2015-16 Track & Field Roster
Omo Tseumah
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Huntley
- Hometown:
- Huntley, Ill.
Personal Bests (as of June 2017):
Indoor-
High Jump: 5-8.75/1.75 meters (No. 3 all-time at MU/Freshman Record)
Outdoor-
High Jump: 5-8.00/1.73 meters (No. 5 all-time at MU/Freshman Record)
2016-17:
All-BIG EAST (indoor and outdoor high jump)
Indoor (Sr.): Took the title at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships with a leap of 1.70 meters (5-7 feet) ... Also took first place at the UW Parkside Classic at the same height (1.70 meters; 5-7 feet) ... Captured third place at the Jack Johnson Classic with a 1.62-meter leap (5-3.75 feet).
Outdoor (Sr.): Took second at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships with a leap of 1.70 meters (5-7 feet) ... Grabbed second place at Marquette Duals with a jump of 1.61 meters (5-3.25 feet).
2015-16:
All-BIG EAST (indoor and outdoor high jump)
Indoor (Jr.): Earned first place in the BIG EAST Indoor Championships with a leap of 1.66 meters (5-5.25 feet) ... Placed third at both the Wisocnsin Open (1.66 meters; 5-5.25 feet) and GVSU Big Meet Invite (1.67 meters; 5-5.75 feet).
Outdoor (Jr.): Took the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships women's high jump title with a leap of 1.64 meters (5-5 feet) ... Placed third at three separate meets in the same category: Wisconsin Twilight, 1.72 meters (5-7.75 feet); Illinois Twilight, 1.69 meter (5-6.5 feet); Drury Hotels Joey Haines Invite, 1.62 meters (5-3.75 feet).
2014-15:
All-BIG EAST (indoor and outdoor high jump)
Indoor (So.): Competed solely in the high jump during indoor sophomore season ... Took third place at the BIG EAST Championships in the high jump with a leap of 1.65 meters (5-5 feet) ... Turned in a pair of victories at the John Tierney Triangular and Panther TuneUp - latter was a season-best jump of 1.69 meters (5-6.5 feet).
Outdoor (So.): Competed in the high jump and 200-meter dash during outdoor sophomore season ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors for the second time at the BIG EAST outdoor championships with identical jump from indoor season and also placed third ... Registered one outdoor win in a dual against UW-Milwaukee with a jump of 1.63 meters (5-4.5 feet).
2013-14:
Marquette Women's Track & Field Freshman of the Year
BIG EAST Indoor Champion (high jump)
All-BIG EAST (indoor and outdoor high jump)
BIG EAST All-Academic
USTFCCCA All-Academic
Indoor (Fr.): Competed in the high jump during the 2013-14 indoor campaign... Placed first at the BIG EAST Championships (Feb. 22) in the women's high jump with a heightof 1.75 meters (5 feet, 8.75 inches), a mark which was an MUfreshman recordandNo. 3 on the program's all-time list... Placed first in five out of the six meets she competed in during the indoor season... Recorded a fourth-place finish at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 7) with a height of 1.69 meters (5 feet, 6.50 inches).
Outdoor (Fr.): Set the MU freshman record in the high jump with a height of 1.73 meters (5 feet, 8 inches) at the USF Invitational on March 14, a mark that placedher fifth in program history... Tseumah racked up first-place finishes in the high jump at the Gregory Invitational (May 16), the Marquette Duals (April 4), and the Benedictine Twilight (April 25) ... Finished as BIG EAST Conference runner-up with a height of 1.70 meters (5 feet, 7 inches).
High School: Tseumah is a four-year letter winner in track and field at Huntley High School ... Won the IHSA Girls Class 3A State Championship in the high jump as a senior in 2013 with a height of 5 feet, 8 inches ... Set a school record with a high jump of 5 feet, 8 inches as a freshman ... Earned all-conference and all-state honors in the high jump and finished second in the event at the IHSA Girls Class 3A State Championships with a leap of 5 feet, 6 inches as a junior in 2012 ... Named the Field MVP for her track and field team as both a junior and senior ... Helped Huntley to four consecutive second-place conference finishes ... Also earned three letters in basketball.
Personal: Born in Evanston, Ill., to Cardelia Tseumah ... Second oldest of four children... Majors in finance.
Championships History:
BIG EAST Indoor Championships
2017-
High Jump: 1st (5-7/1.70 meters)
2016-
High Jump: 1st (5-5.25/1.66 meters)
2015-
High Jump: 3rd (5-5/1.65 meters)
2014-
High Jump: 1st (5-8.75/1.75 meters)
BIG EAST Outdoor Championships
2017-
High Jump: 2nd (5-7/1.70 meters)
2016-
High Jump: 1st (5-5/1.65 meters)
2015-
High Jump: 3rd (5-5/1.65 meters)
2014-
High Jump: 2nd (5-7/1.70 meters)
