Keturah Orji

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Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Mount Olive
Hometown:
Mount Olive, N.J.

	(I)	(O)
Career Bests
TJ	46-11.75	48-3.25
LJ	22-0.75	22-4.25

2016 Olympian (U.S.A.)
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 NCAA Outdoor Champion (Triple Jump)
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 NCAA First Team Outdoor All-American (Triple Jump)
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 NCAA First Team Indoor All-American (Triple Jump)
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 SEC Outdoor Champion (Triple Jump)
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 SEC Indoor Champion (Triple Jump)
2018, 2017, 2016 Bowerman Award Finalist
2018, 2017, 2016 NCAA Indoor Champion (Triple Jump)
2018, 2017, 2016 SEC Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
2018, 2017, 2016 SEC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
2018, 2017, 2016 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American
2018, 2017, 2016 NCAA First Team Outdoor All-American (Long Jump)
2018, 2017, 2016 NCAA First Team Indoor All-American (Long Jump)
2018, 2017 USTFCCCA National Indoor Women’s Field Athlete of the Year
2018, 2017 USTFCCCA South Region Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
2018, 2017 USTFCCCA South Region Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
2018, 2016 SEC Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2018 USTFCCCA National Outdoor Co-Women's Field Athlete of the Year
2018 NCAA Outdoor Champion (Long Jump)
2018 SEC Outdoor Champion (Long Jump)
2017 USATF Outdoor Champion (Triple Jump)
2017 IAAF World Indoor Championships (U.S.A.)
2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion (Triple Jump)
2016 USTFCCCA National Outdoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year
2015 SEC Outdoor & Indoor Women’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
2015 NCAA Second Team Indoor All-American (Long Jump)

2018: Outdoor - This spring, she concluded arguably the most decorated career by a Georgia student-athlete...Earned some of the highest distinguishments as both a student and an athlete, garnering National Women’s Field Athlete of the Year (USTFCCCA), CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American and Bowerman Award finalist honors for the third-straight season, as well as the Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second time...Joins Alec Kessler (MBB ‘90) as the only three-time CoSIDA First Team All-Americans in the history of Georgia athletics...Capped off her Bulldog finalé at the NCAA Outdoor Championships as the third woman in collegiate history to win both the long jump and triple jump titles at the same meet, winning her first LJ championship with a jump of 21 feet, 10 ¾ inches and securing her seventh and final NCAA triple jump crown with a leap of 46 feet, ¾ inches...With the two titles at NCAA Outdoors, Orji captured her seventh and eighth NCAA individual titles, and now owns the most individual titles (eight) of a women’s field athlete in collegiate history...She also becomes No. 2 all-time in outdoor titles (five) and the fifth woman to win four straight titles in one event...Established a new collegiate record in the triple jump (47’11.75”) along with meet/facility records at the SEC Outdoor Championships on the way to her eighth SEC triple jump title, and now owns the top six official marks in NCAA history--including her No. 3 mark of 47’0.25” and No. 6 mark of 46’10”, for which she was named SEC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week (4/24/18) at the Mt. SAC Relays, this season alone...Also owns four of the top six wind-aided marks all-time (two new marks this season at SEC Outdoors) and four of the top seven marks outside collegiate season, including her school record of 48 feet, 3 ¼ inches at the 2016 Olympic Games...Registered another school record in the long jump with a winning leap of 22 feet, 4 ¼ inches at SEC Outdoors towards her first conference title in the LJ...Earned SEC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week (4/10/18) from her outdoor long jump opener, in which she jumped 22 feet, ¼ inch for an event win at the Spec Towns Invitational...Won 28 consecutive collegiate triple jump rounds spanning back to the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships her freshman year and 34 of 38 total in her Georgia career (including national/international competitions, with wins at the 2017 USATF Championships and 2016 Olympic Trials as well as finalist finishes at the 2017 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2016 Olympic Games)...One of 35 UGA student-athletes who earned a 4.0 GPA on the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Fall 2018...Also earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Notched a fifth-place finish in the triple jump at the IAAF World Indoor Championships with a jump of 46 feet, 11 ½ inches...Claimed her sixth-straight NCAA triple jump title with new facility and meet records (46-10) at the NCAA Indoor Championships...Also earned silver in the long jump with a first team All-American finish of 21-4.75 to help Georgia secure a historic 1-2-3 sweep in the long jump...Swept the Women’s Field Athlete of the Year honors, receiving the national distinction from the USTFCCCA as well as the regional distinction from the SEC and USTFCCCA South Region...Shattered American, collegiate and UGA records in the triple jump with a leap of 47-8 at the Clemson Invite as the first women’s collegiate jumper to break 47 feet on the way to the No. 2 mark worldwide this year...She was named USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week and SEC Field Athlete of the Week for the performance...Earned the No. 1 NCAA qualifying mark in the triple jump (47-8) and the No. 4 qualifying mark in the long jump (21-5.25)...Claimed her sixth career SEC triple jump crown on her final attempt, landing a new facility record of 46-6.25 to grab All-SEC First Team honors...Joined teammate Kate Hall on the podium with a second-place finish in the long jump (21-5.25)...Named SEC Women’s Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second time in her career...Honored alongside Lynna Irby as one of 10 members for the indoor postseason watch list for the 2018 Bowerman Award, for which she was one of three finalists in 2016 and 2017; also named to the pre-NCAA, midseason and preseason watch lists...Posted a new personal best in the 60 meters (7.53) and took second in the long jump (21-2) at the Orange & Purple Invite...Honored as one of UGA’s seven Presidential Scholar-Athletes for Fall 2017, accruing a perfect 4.0 GPA.

