Chinazaekpere Okoye

Position:
Hurdles
Class:
Junior
High School:
Denton Ryan HS
Hometown:
Denton, Texas
Pronounced:
China O-KOY-YAY

TFFRS Bio

Personal Bests

200 Meters	25.21
400 Meters	55.72
60m Hurdles	9.76
100m Hurdles	14.82
400m Hurdles	58.48

Honors and Awards
• 2024 AAC Champion (400m Hurdles, Outdoor)
• 2024 All-AAC Third Team (4x400, Outdoor)

2025 Outdoors
Made her lone appearance of the season at the TCU Alumni Invite ... Placed sixth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:01.57.

2025 Indoors
Primarily competed in the 400 meters, while making appearances on the 4x400-meter relay and DMR teams ... Clocked a career-best 55.72 in the 400m at the UW Invite to place seventh ... Collected a fifth-place finish at the Red Raider Invite.

2024 Outdoors
Broke onto the national scene in the 400-meter hurdles winning her first conference title and making an appearance at the NCAA West Prelims ... Broke the one minute mark five times, including twice at the AAC Championships ... Her time of 58.48 in the AAC finals was a personal best and stands as the fourth fastest time in program history ... Became the second-best performer in the event in school history behind only Chastity Stewart ... Placed 44th in her first appearance at the NCAA West Prelims ... Won the Mean Green Invitational for the first individual title of her career ... Posted a 58.56 in the 400m hurdles at the Pacific Coast Invitational that is the fifth-fastest time in program history ... Earned all-conference honors as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that took third at the AAC Championships.

2024 Indoors
Clocked a 57.72 to place 14th in the 400 meter, marking a personal best time at the Washburn Open ... Competed in the 4x400m relay and DMR at the conference meet ... The 4x400 team set a school record with a time of 3:42.53.

2023 Outdoors
Ran the 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles and was a part of the 4x400-meter relay ... Earned a runner-up finish at the North Texas Classic, marking her highest placement of the season ... Registered a personal-best time of 14.82 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Michael Johnson Invitational ... Collected a fifth-place finish at the conference championships with a personal best 1:01.52 in the 400-meter hurdles.

2023 Indoors
Competed in five meets during the indoor season ... Recorded her fastest 200 meters time of 25.21 at the Texas Tech Open ... Ran in the 400 meters and the 4x400 relay at the Conference USA Championships ... Clocked a personal-best time of 58.30 in the 400-meter prelims of the conference meet.