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2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster

Irene Akwitti

  • Position Jumps, Hurdles
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool George Bush HS
  • Hometown Richmond, Texas

Biography

Collegiate PR | HEP: 4395; PEN: 3295; JT: 71-9 (21.88M); SP: 34-6.75 (10.53m); LJ: 17-1.25 (5.21m); HJ: 5-4.5 (1.64m);
100m Hurdles: 14.17; 60m Hurdles: 9.07; 800M: 2:33.09; 200M: 26.06; TJ: 37-11.5 (11.57m)
 
2017-18 (Sophomore): INDOORS … Placed 10th in the pentathlon at the Southland Conference Championships with a new personal best of 3,295 points … Finished sixth in the pentathlon 60m hurdles with a time of 9.08 … Clocked a season best time of 9.07 in the 60m hurdles at the Texas Tech Shootout on Feb. 9-10 … Competed in the 4x400 relay at the Texas Tech Shootout helping the Wildcats to a 10th place finish clocking a time of 4:11.45 … OUTDOORS … Competed in both the 100m hurdles and triple jump at the Southland Conference Championships finishing seventh in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.20 and 14th in triple jump with a leap of 36-7.5 … Posted a career best time of 14.17 at the ACU Oliver Jackson for first place in the 100m hurdles … Took fourth in the heptathlon at the ACU Spring Break Multis with 4395 points.
 
2016-17 (Freshman): Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … INDOORS ... Placed 13th in the pentathlon at the Southland Conference Championships with 3,158 points ... Finished second in the pentathlon high jump with a leap of 5-4.50 (1.64m) ... Competed in the open high jump at Southland Indoors and finished 16th with a height of 5-0.25 (1.53m) ... Scored 3,021 in her first collegiate pentathlon at Oklahoma's J.D. Martin Invitational to finish fifth ... Reached a height of 5-2.5 (4.70m) to place 12th in the high jump at the Texas A&M Team Invitational ... OUTDOORS … Finished 11th in the heptathlon at the Southland Conference Championships with 4342 points … Ran the heptathlon 100m hurdles in 14.62 good for fifth … Reached a height of 5-1.75 to finish fifth in the heptathlon high jump … Finished sixth at the TCU Invitational with a high jump mark of 5-4.25.  

High School: Graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2016 from George Bush High School ... Personal bests include a 5-6 high jump, 35-0 triple jump and 46.2 mark in the 300m hurdles ... Part of a team that won the District 23-5A Championship ... District champion in the high jump ... Placed second in the triple jump and 300m hurdles, and fourth in the long jump ... Regional qualifier in triple jump, long jump and 300m hurdles ... School record holder in the high jump ... Honor Roll Student ... National Honor Society member ... Student Leader of Imagine Excellence ... Student Council member ... Volunteer at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Personal: Given name is Irene Akwitti ... Born 28 May 1998 ... Daughter of Imma and Oswald Akwiit ... Nursing major.