2017: Outdoor – Soared 46 feet, 11 ½ inches to win the triple jump at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Also opened her long jump competition at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial and won with a mark of 21-8.25…Reached 45-9.25 to take top honors at the SEC Championships in the triple jump…Finished fifth in the long jump at SECs thanks to a measurement of 21-1.50…Advanced out of the NCAA East Prelims in the long jump with a 21-7.50 mark and in the triple jump at 46-2.75…Registered a triple jump of 46-10.75 to win her fifth NCAA title (third outdoors) at the NCAA Championships…Earned runner-up honors in the long jump at Nationals after hitting 22-0.25…Won the USATF Championships after tallying a mark of 46-9.50.
Indoor – Ran a season-best 60-meter dash time of 7.53 at the Orange & Purple Classic…Won the long jump at the Orange & Purple meet after traveling 21 feet, 4 ¼ inches…Traveled a meet record triple jump distance of 45-9.25 to win the Texas A&M Quad meet…Returned to finish first at the Razorback Invite with a mark of 21-9…Took home top honors in the triple at the Music City Challenge with an effort of 46-3.25…Established fresh facility, meet, school, collegiate and American records in the triple jump to win at the SEC Championships with a mark of 46-11.75…Set a school record with an effort of 22-0.75 to take third in the long jump at the SEC meet…Recorded a facility record of 46-3.25 to capture the triple jump title at the NCAA Championships…Finished third for an All-America certificate at the NCAA Championships after reaching 21-7.25.

