Former Russell multi-talent Chinwe Okoro has qualified for the NCAA Division 1 National Championship being held next week in Iowa. She goes into the meet seeded #7 in the Women's Shot Put with a throw of 16.86 meters. She leads a field of six women athletes from Louisville. Representives from the University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, Western Kentucky University, and Murray State University qualified from Kentucky.
Full Performance List is at
https://u.milesplit.com/articles/87074-ncaa-di-championship-performance-list
Event 6 Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase Prelims
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Name Year School Seed
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1 Ben Torotich SO East Kentucky 8:37.03D
11 Luis Orta JR Kentucky 8:44.25D
Event 7 Men 5000 Meter Run
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Name Year School Seed
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6 Joseph Chebet JR West Kentucky 14:03.86D
8 Soufiane Bouchikhi JR East Kentucky 14:05.69D
Event 8 Men 10000 Meter Run
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Name Year School Seed
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10 Soufiane Bouchikhi JR East Kentucky 30:11.21D
17 Ben Cheruiyot SR East Kentucky 30:17.44D
Event 10 Men 400 Meter Hurdles Prelims
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Name Year School Seed
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20 Marcus Pope SR West Kentucky 50.95D
Event 18 Men Discus Throw
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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20 Andrew Evans SO Kentucky 55.67mD
Event 20 Men Javelin Throw
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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13 Ignacio Guerra SR West Kentucky 70.08mD
20 Raymond Dykstra FR Kentucky 67.91mD
Event 21 Women 100 Meter Dash Prelims
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Name Year School Seed
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12 Alexis Love JR Murray State 11.37D
Event 22 Women 200 Meter Dash Prelims
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Name Year School Seed
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11 Alexis Love JR Murray State 23.09D
Event 28 Women 10000 Meter Run
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Name Year School Seed
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19 Holly Knight SR Louisville 34:29.77D
Event 33 Women High Jump
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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19 Michelle Theophille SO Louisville 1.77mD
20 Maggie Gilbertson SO Louisville 1.77mD
Event 35 Women Long Jump
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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13 Charachesicia Lockhart SR Louisville 6.34mD
Event 36 Women Triple Jump
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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11 Charachesicia Lockhart SR Louisville 13.28mD
Event 37 Women Shot Put
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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5 Khadija Abdullah SR Louisville 17.12mD
7 Chinwe Okoro SR Louisville 16.86mD
Event 38 Women Discus Throw
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Name Year School Seed Mark
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16 Monteka Flowers SR West Kentucky 51.94mD