Michelle Nwachukwu

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Wylie, Texas
	High School: Wylie

	Height: 5-8
	Event: Hurdles

05/04/2013

Track & Field Qualifies Nine For Finals At Big 12 Championships

Bears in sixth on the women's side, seventh on the men's with running finals to come.

05/02/2013

Track & Field Leads Big 12 with 41 on Academic All-Big 12 Teams

Bears have total of 32 first-teamers between men's, women's squads.

04/21/2013

Track & Field Wins 11 Events At Michael Johnson Classic

Bears get final tune-up before conference meet on Saturday in Waco.

04/13/2013

Track & Field Wins Three Events At Texas Invitational

Junior Erin Atkinson breaks school record in the hammer throw.

04/06/2013

Track & Field Ends Run At Florida Relays

Atkinson sets school's hammer throw record for third time in 2013.

• Two-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection

2011: Placed in top 10 twice during indoors, once in 600-yard, eighth-place finish at Texas A&M Conference Challenge II with time of 1:27.52...Finished 10th indoors at New Balance Invitational in 500 meters with time of 1:17.07...Had three runner-up finishes outdoors in 400-meter hurdles, placing second at TCU Invitational (1:02.09), UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (1:03.09) and Mean Green Twilight Invitational (1:03.29)...Finished 15th at Big 12 Outdoor Championship in 400-meter hurdles with time of 1:05.22...Competed on 4x400-meter relay twice, helping team to third-place at UTA Invite and fourth at Arizona State Invitational...Named to fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

High School: Helped Wylie High School to district team championship as sophomore and runner-up finishes three times...Placed third at district meet in the 300-meter hurdles, 100 meters and 200 meters...Member of WHS chapters of National Honor Society and FCCLA...Volunteered for Relay for Life.

Personal: Full name is Michelle C. Nwachukwu...Born June 29, 1992 in Oakland, Calif....Daughter of Emmanuel and Isabel Nwachukwu...Has three siblings, Noble, Andrea and Andrew...Majoring in biology.