Ariel Okorie

Ariel Okorie - 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships

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Ariel Okorie - 2021 Big 12 Outdoor Championships

K-State JR Ariel Okorie competing in the Heptathlon 100 Hurdles at the 2019 NCAA Div 1 Track and Field Championship at the Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, TX on Friday, June 7, 2019

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K-State SO Ariel Okorie competing in a Multi Events Hurdles at the 2018 Big 12 Track and Field Championship at Clyde Hart Stadium in Waco, TX on Friday, May 11, 2018

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Position:
Combined Events
Class:
Senior
High School:
Waynesville
Hometown:
Waynesville, Mo.

Personal Bests
Indoor
60 Meter Hurdles	8.32 (Texas Tech Shootout, 2018)
200 Meters	25.37 (Wildcat Invitational, 2019)
800 Meters	2:21.76 (Big 12 Championship, 2020)
High Jump	1.70m/5-7.00 (Big 12 Championship, 2020)
Long Jump	6.01m/19-08.75 (DeLoss Dodds Invitational, 2020)
Shot Put	11.29m/37-00.50 (Big 12 Championship, 2019)
4x400 Relay	3:50.43 (Jim Green Invitational, 2020)
Pentathlon	4,078 (Big 12 Championship, 2020)
Outdoor
200 Meter Dash	24.67 (1.2) (National Relays, 2019)
800 Meter Run	2:21.44 (Big 12 Championship, 2017)
100 Meter Hurdles	13.53 (1.9) (Big 12 Championship, 2021)
400 Meter Hurdles	1:01.12 (Ward Haylett Invitational, 2019)
High Jump	1.72m/5-07.75 (Jim Click Shootout, 2021)
Long Jump	6.20m/20-04.25 (1.8) (Ward Haylett Invitational, 2017)
Shot Put	12.08m/39-07.75 (Big 12 Championship, 2021)
Javelin	39.92m/131-00 (NCAA Championships, 2019)
Heptathlon	5,661 (Big 12 Championship, 2021)

Accolades
2018, 2019, 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier – Heptathlon
2021 Second Team Outdoor All-American – Heptathlon
2020 All-American Indoor Pentathlon (Meet Cancelled)
2017 U.S. Track and Field Junior Heptathlon Champion (5,266)
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

K-State All-Time Top 10-Performers List
#6 Indoor 60-meter Hurdles – 8.32 (Texas Tech Shootout, 2018)

#6 Outdoor Heptathlon – 5,661 (Big 12 Championship, 2021)
#7 Outdoor 100-meter Hurdles – 13.55 (Jim Click Combined Events, 2019)

NCAA Championships
2021 Heptathlon – 5,420 (16^th)
2020 Indoor Pentathlon Qualifier (Meet cancelled)
2019 Heptathlon – 5,439 (18^th)
2018 Heptathlon – 5,189 (20^th)

NCAA Outdoor West Regionals
2019 100-meter Hurdles – 14.06 (41^st)
2017 100-meter Hurdles – 13.70 (37^th)
2017 Long Jump – 6.00m/19-08.25 (26^th)

Big 12 Championships
2021 Outdoor Heptathlon – 5,661 (5^th)
2020 Indoor 60-meter Hurdles – 8.50 (8^th)
2020 Indoor Pentathlon – 4,078 (3^rd)
2019 Outdoor Heptathlon – 5,394 (3^rd)
2019 Outdoor 100-meter Hurdles – 13.68 (7^th)
2019 Indoor 60-meter Hurdles – 8.44 (5^th)
2019 Indoor Long Jump – 5.80m/19-00.50 (15^th)
2019 Indoor Pentathlon – 3,938 (3^rd)
2018 Outdoor 100-meter Hurdles – 13.71 (12^th)
2018 Outdoor Heptathlon – 5,632 (3^rd)
2018 Indoor Long Jump – 5.67m/18-07.25 (12^th)
2018 Indoor Pentathlon – 3,949 (4^th)
2017 Outdoor 100-meter Hurdles – 13.67 (10^th)
2017 Outdoor Heptathlon – 5,251 (3^rd)
2017 Indoor 60-meter Hurdles – 8.84 (15^th)
2017 Indoor Long Jump – 5.58m/18-03.75 (19^th)
2017 Indoor Pentathlon – 3,758 (4^th)

2020-21
Outdoor – Season bests: 100m hurdles (13.53), 400m hurdles (1:03.79), Long Jump (5.98m/19-07.50), Javelin (38.56m/126-06), Heptathlon (5,661).
Earned Second Team All-America honors in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships (6/12/21) with a 16^th-place finish with 5,420 points… Qualified for her third trip the NCAA Championships in the heptathlon after scoring a season-best 5,661 points to finish fifth at the Big 12 Championship (5/14-16/21)… Finished second in three events in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Championship, including the 100-meter hurdles (13.53), shot put (12.08m/39-07.75) and the long jump (5.97m/19-07)… Also competed in the heptathlon at the UTSA Invitational (3/18-19/21) and Jim Click Shootout (4/10/21), scoring more than 5,000 points each… Placed fifth in the heptathlon with 5,474 points at the Jim Click Shootout (4/10/21), including first-place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles (13.56) and high jump (1.72m/5-07.75)… Finished second in the heptathlon with 5,063 points at the UTSA Invitational (3/18-19/21), as she finished second or third in every event… Competed in individual events at the Michael Johnson Invitational (4/16-17/21) and Ward Haylett Invitational (5/7-8/21), including the 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, long jump and javelin… Posted season-highs in the long jump (5.98m/19-07.50) and javelin (38.56m/126-06) at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/7-8/21).

