2026 Track & Field Roster

Inara Ukawuba

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Sophomore
  • Last School(s) Edmond North HS
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.

Biography

CAREER BESTS:
60m Hurdles:
8.61

CAREER HONORS
  • Ranks No. 9 (tied) in Cal 60m hurdles history
  • 1x ACC Academic Honor Roll
 
2025: Posted a time of 8.61 (tied for ninth-fastest in Cal history) in the 60m hurdles preliminary round at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Posted the second-fastest all-conditions girls 100m hurdles time – and the fastest wind-legal time – in the state of Oklahoma in 2024, as well as the state’s ninth-fastest girls 300m hurdles time… Edmond North High School 100m hurdles, 60m and 60m hurdles record holder… four-time Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) All-State (100m hurdles/300m hurdles 2023-24)… two-time OSSAA Norman Regional 100m hurdles champion and 300m hurdles runner-up (2023-24)… 2024 Oklahoma High School Indoor Championships 60m hurdles runner-up… 2023 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) All-American in the 100m hurdles… 2023 OSSAA 5A/6A State 100m hurdles champion… also reached the 2023 OSSAA 5A/6A State Championships in the 300m hurdles and 100m after runner-up finishes at Regionals… competed for Neuqua Valley High School as a freshman and sophomore, earning the girls 100m hurdles record… three-time All-Illinois State (100m hurdles, 2021-22; 300m hurdles, 2022)… four-time DuPage Valley Conference champion (100m hurdles, 2021-22; 300m hurdles/4x100m relay, 2022)… raced for the Aurora Flyers and Oklahoma Cheetahs club teams… also played varsity and club volleyball… was in the National Honors Society as a junior and senior… was on the Edmond High School Student Equity & Action Committee… was in her school’s debate club and acted in improv theater… People’s Church youth ministry leader.

PERSONAL: Intends to major in business management… daughter of Zina and Ike Ukawuba… father Ike played basketball for Wisconsin.

Historical Player Information

  • 2025Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2026Sophomore

    Hurdles