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2020-21 Women's Track & Field Roster

Chisom Nwoko

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Oak Park, Ill.
  • High School Oak Park River Forest

Biography

2021

Outdoor

  • Placed second in the 400 m at the B1G Invite #2 with a time of 55.72

2020

Outdoor

  • Outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Indoor

  • Placed 2nd at the B1G Championships in the 400m with a time of 53.51
  • Took 1st place at the Music City Challenge and the Illini Invitational in the 400 m with a best time of 53.83
  • Finished 2nd at the Illini Invitational in the Pole Vault with a height of 12'4.5"

2019

Outdoor

  • Competed at four meets for the Illini
  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the 400m
  • Cleared a season best in the pole vault with a mark of 12’1.5” (3.70m)

Indoor

  • Placed fifth at Big Ten championships (2/22) in 400m running 54.22
  • Anchored the 4x400m relay team
  • Tied her career PR 24.74 in the 200m at the Illini Open 1/12
  • Cleared a season best 12’5.5” in pole vault at the Wieczorek Invite 1/19

2018

Outdoor

  • Qualified for NCAA West Prelims in 400m dash
  • Timed 53.27 at Big Ten Championships in the 400m
  • Cleared 12'9.5" (3.90m) in the pole vault for the first time in her career at the Beach Invite 
  • Lowered 400m PR down to 53.11 at Jim Click Shootout, fifth in Illini history 
  • Clocked seventh fastest outdoor 400m in Illinois history at the Ole Miss Classic, winning the event with a time of 53.59 

Indoor

  • Placed seventh in the 400m at Big Ten Championships
  • Ran the second fastest 400m in Illinois history at Big Ten Championships, timing 53.26 in prelims
  • Timed a 400m PR at Rod McCravy, the sixth-fastest in Illinois history, with a time of 54.16
  • Set a PR in the pole vault (12'7.5", 3.85m) and 200m (24.74) at the Illini Classic
  • Placed runner-up in the 400m at the Illinois Open

2017

Outdoor

  • Timed a 55.03 PR at Big Ten Championships while also contesting the pole vault 
  • Won the 400m race at the Illinois Twilight with a time of 56.85 and placed third in the pole vault 

Indoor

  • Set a 400m PR at Big Ten Championships with a time of 55.03
  • Won the Illinois Twilight 400m with a time of 56.85 and placed third in the pole vault 
  • Set a new lifetime best in the 400m, timing 55.34 at the Music City Challenge 
  • Won her first collegiate pole vault competition with a height of 12'3.5" (3.75m) at the Border Battle 
  • Won the 600m race in her Illini debut at the Illinois Women's Duals 

High School

  • Set Oak Park-River Forest school records in the pole vault, 300m and 400m
  • Placed eighth in the pole vault with a clearance of 11'3" (3.42m) at IHSA State Championships 
  • Member of the 2014 4x100m and 2015 4x200m state title relays 
  • During the indoor season, ranked third in the state with a mark of 12'4"
  • 2016 West Suburban Silver Girls Conference champion in both the 300m and 400m 
  • 300m time of 40.83 was tops in the state of Illinois

Personal

  • Daughter of Marcel and Mercy Nwoko
  • Born August 17, 1998
  • Has four siblings, Uzochi, Chinedu, Udochi and Henry 
  • Names Allyson Felix has her favorite athlete

Career-Best

Indoor Track & Field 
200m: 24.40 - Frank Sevigne Husker Invite (2/8/20)
300m: 40.83
400m: 53.26 - Big Ten Championships (2/23/18)
600m: 1:38.05 - Illinois Women's Duals (12/3/16)
Pole Vault - 12'7.5" (3.85m) - Illini Classic (1/27/18)

Outdoor Track & Field
200m: 25.34
400m: 53.11 - Jim Click Shootout (4/7/18)
Pole Vault: 12'9.5" (3.90m) - Beach Invite (4/20/18)

Updated March 2021

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Sprints / Pole Vault
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2018-19Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2019-20Senior

    Sprints/Pole Vault
  • 2020-21Graduate Student

    Sprints/Pole Vault