Indoor – Season bests: 60m hurdles (8.56), 800m (2:37.35), High Jump (1.67m/5-05.75), Long Jump (5.81m/19-00.75), Shot Put (11.70m/38-04.75), Pentathlon (3,859)
Competed unattached in three meets, including finishing second in the pentathlon with 3,859 points at the K-State Winter Invitational (12/5/20).

2019-20
Outdoor
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Indoor – Season bests: 60m hurdles (8.40), 800m (2:21.76), High Jump (1.70m/5-7.00), Long Jump (6.01m/19-08.75), Shot Put (11.63m/38-02.00), 4x400 (3:50.43), Pentathlon (4,078).
Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the pentathlon, which was cancelled due to COVID-19… Placed third in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Championship with 4,078 points, including winning the 60-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 8.40… Also set season-bests in the high jump, shot put and 800 meters in the pentathlon… Also scored points for the Wildcats in the 60-meter hurdles at the conference meet with an eighth-place finish with a time of 8.50… Competed in the pentathlon at the Razorback Invitational, finishing seventh with 3,940 points, as well as the K-State Winter Pentathlon, finishing third with 3,789 points… Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Iowa State Classic (2/15/20) with a time of 8.43… Helped the Wildcats score points in the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular with a first-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (8.55) and a second-place finish in the long jump (5.73m/18-09.75).

2018-19
Outdoor – Season bests: 200m (24.67), 800m (2:21.59), 100mH (13.55), 400mH (1:01.12), Long Jump (6.04m/19-09.75), High Jump (1.67m/5-05.75), Shot Put (10.75m/35-03.25), Javelin (39.93m/131-00), Heptathlon (5,516). Qualified for her second-career NCAA Championship (6/7-8/19) in the heptathlon, where she placed 18th overall with 5,439 points... Placed third in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Championship (5/10-11/19) with 5,394 points... Also scored points in the 100-meter hurdles with a seventh-place finish at the conference meet in a time of 13.68… Qualified for the NCAA West Regional (5/23/19) in the 100 meter hurdles, where she finished 41^st with a time of 14.06… Scored a season-best 5,516 points in the heptathlon at the Jim Click Combined Events (4/6/19), finishing first in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump… Won the long jump at the Aztec Open (3/22/19).

Indoor – Season bests: 60mH (8.44), 200m (25.37), 800m (2:30.02), High Jump (1.69m/5-06.50), Shot Put (11.29m/37-00.50), Long Jump (5.85m/19-02.50), Pentathlon (3,938).
Placed third in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Championship (2/22-23/19 with 3,938 points, including winning the long jump competition... Also scored points in the 60-meter hurdles with a fifth-place time of 8.44… Placed third in the pentathlon at the Razorback Invitational (1/25-26/19) with 3,929 points... Won both the 60-meter hurdles (8.47) and long jump (5.85m/19-02.50) at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18/19)… Finished second in pentathlon at the Carol Robinson/Attila Zsivoczky Pentathlon (12/7/18) with 3,696 points.

2017-18
Outdoor – Season bests: 100mh (13.57), 200m (24.88), 800m (2:22.92), High Jump (1.70m/5-07), Long Jump (5.93m/19-05.50), Shot Put (10.97m/36-00), Javelin (38.76m/127-02), Heptathlon (5,632).
Qualified for her first career NCAA Championship (6/6-9/18) in the heptathlon, placing 20^th with 5,189 points… Placed third at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13/18 in the heptathlon, scoring a season-best 5,632 points… Competed in the heptathlon at the Jim Click Shootout (4/7/18), finishing fifth with 5,429 points.

Indoor – Season bests: 60mH (8.32), High Jump (1.69m/5-06.50), Long Jump (5.90m/19-04.25), Shot Put (10.51m/34-06), 800m (2:22.86) and Pentathlon (3,949).
Competed in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Championship (2/23-24/18), where she put together a season-best total of 3,949 points to place fourth... Also competed in the pentathlon at the Carol Robinson/Atilla Zsivoczky Winter Pentathlon (12/8/17) and DeLoss Dodds Invitational (2/2-3/17).

2016-17
Outdoor – Season bests: 200m (25.31), 800m (2:21.44), 100mh (13.61 (1.6)), 400mh (1:02.94), High Jump (1.63m/5-04), Long Jump (6.20m/20-04.25 (1.8)), Shot Put (9.76m/32-00.25), Javelin (36.66m/120-03.25), Heptathlon (5,251).
Qualified for the NCAA West Regional (5/25-27/17) in both the 100-meter hurdles and long jump… Finished third in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Championship (5/12-14/17) with a season-high 5,251 points… Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/6/17)… Also competed in the heptathlon at the Jim Click Shootout (4/8/17), scoring 5,221 points to place third… Won the heptathlon at the U.S. Track and Field Junior Championships with a score of 5,266 points.

Indoor – Season bests: 800m (2:28.03), 60mh (8.48), High Jump (1.64m/5-04.50), Long Jump (5.90m/19-04.25), Shot Put (9.61m/31-06.50) and Pentathlon (3,758).
Finished fourth in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Championship (2/24-25/17) with a season-high 3,758 points… Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Steve Miller Open (2/17/17) with a time of 8.50… Also competed in the pentathlon at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational (1/20-21/17), finishing fourth with 3,523 points, and the Carol Robinson Pentathlon (12/9/16), placing second with 3,664 points.

High School
Competed in Waynesville High School in Waynesville, Mo., where she was lettered four times in track and field... 2016 State Champion in the 100 meter hurdles... Holds records in the 100 meter hurdles, 300 meter hurdles, long jump and javelin throw... Junior Olympic All-American in heptathlon, long jump and the 60 meter hurdles.

Personal
Born on September 11, 1998... Daughter of Travis and Selina Huggard... Has three siblings, Danny, Austin and Juni... Earned a bachelor’s degree in Management and French in May 2021.