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Osazenoriuwa Ebose

Women's Track & Field

Ebose Earns All-America Laurels in Shot Put at NCAA T&F Championships

Osazenoriuwa Ebose became the first thrower in the history of the Swarthmore women's outdoor track & field program to garner All-America laurels by placing seventh in the shot put at the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships today.


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CANTON, N.Y. – Senior Osazenoriuwa Ebose of the Swarthmore College women's track & field team earned All-America laurels by placing seventh in the shot put at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday, May 23 at St. Lawrence's Merrick-Pinkard Track & Field Complex.
 
Ebose, who ranks ninth on the all-time Division III list in her premier event, registered a toss that traveled 46-feet, 2-inches on her first throw of the afternoon. Cherae Reeves of Concordia-Moorhead won the event by recording a mark of 49-3.50 on her second attempt in the finals.
 
With today's seventh-place finish, Ebose became the sixth student-athlete and first thrower in the history of the Swarthmore College women's track & field program to earn All-America recognition outdoors. The others are Desiree Peterkin '00 in the triple jump (1997, 1998 & 2000), Jokotade Agunloye '01 in the 5,000- and 10,000-meters (2001), Hall of Famer Imo Akpan '02 in the 400-meters (2002), Rebecca Hammond '13 in the 1,500-meters (2013) and Katie Jo McMenamin in the 1,500-meters (2014).
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Players Mentioned

Osazenoriuwa Ebose

Osazenoriuwa Ebose

Throws
5' 8"
Senior
Katie Jo McMenamin

Katie Jo McMenamin

Mid-Distance
5' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Osazenoriuwa Ebose

Osazenoriuwa Ebose

5' 8"
Senior
Throws
Katie Jo McMenamin

Katie Jo McMenamin

5' 7"
Junior
Mid-Distance