2025 Track & Field Roster
Oakley, Dejanea
Dejanea Oakley
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Clarendon College
- Hometown:
- Colonels Ridge District, Clarendon, Jamaica
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
Bio
2024 Big 12 Indoor 400m Champion
2024 Big 12 Indoor High Point Performer of the Meet
2024 USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-American (4x400m Relay)
2024 Big 12 Outdoor 200m Champion
2025 SEC Indoor 4x400m Champion
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (400m)
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (4x400m)
2025 NCAA Outdoor 4x400m Champion
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (400m)
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (4x400m)
2025: Outdoor – National runner-up in the 400-meter dash, posting a personal best time of 49.65 to join teammate Aaliyah Butler on the podium in Eugene and helped the Bulldog to the national team championship…Also posted a time of 50.18 in the semifinals…Led the Bulldogs to a national title in the 4x400m relay with a school-record time of 3:23.62, helping Georgia become the No. 8 performer in NCAA history in the event…Scorer in the 400m at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line fourth with a time of 51.34…Also clocked a 51.15 to place second in the prelims…Earned an SEC silver medal as a member of the 4x400m relay team, helping the Bulldogs post a time of 3:24.85…Guided the 4x100m relay team to fourth place in Lexington with a time of 43.19…Posted the second-fastest 400m time at the NCAA East Regional (50.70) to finish second, also running the fastest time in the first round (51.15)…Helped Georgia finish second in the 4x400m (3:25.80) and fourth in the 4x100m relay at the NCAA East Regional (43.11)…Clocked a time of 50.35 at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, placing third in the 400m invite…Placed fourth in the 400m at the LSU Invite with a time of 51.20, also running on the runner-up 4x100m relay team (43.07)…Ran the 200m twice, winning the event at the Florida Relays with a season-best time of 22.43 and finishing runner-up at the Tiger Track Classic with a 22.68…Helped Georgia place second in the 4x100m relay at the Florida Relays and third at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational with respective times of 43.18 and 43.29…Guided the 4x400m relay team to victory at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of 3:28.25.
Indoor – Bronze medalist in the 400m at the NCAA Championships, clocking a 51.14 in the finals following a 51.85 in the prelims to earn First Team All-America honors…Ran the anchor leg on the 4x400m relay team at the NCAA Championships and SEC Championships, leading the team to silver medalist honors (3.26.07) at NCAAs and to a gold medal at SECs (3:26.42)…Helped the team set school records at both meets as the team became the No. 6 performer in NCAA history…Scored in the 400m at the SEC Championships with a time of 50.90, becoming the No. 24 all-time collegiate performer…Opened her season at the Ted Nelson Invite, placing third with a time of 53.30…Clocked a 52.12 in the 400m orange race at the Tiger Paw Invite to finish eighth…Also ran the opening leg on the 4x400m relay team which finished third in Clemson (3:28.07).
Texas (2022-24): 2023-24: Outdoor – Won the 2024 Big 12 200-meter dash title…Helped Texas finish third in the 4x200m relay with a time of 1:32.70 and fourth in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:33.19 at the Texas Relays...Was the runner-up in the 200m (23.40) and sixth in the 400m (53.50) at the Mt. SAC Relays...Ran the 100-meter in 11.15w and the 200m in 22.73 at the Texas Invitational.
Indoor – Ran the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay that won with a time of 3:37.03 and finished third in the 300m (38.15) at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet...Finished fifth in the 60m (7.53) and third in the 300m (37.43) at the Dr. MLK Jr. Invite...Finished third in the 400m with a time of 52.53 and ninth in the 200m (23.34) at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic...Was the runner-up in the 400m with her time of 52.69 and helped the 4x400m relay win with a time of 3:29.80 at the Eagle Elite Invite...Was named the Big 12 Indoor High Point Performer of the Meet after winning the 400m with a PB time of 51.75, was the runner-up in the 200-meter with a PB time of 22.86 and helped Texas finish second in the 4x400m with a time of 3:30.08...Ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay that finished fourth with a time of 3:28.91, the 11th fastest time in UT History at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
2022-23: Outdoor – Competed in the 200-meter dash at the USF Bulls Invitational and finished with a time of 23.32...Ran the 200m at the Tom Jones Memorial and finished in 23.36...Ran her first collegiate 400m in 52.61 at the Texas Invitational...Was part of the winning 4x400m relay at the Big 12 Championships that ran a time of 3:30.38...Ran a personal-best in the 400m at the NCAA West Prelims at 51.79 and helped UT qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 4x400m...Ran at the NCAA Championships in the 4x400m.
Indoor – Debuted for Texas at the Big 12 Championships, helping the Longhorns finish fifth in the DMR with a time of 11:39.11 and ran the 4x400m that finished with a time of 3:36.04 to finish third.
High School: Back-to-back champion at the ISSA/Grace Kennedy Girls Championship, Jamaica’s national high school championship meet, as a junior and senior…Member of Jamaican under-20 team as a senior…Competed at the CARIFTA Games as a junior…Placed third at the ISSA/Grace Kennedy Girls Championship meet as a freshman…Academic honor roll.
