Wisconsin Badgers

Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor): Redshirt Senior/Redshirt Senior

Notables

• 2019 Second-Team All-American (Outdoor: Shot Put)
• 2019 Second-Team All-American (Indoor: Shot Put)
• 2019 Second-Team All-American (Indoor: Weight Throw)
• 2018 Honorable Mention All-American (Shot Put)
• 2018 Second-Team All-American (Weight Throw)
• 2018 Second-Team All-American (Shot Put)
• 2017 Second-Team All-American (Weight Throw)
• Academic All-Big Ten Honoree (2018)
• NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifier
  • 2016 - Shot Put
  • 2017 - Shot Put
  • 2018 - Shot Put
  • 2019 - Shot Put

2019 Season

2019 Outdoor: Concluded her career with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA meet (6/5-8) with a throw of 53-9 3/4 ... qualified for the national meet at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/23-25) with a throw of 54-4 1/2 in the shot put to finish 10th ... competed at the Big Ten Championship (5/10-12) and took 16th in hammer throw and eighth in shot put with a 51-6 1/2 toss... at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (5/3) she threw a personal best hammer with a 193 foot, 1 inch mark and took first in shot put with a 55-5 3/4 toss... threw for a season best 53 feet, 2 3/4 inches in shot put at the Long Beach Invitational (4/20)... at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (4/18) she took 27th in hammerthrow and won the shot put competition with a 52-6 toss... competed at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6) and took 12th place in hammer throw with a 159-5 toss and finished in fourth place in shot put... took third at the Aztec Invitational (3/22) in the invitational hammer throw with a personal best throw of 182-4, eighth best in school history

2019 Indoor: Competed at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9) and took 14th in weight throw with a mark of 65-4 3/4 and 16th in shot put with a throw of 50-7 1/4... took eighth place in shot put at the Big Ten Championship (2/22) following a 52 foot throw and took sixth in weight throw following a 69-6 1/4 (21.19m) toss. set the school record in and won weight throw with a 73-3 1/4 mark and won shot put with a 51-10 foot throw at the Red and White Classic (2/15)... had a career weekend at the Power Five Invitational (2/1) where she set an indoor PR in shot put with a 55 feet, 7 1/2 inch shot and also won the weight throw with a season best 71 feet, 8 1/4 inch throw, which is currently fifth in the nation... took fifth place in the weight throw event at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/18) with a 69-1 (21.07m) throw... won the shot put with a throw measuring 52-1 3/4 (15.89m) and also won the weight throw with a toss of 71-1 1/2 (21.68) at the Badger Icebreaker (1/12)

2018 Season

2018 Outdoor: Finished 19th overall in the shot put with a throw of 52-2 (15.90m) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/7) ... threw a personal best of 56-1 3/4 (17.11m) at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24) to finish third ... finished 14th in the shot put with a throw of 50-0 (15.24m) and placed 17th in the hammer throw with a toss of 166-7 (50.77m) at the Big Ten Championships (5/11-13) ... threw 53-1 (16.18m) in the shot put to finish second and threw 154-4 (47.04m) in the hammer throw to finish 13th at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/4)...placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 50-7 1/4 (15.42m) at the National Relays (4/27)...threw the shot 50-3 1/2 (15.33m) to place 11th in the shot put at the Beach Invite (4/21)...finished third in the shot put with a throw of 51-3 1/2 (15.63m) at teh Bryan Clay Invite (4/20)...placed eighth in the hammer throw with a mark of 171-0 (52.12m) at the Spec Towns Invite (4-6/7)...finished runner-up in the shot put with a throw of 51-7 (15.72m) at the California Collegiate Open (3/31)

2018 Indoor: Finished 12th in the weight throw with a toss of 67-10 3/4 (20.45m) and 16th in the shot put with a throw of 47-7 (14.50m) at the NCAA Indoor Championship (3/9) ...was runner-up in the shot put with a throw of 55-6 1/2 (16.93m) and sixth in the weight throw with a throw of 66-7 3/4 (20.31m) at the Big Ten Indoor Championship (2/24) ...won the shot put and weight throw with throws of 55-5 1/2 (16.90m) and 71-10 1/4 (21.90m) respectively at the Shell Shocker (2/16)...won the weight throw with a toss of 68-1 1/2 (20.76m) and placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 50-7 1/4 (15.42m) at the ISU Classic (2/9) ... took second in the weight throw with a toss of 67-1 1/4 (20.45m) and sixth in the shot put with a throw of 50-3 1/4 (15.32m) at the Dr. Sander Invitational (1/26) ... Finished eighth in the shot put with a toss of 49-9 3/4 (15.18m) and second in the weight throw, throwing 70-6 1/2 (21.5m) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/19) ... took third overall in the shot put with a throw of 51-1 3/4 (15.59 m) and also placed second in the weight throw with a toss of 71-9 1/2 (221.88 m) at The Dual (1/13)

