2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Njeri Omawahleh
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Edison HS
- Hometown:
- Norfolk, Va.
Last updated on July 5, 2017
- 2016 MW Outdoor champion (400m, 4x400 Relay)
- 2016 MW Outdoor silver medalist (200m)
- 2016 MW Indoor champion (4x400Â Relay)
- 2015 MW Outdoor champion (4x400Â Relay)
- 2015 USTFCCCAÂ honorable mention (4x400Â Relay)
- 2015 MW Outdoor silver medalist (400m)
- 2015 MW Indoor silver medalist (4x400Â Relay)
- 2014 MW Outdoor champion (4x400Â Relay)
- 2014 MW Outdoor bronze medalist (400m)
2016-17
Redshirted season.
2015-2016
Outdoor (Junior): Competed in the 100m, 200m and the 400m this season for the Bulldogs … posted a personal-best in her one 100m race at the Cal Poly/ShareSLO Invitational for a time of 11.93 seconds … ran the 200m race eight times and matched her career-best twice in the Mountain West Championships preliminary round and final for a time of 23.45 seconds earning her an eighth place finish … qualified for the NCAA West preliminary round where she posted a time of 24.00 seconds … ran the 400m race four times in the season, marking a career-best at the Mountain West Championship finals with a time of 54.05 and a tenth place finish.Â
Indoor (Junior): Member of 4x400Â relay team which defended its title at the Mountain West Championships ... team's time of 3:38.05 set the school record ... top 200-meter runner on the team, posting a time of 24.05 in the finals at the conference championships.
2014-2015
Outdoor (Sophomore): Ran the 200 meter eight times during her second season with the Bulldogs ... posted a collegiate best time in the 200 of 23.45 seconds to finish second at the Mountain West Championships ... she won the CSUN Challenge with a time of 24.03 seconds ... ran a 23.79 to finish 25th at the NCAA West Regionals ... was a member of the 4x400 relay team that won the Mountain West Championship in a school record time of 3:37.39 ... then the team set the record again with a time of 3:35.34 to finish 11th at the NCAA West Regionals.
Indoor (Sophomore): Key part in successful relay teams that made strong showings at the Mountain West Championships ... part of the 4x400 team that finished second in 3:41.71 and the Distance Medley Relay team that finished fifth with a time of 12:00.66.
2013-14
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed at seven meets ... was a member of the winning 4x400m relay team at the Mountain West Championships that came in with a time of 3:38.45, which was the fastest recorded time of the season ... that relay team went on to compete at the NCAA Western Preliminaries where they placed 17th with a time of 3:38.56 ... she also ran on the sixth place finishing 4x100 relay team at the Mountain West Championships ... individually she earned a career-best time of 24.09 in the 200m at the Mountain West Championships where she placed third ... won the Fresno State vs. Cal Poly Dual meet in the 400m with a career-best time of 56.87.
Indoor (Freshman): Finished her indoor season at the Mountain West Championships competing in the 200m and took 16th place with a time of 25.24.
Prior to Fresno State: Four-year letterwinner in track at Edison High ... was the team captain in 2012 and 2013 ... was the Edison High Female Athlete of the Year in 2012 and 2013 ... also a three-time CIF State Championship medal-winner and a three-time first-team All-Fresno Bee performer ... owns four school records and two County Metro Athletic Conference and Central Section records.
Personal: Born in Norfolk, Va. ... parents are Nailah and Maat Omawahleh ... has a brother, Kamau and two sisters, Zula and Dhakiya ... cousin Spencer Tate played baseball at Air Force and CSU Bakersfield ... former high school teammates competed at UC Davis (Jazmen Bunch) and Arizona State (Melese Crozier) ... her biggest athletic thrill is achieving a personal best mark ... came to Fresno State because she earned a full-ride scholarship and because she knew the area well ... majoring in health and science administration.