Personal: Born July 4, 2004…Daughter of Winsome Taylor and Winston Taylor…Has one brother, Rajay Morris, who competes in track & field at the University of Albany…Intending to major in International Business.
2024 Big 12 Indoor High Point Performer of the Meet
2024 USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-American (4x400m Relay)
2024 Big 12 Outdoor 200m Champion
2025 SEC Indoor 4x400m Champion
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (400m)
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (4x400m)
2025 NCAA Outdoor 4x400m Champion
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (400m)
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (4x400m)
2025: Outdoor – National runner-up in the 400-meter dash, posting a personal best time of 49.65 to join teammate Aaliyah Butler on the podium in Eugene and helped the Bulldog to the national team championship…Also posted a time of 50.18 in the semifinals…Led the Bulldogs to a national title in the 4x400m relay with a school-record time of 3:23.62, helping Georgia become the No. 8 performer in NCAA history in the event…Scorer in the 400m at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line fourth with a time of 51.34…Also clocked a 51.15 to place second in the prelims…Earned an SEC silver medal as a member of the 4x400m relay team, helping the Bulldogs post a time of 3:24.85…Guided the 4x100m relay team to fourth place in Lexington with a time of 43.19…Posted the second-fastest 400m time at the NCAA East Regional (50.70) to finish second, also running the fastest time in the first round (51.15)…Helped Georgia finish second in the 4x400m (3:25.80) and fourth in the 4x100m relay at the NCAA East Regional (43.11)…Clocked a time of 50.35 at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, placing third in the 400m invite…Placed fourth in the 400m at the LSU Invite with a time of 51.20, also running on the runner-up 4x100m relay team (43.07)…Ran the 200m twice, winning the event at the Florida Relays with a season-best time of 22.43 and finishing runner-up at the Tiger Track Classic with a 22.68…Helped Georgia place second in the 4x100m relay at the Florida Relays and third at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational with respective times of 43.18 and 43.29…Guided the 4x400m relay team to victory at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of 3:28.25.
Indoor – Bronze medalist in the 400m at the NCAA Championships, clocking a 51.14 in the finals following a 51.85 in the prelims to earn First Team All-America honors…Ran the anchor leg on the 4x400m relay team at the NCAA Championships and SEC Championships, leading the team to silver medalist honors (3.26.07) at NCAAs and to a gold medal at SECs (3:26.42)…Helped the team set school records at both meets as the team became the No. 6 performer in NCAA history…Scored in the 400m at the SEC Championships with a time of 50.90, becoming the No. 24 all-time collegiate performer…Opened her season at the Ted Nelson Invite, placing third with a time of 53.30…Clocked a 52.12 in the 400m orange race at the Tiger Paw Invite to finish eighth…Also ran the opening leg on the 4x400m relay team which finished third in Clemson (3:28.07).
Texas (2022-24): 2023-24: Outdoor – Won the 2024 Big 12 200-meter dash title…Helped Texas finish third in the 4x200m relay with a time of 1:32.70 and fourth in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:33.19 at the Texas Relays...Was the runner-up in the 200m (23.40) and sixth in the 400m (53.50) at the Mt. SAC Relays...Ran the 100-meter in 11.15w and the 200m in 22.73 at the Texas Invitational.
Indoor – Ran the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay that won with a time of 3:37.03 and finished third in the 300m (38.15) at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet...Finished fifth in the 60m (7.53) and third in the 300m (37.43) at the Dr. MLK Jr. Invite...Finished third in the 400m with a time of 52.53 and ninth in the 200m (23.34) at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic...Was the runner-up in the 400m with her time of 52.69 and helped the 4x400m relay win with a time of 3:29.80 at the Eagle Elite Invite...Was named the Big 12 Indoor High Point Performer of the Meet after winning the 400m with a PB time of 51.75, was the runner-up in the 200-meter with a PB time of 22.86 and helped Texas finish second in the 4x400m with a time of 3:30.08...Ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay that finished fourth with a time of 3:28.91, the 11th fastest time in UT History at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
2022-23: Outdoor – Competed in the 200-meter dash at the USF Bulls Invitational and finished with a time of 23.32...Ran the 200m at the Tom Jones Memorial and finished in 23.36...Ran her first collegiate 400m in 52.61 at the Texas Invitational...Was part of the winning 4x400m relay at the Big 12 Championships that ran a time of 3:30.38...Ran a personal-best in the 400m at the NCAA West Prelims at 51.79 and helped UT qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 4x400m...Ran at the NCAA Championships in the 4x400m.
Indoor – Debuted for Texas at the Big 12 Championships, helping the Longhorns finish fifth in the DMR with a time of 11:39.11 and ran the 4x400m that finished with a time of 3:36.04 to finish third.
High School: Back-to-back champion at the ISSA/Grace Kennedy Girls Championship, Jamaica’s national high school championship meet, as a junior and senior…Member of Jamaican under-20 team as a senior…Competed at the CARIFTA Games as a junior…Placed third at the ISSA/Grace Kennedy Girls Championship meet as a freshman…Academic honor roll.
Personal: Born July 4, 2004…Daughter of Winsome Taylor and Winston Taylor…Has one brother, Rajay Morris, who competes in track & field at the University of Albany…Intending to major in International Business.
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