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Ife Oketona Season 2020-21

PositionJUMPS
YearJunior
HometownNaperville, Ill.

2021

Academic All-Big Ten
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore
  • Participated in four meets in the long jump and 200
  • Finished third in the long jump with a season-best jump of 7.01 meters and ran the 200 in 22.49w at the Jesse Owens Invite from April 30-May 1
  • Was fourth in the long jump with a wind-aided mark of 6.81 meters at the Big Ten Relays on April 23
  • Earned a runner-up finish in the long jump with a 6.93 at the Big Ten Indiana Invite on April 10
Indoor Track & Field / As a Junior
  • Competed in four meets in the long jump
  • Finished fifth in the long jump with a mark of 6.58 meters at the Big Ten Open on Feb. 20
  • Had a season-best jump of 6.84 meters in the long jump at the Hawkeye Big Ten Invite on Feb. 12
  • Placed third in the long jump with a mark of 6.76 meters at the Gladstein Invite on Jan. 23
 

2019-20

Academic All-Big Ten
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore
  • 2020 outdoor season canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
Indoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore
  • Competed in eight meets in the long jump and added one race in the 200
  • Recorded a mark of 6.72 meters in the long jump to finish 16th overall at the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 28
  • Earned a personal-best jump of 7.07 meters in the long jump to finish ninth at the Music City Challenge on Feb. 14
  • Ran the 200 in 23.01 seconds and added a 6.93m in the long jump at the Rod McCravy Memorial on Jan. 24
  • Jumped 6.95 meters in the long jump at the Larry Wieczorek Invite on Jan. 17
 

2018-19

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
  • Participated in two meets, competing in the long jump and 100
  • Earned an outdoor personal-best jump of 6.94 meters to place sixth at the Jim Click Shootout on April 6
  • Raced in the 100, finishing in 11.52 seconds, and added a fourth-place long jump finish with a mark of 6.79 meters
Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
  • Competed in the long jump in four meets
  • Registered a jump of 6.75 meters to place 16th at the Big Ten Championships on Feb. 22
  • Won the Alex Wilson Invite with a long jump mark of 6.69 meters on Feb. 16
  • Posted a season-best long jump score of 6.76 meters at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invite on Feb. 8
  • Placed third in the long jump (6.75) at the Fred Wilt Open on Feb. 1
 

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Inducted into the Neuqua High School Hall of Fame in 2018
  • Placed second at the state championship in the long jump as a senior
  • Won two DuPage Valley Conference long jump championships, as a junior and senior
  • Set the Neuqua Valley High School record in the long jump with a mark of 23’8.5” in 2018
  • Ran a 200m PR of 22.5 seconds in 2017
  • Member of the DVC Outdoor 4x200m champion team in 2018
  • Earned DVC All-Academic honors as a sophomore in 2016
  • Varsity letterwinner in track & field and cross country
 

PERSONAL

  • Parents are Gbenga and Odun
  • Has two siblings
  • Born in Lagos, Nigeria
  • Majoring in finance
  • Hobbies include playing the drums
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Senior
2021-22

Jumps
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Sophomore
2019-20

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Freshman
2018-19