2017 Season

2017 Outdoor: Recorded a personal-best throw of 51-1 (15.57m) in the shot put at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/25-27) ... threw 46-8 1/4 (14.23m) in the shot put at the Big Ten Championship (5/12-14) to place 16th... was runner-up in the shot put at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (5/5) with a personal-best 50-10 1/4 (15.50m) ... threw the shot 47-11 1/4 (14.61m) at the Triton Invitational (4/22) to place 14th in the invitational section ... placed sixth in the shot put and seventh in hammer at the Jim Click Shootout (4/8) with throws of 162-1 (49.40m) in hammer and 47-2 (14.37m) in shot put

2017 Indoor: Earned second-team All-America honors in the weight throw, placing 16th with a throw of 63-9 1/2 (19.44m) at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/11) ... placed third in weight throw with a mark of 66-8 1/2 (20.33m) and finished ninth in the shot put throwing 50-5 1/2 (15.38m) at the Big Ten Championships (2/24-25) ... secured a pair of second place finishes at the Shell Shocker (2/17), throwing 49-11 (15.21m) in shot put and 69-9 (21.26m) in the weight throw ... won the weight throw at the Iowa State Classic (2/10-11) with a mark of 69-2 1/2 (21.09m) and finished fifth in shot put with a 49-1 (14.96m) throw ... was victorious in weight throw marking 66-4 1/4 (20.22m) and placed second in shot put throwing 49-7 (15.11m) ... set a meet record in the weight throw at the Minnesota Dual (1/21), throwing 70-10 1/2 (21.60m) and was runner-up in shot put with a personal-best 51-7 (15.72m) ... threw a personal-best 66-8 3/4 (20.34m) to win the weight throw and placed second in shot put, throwing 47-9 3/4 (14.57m) at the Badger Icebreaker (1/14)
 

2016 Season

2016 Outdoor: At the NCAA West Regional (5/28), placed 39th in the shot put with a toss of 47-8 1/2 (14.54m) ... Took 10th in the shot put at the Big Ten Championships (5/13-15) with a heave of 48-10 1/4 ... Placed fourth in the shot put with a personal-record toss of 50-4 1/2 at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/6) ... Earned another win in the shot put this season at the Drake Alternative Meet (5/1) with a mark of 46-6 ... Won the shot put at the Triton Invitational (4/23) with a new PR heave of 50-2 1/2 (15.30m) ... recorded a new personal best in the shot put with a heave of 47-1 3/4 (14.37m) to place sixth at the Spec Towns Invitational (4/8-9) ... At the Aztec Invitational (3/24-26),placed 10th in the shot put with a mark of 45-4 1/2 (13.83m)

2016 Indoor: At the Big Ten Championship (2/26), placed 11th with a mark of 48-4 3/4 (14.75m) in the shot put and 18th in the weight throw with a toss of 58-1 1/4 (17.71m) ... Earned two new personal records with a mark of 49-10 1/2 (15.20m) to take third in the shot put and a toss of 61-7 3/4 (18.79m) to take third in the weight throw at the Red and White Open (2/19) ... Took eighth in the shot put with a mark of 46-0 1/2 (14.03m) and took fourth in the weight throw with a toss of 61-4 (18.69m) at the Iowa State Classic (2/12) ... At the Armory Track Invitational (2/5), took seventh in the shot put with a heave of 47-9 (14.55m) and eighth in the weight throw with a toss of 58-0 1/2 (17.69m) ... Placed second in the shot put with a heave of 48-7 1/2 (14.82m) and fifth in the weight throw with a mark of 58-0 1/2 (17.69m) at the dual against Minnesota (1/23) ... Took second at the Notre Dame dual (1/16) in the shot put with a throw of 49-3 1/2 (15.02m) and second in the weight throw with a heave of 59-10 1/4 (18.24m) 
 

