We've been preoccupied with basketball but I saw this on gobearcats.com.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - One of the most consistent throwers all season, Annette Echikunwoke turned in another strong showing in the circle as the University of Cincinnati junior posted the three best marks of the meet to capture the national title in the women’s weight throw Saturday night at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships inside the Gilliam Indoor Complex in College Station, Texas. The first national champion in program history, Echikunwoke took the lead in the first round of throws and never looked back on her way to the top spot on the podium.

http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/c-track...17aaa.html

Awesome news! Congrats Annette Echikunwoke!

Proudly Cincinnati...way to go Annette!

Can she make 3-pointers better than our guards?

And she has another three seasons (one indoor and two outdoor) to add to the trophy case! Already a three time All-American as a junior, congrats to Annette!

(03-13-2017 10:43 AM)bearcatfan Wrote:  We've been preoccupied with basketball but I saw this on gobearcats.com.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - One of the most consistent throwers all season, Annette Echikunwoke turned in another strong showing in the circle as the University of Cincinnati junior posted the three best marks of the meet to capture the national title in the women’s weight throw Saturday night at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships inside the Gilliam Indoor Complex in College Station, Texas. The first national champion in program history, Echikunwoke took the lead in the first round of throws and never looked back on her way to the top spot on the podium.

http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/c-track...17aaa.html

Nigerian Americans don't mess around. They really excel in academics and sports. Congratulations to her.

Congrats!!

I think 12 did a news story on her about a month ago. They may have said that she could be the number #1 person for the event at the next Olympics.

Would be awesome to have another Bearcat in the Olympics.

To my knowledge there have been none since Mary Wineberg ran track.


mc

Impressive

CINCINNATI - The 2017 indoor season has come to an end for the University of Cincinnati track and field program with the Bearcats having plenty to celebrate, including the program’s first national champion, the women’s first Top 25 finish and a pair of All-American highlighting yet another successful campaign. Annette Echikunwoke was crowned the champion of the women’s weight throw at the NCAA Championships to help the women’s team into the Top 25 as she also joined Adrian Valles as 2017 USTFCCCA All-America First Team honorees based on their Top 8 finishes.

// TOP 25 FINISH
With 10 points scored through Echikunwoke’s victory in the weight throw, the UC women placed in a tie for 21st place at the national meet, the best finish in program history. Previously, the best the women had finished came one year ago after the four points scored (three from Erika Hurd in the high jump for her sixth-place finish and one point from Echikunwoke after she placed eighth in the weight throw) gave the Bearcats a tie for 42nd-place nationally.

// NATIONALS HISTORY
With their finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships, the women added to their list of historical accomplishments as it relates to the program. Looking at the indoor national meets, the tie for 21st is the first Top 25 placement in program history and just the second in the Top 35 after the women were 34th in 2012. When combining the men’s historical results, the women’s 2017 indoor finish is tied for the second-best in program history after the 1973 men’s outdoor squad placed in a tie for 16th. The 1972 men’s outdoor squad also was tied for 21st. Those three finishes are the only Top 25 placements the UC program has achieved.

// CONFERENCE SIGNIFICANCE
Not only is the Top 25 finish for the Bearcats their first in indoor history, it also is the first for any women’s team in the American Athletic Conference since the league’s formation in 2013-14. Along with UC scoring in the past two meets, UCF tied for 56th this year for the only other AAC women’s team to score at nationals. When added to the finishes the men’s teams in the American have posted since the 2014 meet, this year’s edition of the UC women would rank tied the fifth-best placement of any school in the American after Tulsa placed 13th this year, Houston was tied for 16th both in 2016 and 2017 and Tulsa tied for 18th in 2015.


http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/c-track...17aaa.html

According to GoBearcats, Anette, along with 7 others will be going to the NCAA Championship Meet in Eugene next week, which is the most we have ever sent. Two others, Valles in the Pole Vault and Tudor in the disc, along with Annette are ranked in the top 5 nationally and could very well bring home individual championships.

Although football and basketball are the most popular sports and the one we wish for us to succeed in the most, I really like seeing the non-revenue sports doing well. It's nice to be national champions in any sport, which can only help the UC reputation of athletic achievement.

Does anyone know whether these non recent sports like track and field, golf, tennis, etc. are fully funded?