2018-19 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Obi Igbokwe
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- The Woodlands, HS
- Prev School:
- Arkansas
- All-American Athletic Conference (200-meter)
- NCAA All-American (400-meter, 200-meter)
- NCAA All-American (400-meter, 4x400-meter relay)
- NCAA Bronze Medalist (4x400-meter relay)
Indoor: Won gold in the 200-meter dash at the Texas Tech Corky Classic with a time of 20.84 ... Took silver in the 200-meter dash at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with a time of 20.66 ... helped the Cougars post a world-leading time in the 4x400-meter relay at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational...Won gold in the 200-meter dash at the Houston Invitational with a time of 20.85 ... Won gold in the 200-meter dash at The American Indoor Championship with a time of 20.84 ... finished fifth in the 400-meter at the NCAA Championships with a time of 46.04... turned in an eighth-place finish in the 200-meter at the NCAA Championships at 21.23
Outdoor: Helped the Cougars take first-place finishes at PVAMU Relays and the Texas Relays in the 4x200-meter relay... finished fourth in the 400-meter at the Texas A&M Invitational... Helped Houston sweep the relays at the Penn Relays... finished first in the 200-meter at the Tom Tellez Invitational with a wind-aided 20.70... finished third at the NCAA West Prelims in the 400-meter (45.35) and helped Houston to a third-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay... closed out his fourth NCAA Outdoor Championships appearance with a eighth-place finish in the 400-meter and a third-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay.
At Arkansas
Junior (2018)
Competed in seven meets during the indoor season…Set a personal-best of 6.93 seconds in the 60-meters at the Arkansas Invitational (Jan. 12)…Set season-bests of 20.90 in the 200-meters, and 45.38 in the 400-meters…Earned First-Team All-American honors in the 4-x-400-meters (3:05.14) and Second-Team All-American honors in the 400-meters (46.67)…Competed in 10 meets during the outdoor season…Set a personal-best of 20.52 in the 200-meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships…Earned First-Team All-American honors in the 400-meters at the NCAA Championships running a personal-best 44.94 – third-fastest in program history…Capped his junior season with a sixth-place finish in the 400-meters at the USATF Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.
Sophomore (2017)
NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (4-x-400), NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (400), NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (4-x-400), NCAA Outdoor Honorable Mention (400)…Started the year with a second-place finish in the 200 at the Arkansas Invitational…Picked up a pair of first-place finishes in the 400 and 4-x-400 at the Vanderbilt Invitational…Raced to a second-place finish in the 400 at the Tyson Invitational…Scored six points for the Hogs with a third-place finish in the 400 at the SEC Indoor Championships, also assisting the 4-x-400-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish…Completed the indoor season earning a bronze medal at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 4-x-400-meter relay and placing 13th in the 400…Opened the outdoor season as the runner-up in the 200 at the Baylor Invitational off a PR of 20.64…Captured the John McDonnell Invitational 400-meter title in a personal best of 45.54…Posted three podium finishes at the SEC Relays as a member of the SMR, 4-x-100 and 4-x-200-meter relay teams…Part of the sixth-place finishing Arkansas 4-x-400 relay team at the SEC Outdoor Championships…Closed out the collegiate season setting a program record in the 4-x-400-meter relay of 3:01.84 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn a national silver medal…Ended the year racing to a top-30 finish in the 400 at the USATF Outdoor Championships.
Freshman (2016)
Two-time second-team All-American…Opened his career as a Razorback with two top-three finishes at the Arkansas Invitational (1/15) in the 200 and 4-x-400 relay…Made his debut in the quarter-mile, posting a performance of 47.61 at the Razorback Invitational (1/29) to place 10th…Ran his first sub-47 time in the 400 at the Tyson Invitational (2/13), running 46.86 to finish eighth … Further improved his 400 time at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/19) clocking 46.64 over the two-lap sprint…Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championship in the 400 at his first SEC Indoor Championship where he placed seventh in the 400 for the Razorbacks following a new lifetime best performance of 46.29…Earned second-team All-America recognition as a member of Arkansas’ 12th-place finishing 4-x-400 relay at the indoor national meet…Kicked off the outdoor season, placing second in the 4-x-200 at the Texas Relays (4/1)…Posted back-to-back third-place finishes in the 400 at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/23) and LSU Invitational (4/30), running an outdoor best in the latter of 46.65…Finished 13th overall in the 400 at the SEC Outdoor Championship (5/14)…Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary round in the 400 and 4-x-400 where he advanced on to outdoor nationals following a seventh and sixth place finish in each, respectively, and recording a new outdoor PR in the 400 of 46.32…Completed his freshman season, placing 11th at the NCAA Outdoor Championship (6/8) with the 4-x-400 relay.
High School
He was a two-time 400-meter sprint district champion, with wins his junior (2014) and senior (2015) year…Was state runner-up in the 400-meter sprint his senior year with wins in the Rice Victor Lopez Classic and the Texas 6A Area 15-16 Humble in the same event.
Personal
Son of Nick and Grace Igbokwe…Has two sisters; Julia and Juliette and two brothers; Isaac and Jaso…Majoring in kinesiology.
