2023 Track and Field Roster
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Okafor, Benjamin
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Benjamin Okafor
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Jonesboro, Ga.
- High School:
- Elite Scholars Academy
- Prev School:
- Western Carolina
Bio
SENIOR (2023)
- Qualified for his second consecutive NCAA West Preliminary Round in the long jump.
- Jumped a season-best 7.60-meters in the long jump at the Texas Relays.
- Finished third in the long jump at the American Championships.
- Finished fourth in the long jump at the American Indoor Championships.
- Finished seventh in the triple jump at the American Indoor Championships.
- Finished ninth in the triple jump at the American Championships.
- Won the long jump on Senior Day at the Tom Tellez Invitational.
Indoor- Opened the indoor season by finishing first in the long jump at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational… Finished second in the 4x400m and recorded a personal best of 7.01 in the 60m at the Houston G5 and Super 22 Invitational… Finished third in the long jump at the American Indoor Track and Field Championships…
Outdoor- Began the season by finishing first in the long jump at the Houston Alumni Invitational… Placed sixth in the long jump at the American Outdoor Track and Field Championships, later competing in the NCAA Prelim Round…
SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
Indoor- In their first season at UH, they finished first in the long jump and recorded a personal best triple jump of 14.70m at the H-Town SpeedCity Series IV…
Outdoor- Finished first in the 4x100m and second in the long jump at the Cougar Spring Break Meet… Finished second in long jump at the LSU Boots Garland Invitational…Followed the long jump success with finishing third at the American Outdoor Track and Field Championships and recording a personal best of 7.73m at the NCAA Division I Prelim Round… Ended the season competing at the NCAA Track and Field Championships…
AT WESTERN CAROLINA
Earned a first-place finish in the Long Jump at the 2020 Southern Conference ITF Championships...turned in a pair of fourth-place finishes in the Long Jump and Triple Jump at the 2019 Southern Conference OTF Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time State Champion, earning two Triple Jump titles and one Long Jump title... also participated in basketball
Interview - Shaun Maswanganyi
Tuesday, August 06
1PM - Track & Field, Outdoor | Tom Tellez Invitational
Friday, May 03
Track & Field, Outdoor | Cameron Burrell Alumni Invitational:
Saturday, April 06
Kirk Baptiste Spring Break Invitational
Thursday, March 14
