Chia Okonkwo Class: Senior Hometown: Maple Grove, Minn. High School: Osseo Event: Hurdles/Sprints Major: Psychology

2010 Indoor: Was runner-up in the 60m hurdles at the league championships, earning all-league second-team honors ... won the 60m hurdles at the UWM Panther Tune-Up ... her time of 8.96 is a Klotsche Center fieldhouse record and is fourth in school history ... posted sub-9.00 times in the hurdles event five times on the season ... ran the ninth-fastest 200m time in school history (25.74) at the Iowa State Cyclone Classic ... took second in the 60m hurdles and third in the 60m vs. Marquette. Outdoor: Ran with the school-record and league-champion 4x100m relay at the league meet ... was also runner-up in the 100m hurdles ... posted the second-best time in school history in the preliminary heat (14.26) ... ran with the school-record shuttle hurdle relay at the Drake Relays ... in the 100m hurdles, had a second-place finish at the Eastern Illinois Invitational, was third vs. Marquette and took fourth at the Dave Rankin Invitational.

High School
Competed at the Minnesota state meet four times ... took third at the state meet in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.04 as a junior ... was eighth as a sophomore and placed fifth with the 4x100m relay ... helped the 4x100m relay to a state championship as a freshman ... earned seven all-conference awards ... holds school records in both hurdle events and the 4x200m relay ... also lettered three years in basketball ... was twice named all-conference.

Personal
First name is Chiamaka.