2016: Outdoor - Opened her season in the triple jump with a mammoth jump of 46 feet, 3 ½ inches to win the Virginia Challenge...Won the Georgia Invitational in the long jump after her top effort measured 21-6...Matched the collegiate all-time, all-conditions record with a school record mark of 47-10.75 (windy, above 2.0 meters/second) to win her fourth consecutive SEC title (second in a row outdoors)...Also had the seventh-best jump in collegiate history at SECs with an effort of 46-6.75...Finished fourth in the long at the SEC meet thanks to traveling 21-3.25...Set the collegiate record with a wind-legal triple jump of 46-10.75 at the NCAA East Prelims...Also won the long at Prelims with a performance of 21-8.75...Topped her own collegiate record in the triple with a winning mark of 47-8, which was also the American record and meet record, at the NCAA Championships...Scored another three points for the Lady Bulldogs with a sixth-place finish (20-7.75) in the long at Nationals...Took a single attempt in the triple jump qualifying at the U.S. Olympic Trials to finish first with a mark of 46-6, returned to win the U.S. title and earn a spot on Team USA with a winning mark of 46-11.75 on her fifth attempt in the finals in rainy conditions...Finished just three centimeters out of a bronze medal at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after traveling 48-3.25, which established freshman American and school records.
Indoor - Clocked a 7.58 to finish third in the 60-meter dash at the Vulcan Invite...Won the Blazer Invite with a long jump of 20 feet, 8 ½ inches...Finished first in all three of her regular season meets in the triple jump, highlighted by a meet and facility record of 45-2.50 at the Samford Invite...Set a meet and school record to win the triple jump at the SEC Championships...Took fourth in the long jump at the SEC Championships thanks to a top effort of 21-4.25...Improved her own school record and established a fresh facility record of 46-4 to win her second career NCAA triple jump crown (first indoors)...Also earned a First Team All-America certificate in the long jump with a fourth-place finish (21-3.25)...Capped her sophomore indoor season by setting a school record (46-4.75) with a fourth-place finish at the IAAF World Championships.

2015: Outdoor – Started her collegiate outdoor career by setting school records in both the triple jump (45 feet, 2 ¼ inches) and the long jump (21-8.75) to win each event at the Spec Towns Invite...Improved her school record to 21-9 to finish third in the long jump at the Georgia Invite...Set school, meet and American Junior records in the triple jump to finish first at the SEC Championships thanks to a mark of 46-4.25...Also was third in the long jump (21-8.25) at SECs...Qualified for Nationals in both events after winning the triple jump (43-10.75) and taking eighth in the long (20-0.25)...Became the first freshman to win the national triple jump crown at the NCAA Championships with a school and American Junior record effort of 46-5.25...Was seventh to score two points in the long jump at NCAAs thanks to a leap of 21-6.75.
Indoor - Opened her career with a winning mark of 20-10.75 in the long jump at the Auburn Invitational...Traveled to an American Junior and school record in the triple jump with a mark of 45-10.50 at the McCravy Memorial...Earned runner-up honors in the long jump (21-2) at the VT Elite Meet behind teammate Kendell Williams...Reached 45-7.75 to win the triple jump at the Tyson Invitational...Topped Florida senior Ciarra Brewer in the latter rounds to win her first SEC title with a mark of 45-0.25 in the triple jump...Scored another six points thanks to a third-place finish in the long jump (21-1.25) at SECs...Reached a top mark of 45-2.25 to earn runner-up honors in the triple jump at the NCAA Championships...Also finished 13th in the long jump (19-8.25) at NCAAs.

High School: Earned a silver medal in the long jump and bronze medal in the triple jump a the World Youth Championships as a junior...Swept the long and triple jump titles at the New Balance National Championships indoors and outdoors as a senior...Won the USA Junior Championships in the triple jump...Named Gatorade N.J. Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year...No. 2 on the all-time girls’ high school list in the indoor and outdoor triple jump and owns a total of five spots on the combined top-10 lists...Earned Girls Athlete of the Meet honors in the individual events at the Penn Relays as a senior...Won Eastern States Championships in both the long and triple jumps...Part of the 2013 World Youth team and the 2014 World Junior team that won team titles for the U.S....Won the New Balance triple jump championship during the indoor and outdoor seasons as a junior...Earned New Balance All-American honors in both jumps as a sophomore...Three-time New Jersey state champion in the long and triple jumps...2013-14 Star-Ledger Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Year...Personal-best marks of 20 feet, 11 ¾ inches (long jump) and 44-11 (triple jump)...Also played volleyball at Mount Olive...Posted a 3.8 GPA and was in the World Language Honor Society.

Personal: Born March 5, 1996...Daughter of Anthony Orji and Nicole Orji...Majored in Financial Planning and working on a masters in Kinesiology Non-Thesis.