All-District.

2022-23 Indoor: Ivy League champion and First Team All-Ivy honoree in the pentathlon (3,673), which ranked No. 4 in program history at the time.

2021 Outdoor: Finished second in the triple jump (39-5) at the UConn Northeast Invite … Took third in the 4x100 (49.98) at the Ocean State Invitational.

2020-21 Indoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Before Brown: Competed in track & field at New Rochelle High School … Recorded a 39'2" in the triple jump and a 5'2" in the high jump as a senior … Registered a 38'5.5" in the triple jump, a 5'5" in the high jump and a 14.66 in the 100m hurdles as a junior … Logged a 37'11.5" in the triple jump, a 5' in the high jump and a 15.37 in the 100m hurdles as a sophomore … Recorded a 34'11.25" in the triple jump, a 4'9" in the high jump and a 15.98 in 100m hurdles as a freshman … Named 2020 Westchester/Putnam County Girls Track Athlete of the Year … Selected by the Westchester County Officials as the Outstanding 2019-2020 Winter Track & Field Athlete … Received the Academic Excellence Award at the 2020 Black History Month Celebration.

Personal: Has two siblings, Kene and Chukwudum … Her sister Kene competed in track & field at Williams College (2015-19) … Undecided on a concentration.