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2019-20 Women's Track & Field Roster

Owakeena Murphy

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  • B/T Freshman
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Pagosa Springs, Colo.
  • High School Pagosa Springs HS

Biography

SOPHOMORE OUTDOOR (2020) – Canceled due to COVID-19 

FRESHMAN OUTDOOR (2019) – Had a personal best in the discus throw of 40.89m during the indoor season ... Had two 4th place finishes in the discus throw at the Mountain West Challenge & the Cardinal Classic ... Finished top-15 in the discus throw in all meets except one during the indoor season.

HIGH SCHOOL – Attended Pagosa Springs HS in Pagosa Springs, Colo. . . .  Owns a discus PR and Pagosa Springs HS record of 134’ 7” . . . 2018 state champion is discus, all-conference in 2015-18 . . . Intermountain League Female Field Athlete of the Year 2016 . . . Owns a shot put PR of 36’ 1”, and was all-conference in 2016-17.

PERSONAL – Pre-vet major at Nevada . . . Lists her sports hero as Jeremy Lin . . . Her father was a discus state champion in Texas . . . Also recruited by the University of South Dakota, UCS-Pueblo and Brown University.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

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  • 2019-20Sophomore

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