2024 Track and Field Roster
Nwagwu, Melody
Melody Nwagwu
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Grandview HS
- Hometown:
- Aurora, CO
Bio
TFRRS Profile
Current school record holder in women's indoor long jump (19-3.5)
Currently No. 7 all-time in women's outdoor triple jump (40-9.5)
Currently No. 9 all-time in women's outdoor long jump (19-6)
2023 -- Indoor: Broke school record in women's indoor long jump at UW Invitational with a mark of 19 feet, 3.5 inches ... also ran a personal best in the 60-meter dash (7.83) during indoor season. Outdoor: Recorded a personal best in the long jump of 19-6 — ninth-best in school history — at the Big West Championships to place fourth ... also captured fourth in triple jump (40-7.5) ... while running the third leg, helped women's 4x100 relay team place second at the conference meet with a season-best time (45.39) ... posted a PR in triple jump of 40-9.5 — seventh-best in school history — at Fresno State Invite ... placed first in triple jump at three meets ... helped 4x100 take first at three meets ... PR'd in 200 (25.51) at Mustang Invitational.
2022 -- Indoor: Competed in three meets … placed first in the triple jump at the WSU Open … ran a personal best in the 60-meter dash (7.96). Outdoor: Posted a personal best of 40 feet, 3.5 inches in the triple jump at the Big West Conference Championships to finish third and earn All-Conference honors in first season at Cal Poly … also placed fourth in the long jump at the conference meet to score points for the Mustangs … secured a personal best of 18 feet, 10.75 inches in the long jump at the West Coast Relays to finish fourth … placed first in the long jump at the Mustang Invitational, Cal Poly Invitational and Cal Poly Open … won the triple jump at the UCSB Invitational.
High School -- A 2021 graduate of Grandview High School in Aurora, Colo. ... landed a triple jump personal best of 40 feet, 8 inches in 2021, the No. 12 mark in the country, while competing for the Steadfast Track Academy Club from Centennial, Colo. ... added another triple jump performance of 40’ 7” at the Continental League Championships in 2021, finishing in second place at Echo Park Stadium ... posted a long jump best of 18’ 4” at the league finals as a Wolves senior, good for second place ... ran the 100-meter dash in 12.19 seconds at the B-Town Twilight Meet in 2021, winning the event ... also earned a victory in the 200m dash, adding a PR of 25.59 ... for indoor competition, also tallied a 60-meter dash effort of 8.06 seconds at the Colorado Elite Winter Series in February 2021.
Personal -- Majoring in Biomedical Engineering.
Current school record holder in women's indoor long jump (19-3.5)
Currently No. 7 all-time in women's outdoor triple jump (40-9.5)
Currently No. 9 all-time in women's outdoor long jump (19-6)
2023 -- Indoor: Broke school record in women's indoor long jump at UW Invitational with a mark of 19 feet, 3.5 inches ... also ran a personal best in the 60-meter dash (7.83) during indoor season. Outdoor: Recorded a personal best in the long jump of 19-6 — ninth-best in school history — at the Big West Championships to place fourth ... also captured fourth in triple jump (40-7.5) ... while running the third leg, helped women's 4x100 relay team place second at the conference meet with a season-best time (45.39) ... posted a PR in triple jump of 40-9.5 — seventh-best in school history — at Fresno State Invite ... placed first in triple jump at three meets ... helped 4x100 take first at three meets ... PR'd in 200 (25.51) at Mustang Invitational.
2022 -- Indoor: Competed in three meets … placed first in the triple jump at the WSU Open … ran a personal best in the 60-meter dash (7.96). Outdoor: Posted a personal best of 40 feet, 3.5 inches in the triple jump at the Big West Conference Championships to finish third and earn All-Conference honors in first season at Cal Poly … also placed fourth in the long jump at the conference meet to score points for the Mustangs … secured a personal best of 18 feet, 10.75 inches in the long jump at the West Coast Relays to finish fourth … placed first in the long jump at the Mustang Invitational, Cal Poly Invitational and Cal Poly Open … won the triple jump at the UCSB Invitational.
High School -- A 2021 graduate of Grandview High School in Aurora, Colo. ... landed a triple jump personal best of 40 feet, 8 inches in 2021, the No. 12 mark in the country, while competing for the Steadfast Track Academy Club from Centennial, Colo. ... added another triple jump performance of 40’ 7” at the Continental League Championships in 2021, finishing in second place at Echo Park Stadium ... posted a long jump best of 18’ 4” at the league finals as a Wolves senior, good for second place ... ran the 100-meter dash in 12.19 seconds at the B-Town Twilight Meet in 2021, winning the event ... also earned a victory in the 200m dash, adding a PR of 25.59 ... for indoor competition, also tallied a 60-meter dash effort of 8.06 seconds at the Colorado Elite Winter Series in February 2021.
Personal -- Majoring in Biomedical Engineering.
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