COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 200m - 21.89, 400m – 46.90
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
RECORDS:
No. 4 in school history in the indoor 4x400m relay (3:05.87)
- Mark is also the Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track facility record
No. 5 in school history in the indoor 4x400m relay (3:06.36)
No. 7 in school history in the outdoor 4x400m relay (3:06.17)
AWARDS:
1x Big Ten Champion (’24 indoor 4x400m relay)
1x Big Ten bronze medalist (’24 indoor DMR)
NOTES: Ran the 400 for Nigeria at the 2022 U20 World Athletics Championships in Cali, Columbia.
2024 Outdoor
Season: Competed in two meets for the Nittany Lions.
UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23): Set his 400m PR with a 46.90, a mark that earned him fifth place overall…Added a 21.42 in the 200m. Pepsi Florida Relays (3/29-30): Ran a 47.21 in the 400m, finishing 13th overall.
2024 Indoor
Season: Won two medals at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, including a championship in the 4x400m relay.
Penn State National Open (1/26-27): Won the 400m with a 47.46 season-best mark. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/3): As a part of Penn State’s relay team, set the No. 4 indoor 4x400 relay time in school history with a 3:05.87…The team’s mark was good enough to win the race and set the facility record at the Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Won the 4x400m relay with the fifth-fastest time in school history, a 3:06.36 effort…Added a bronze medal in the DMR, as his team finished in 9:44.32.
2023 Outdoor
Season: Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 4x400 for the second-straight season…Tied the No. 10 time in school history with a 46.91 in the 400.
Florida Relays (3/31-4/1): Broke 47 in the 400 for the first time in his career, tying the tenth-fastest time in the event in school history with a 46.91 to finish 11th overall…Placed third in the 4x400, clocking a 3:09.09. LSU Lloyd Willis Invitational (4/8): Finished second in the 4x400, going 3:08.85 as the group continued to build momentum and lower its time from indoor season…Posted a 47.05 in the 400 to place fourth. Virginia Challenge (4/20-22): Won the 400 with a 47.25. Penn Relays (4/27-29): Set the No. 5 4x400 relay time in school history with a 3:06.17 with teammates Austin Gallant, Callum Dodds, and Savion Hebron. NCAA East Prelims (5/25-27): Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the second-straight season with a 3:07.86 in the 4x400. NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/7-10): Placed 20th in the nation in the 4x400, helping his team of Gallant, Dodds, and Hebron go 3:06.57 at the championships in Texas.
2023 Indoor
Season: Finished fourth in the 4x400 at the Big Ten Championships…Earned four regular season event victories.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Clocked a 47.76 to win the 400 meters…Placed second in the 4x400, helping his squad cross the line in 3:14.09. Penn State National Open (1/27-28): Won the 4x400 in 3:12.34…Finished second in the DMR with a time of 9:35.51. Music City Challenge (2/10-11): Finished third place in the 400 with a season-best time of 47.48…Helped his 4x400 team continue to improve as it lowered its time to 3:10.85 to win the event. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24-25): Continued to help the 4x400 group drop its time as the squad finished fourth in the conference with a 3:09.02…Placed tenth in the 400 with a 47.60.
2022 Outdoor
Season: Qualified for the NCAA Championships on Penn State’s 4x400m relay team...Placed 11th in 400m at Big Ten Championships…Set personal best in 200m at UCF Knights Invite.
UCF Knights Invite (5/25-26): Finished fourth in the 400 with a 48.33…Clocked a 21.89 in the 200 in his first collegiate outdoor meet. Florida Relays (3/31-4/2): Clocked a 47.67 in the 400 for 11th place. Penn Relays (4/28-30): In the 4x400, went 3:08.93, a mark good enough for a berth in the NCAA East Prelims. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/13-15): Ran a season-best 47.45 in the 400 to take 11th place in the conference…Also finished 11th in the 4x400 with a 3:16.14. NCAA East Prelims (5/25-28): Penn State’s 4x400 squad shocked everyone and ran the eighth-fastest mark in school history, a 3:06.63, to qualify for the NCAA Championships as the last qualifier from the East region. NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/8-11): Went 3:06.90 in the NCAA Championships for 21st in the nation.
2022 Indoor
Season: Placed 10th at Big Ten Indoor Championships in 400m and set season best time of 47.42...Placed top ten in nine different races.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 200m - 22:07, 400m - 47.52
Four-year letterwinner...Seven-time All-American...Two-time Nike Outdoor National Champion...Three-time NY Section 9 champion...Four-time All-New York State.
PERSONAL
Born in New York...Son of Ugwuogo and Uchechi Onwuka...Studying kinesiology at Penn State.