2015 Season

2015 Outdoor: Redshirt season ... Competed for Wisconsin at the USA Outdoor Junior Championship (6/26) to an 11th place finish in the shot put with a heave of 45-10 (13.97m) ...  Competed unattached and finished sixth in the shot put with a heave of 46-7 1/2 (14.21m) and tenth in the discus throw with a toss of 124-9 (38.02m) at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/8) ...Competed unattached at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative (4/26) to a sixth-place finish in the discus throw with a heave of 134-6 (41.01m) and a ninth-place finish in the hammer throw with a toss of 122-0 (37.19m)

2015 Indoor: Redshirt season ... Competed unattached at the Red and White Open (2/20) to a fifth place finish in the shot put with a heave of 45-3 1/2 (13.80m) and finished eighth in the weight throw with a toss of 55-2 (16.81m) ... Competed unattached and placed second in the shot put with a heave of 48-0 1/2 (14.64m), placed second in the discus throw with a toss of 123-1 (37.51m), and tied for fourth place in the weight throw with a heave of 52-4 (15.95m) at the Wisconsin Open (1/17).
 

High School

Won the shot put with a heave of 48-0 as a senior at the Illinois Class 3A Top Times Championships, ...at the 2014 state meet, placed third in shot put (43-10 3/4) and ninth in the discus (125-5)...as a junior at the Top Times Championships she finished second in shot put with a heave of 43-9 1/2...at the 2013 state outdoor meet, she finished fourth in the shot put (41-11 1/2) and ninth in the discus (120-6). Banke Oginni High School Won the shot put with a heave of 48-0 as a senior at the Illinois Class 3A Top Times Championships, ...at the 2014 state meet, placed third in shot put (43-10 3/4) and ninth in the discus (125-5)...as a junior at the Top Times Championships she finished second in shot put with a heave of 43-9 1/2...at the 2013 state outdoor meet, she finished fourth in the shot put (41-11 1/2) and ninth in the discus (120-6).
 

Personal

Her mom is Kikelomo Oginni...has two younger siblings, Richmond and Femi...major is sociology.
 

Why Wisconsin?

"I chose Wisconsin because of the great academic reputation and I fell in love with the vibe and atmosphere of the athletic program."
 

Personal Bests

Indoor				Outdoor
Shot Put	55-7 1/2 (16.95m)	2-2-19		Shot Put	56-1 3/4 (17.11m)	5-24/26-18
Weight Throw	73-3 1/4 (22.33m)	2-15-19		Hammer Throw	193-1	5-3-19
Discus	123-1 (37.51m)	1-17-15		Discus	134-6 (41.01m)	4-26-15

 

Notable Performances

2015 U.S. Outdoor Junior Championship
Shot Put: 11th (45-10 (13.97m))

At the NCAA Championships

2019 - Outdoor
Shot Put: 13th (53-9 3/4 (16.40m))

2019 - Indoor
Shot Put: 16th (50-7 1/4 (15.42m))
Weight Throw: 14th (65-4 3/4 (19.83m))

2018 - Outdoor
Shot Put: 19th (52-2 (15.90m))

2018 - Indoor
Weight Throw: 12th (67-10 3/4 (20.69m))

2018 - Indoor
Shot Put: 16th (47-7 (14.50m))

2017 - Indoor
Weight Throw: 16th (63-9 1/2 (19.44m))

At the NCAA Preliminary Round
2019 - Outdoor
Shot Put: 10th (54-4 1/2 (16.57m))

2018 - Outdoor
Shot Put: 3rd (56-1 3/4 (17.11m))

2016 - Outdoor
Shot Put: 39th (47-8 1/2 (14.54m))

At the Big Ten Championships
2019 - Outdoor
Shot Put: 8th (51-6 1/2 (15.71m))
Hammer Throw: 16th (182-6 (55.63m))

2019 - Indoor
Shot Put: 8th (52-00 (15.85m))
Weight Throw: 6th (69-6 1/4 (21.19m))

2018 - Outdoor
Shot Put: 14th (50-0 (15.24m))
Hammer Throw: 17th (166-7 (50.77m))

2018- Indoor
Shot Put: 2nd (55-6 1/2 (16.93m))
Weight Throw: 6th (66-7 3/4 (20.31m))

2017- Outdoor
Shot Put: 16th (46-8 1/4 (14.23m))

2017- Indoor
Shot Put: 9th (50-5 1/2 (15.38m))
Weight Throw: 3rd (66-8 1/2 (20.33m)) 

2016 - Outdoor
Shot Put: 10th (48-10 1/4 (14.89m))

2016 - Indoor
Shot Put: 11th (48-4 3/4 (14.75m))
Weight Throw: 18th (58-1 1/4 (17.71m))