| Courtney Okolo |
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Freshman
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| Hometown:
Carrollton, Texas
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| High School:
Newman Smith
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| Event:
Sprints/Hurdles
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| Experience:
FR/FR
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• 2013 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America - 4x400-meter relay
• 2013 Big 12 Indoor champion - 4x400-meter relay
COLLEGIATE BESTS
• Outdoor 100m- 12.18 at Aztec Invitational (3/16/13)
• Outdoor 200m- 23.56 at NCAA West Preliminary Round prelims (5/24/13)
• Outdoor 400m- 51.96 at NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/7/13)
• Indoor 200m- 23.79 at Big 12 Indoor Championships prelims (2/23/13)
• Indoor 400m- 52.72 at Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/24/13)
UT ALL-TIME PERFORMERS LIST
• Outdoor 400m- 9th
• Indoor 400m- T8th
AT A GLANCE
Picked up 2013 indoor All-America honors and a Big 12 Indoor title as a member of UT's 4x400-meter relay team ... second team All-America in the 400 meters during her freshman indoor season ... earned six All-Big 12 First team honors during her freshman indoor and outdoor campaigns in the 400m, 200m and 4x400-meter relay.
2012-13
Indoor:
Raced in all seven meets during her breakout freshman indoor campaign as a 400m specialist, also competing in the 200m ... ran the anchor leg for UT's 4x400m relay team that notched three of the top 10 times in school history during the 2013 indoor season ... the team placed third at the national meet in a time of 3:30.63, No. 5 on the UT all-time performance list, and claimed the conference title with a time of 3:33.54 ... also qualified for the national meet in the 400m ... received two individual All-Big 12 First Team honors by finishing second in the 400m (PR 52.75) and sixth in the 200m (PR 24.05) ... took third in the 400m (53.09) at the Arkansas Final Qualifier and Tyson Invitational (53.12) ... ran to third place in the 400m (53.10) and fourth in the 200m (23.89) at the Razorback Invitational ... came in third in the 400m (53.52) at the Leonard Hilton Invitational and finished the event in 54.26 for second at the Crimson Tide Indoor in her first race as a Longhorn.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Ran track for Newman Smith High School ... finished the season ranked third in the nation in the 400m in both her junior and senior years ... three-time UIL 4A state champion in the 400m ... also won state titles in the 4x400m relay as a junior and in the 200m and 4x400m as a senior.
PERSONAL
Born Courtney Ogechi Okolo on March 15, 1994, to parents David and Comfort Okolo ... siblings are Tia (26), Emeka (21) and Stephanie (20) ... cites Texas Ex Sanya Richards-Ross as her favorite athlete and person she most admires ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for Fall 2012 semester ... major is undergraduate studies.
