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2022-23 Women's Track and Field Roster

Nikhila Obbineni

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool South Brunswick
  • Hometown Wycoff, N.J.

Biography

ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS

CAREER ACCOLADES
2022 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2020 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion

OUTDOOR 2023

  • Competed in four meets during the outdoor season
  • Had three top-10 finishes with the best coming in the 4x400m at the Widener Invite (April 21-22), taking fifth with a group time of 3:57.87

INDOOR 2023

  • Competed in one meet during the season
  • Placed 13th in the Mile with 5:39.36 at the Seahawk Shootout (Dec. 9)
CROSS COUNTRY 2022
  • Competed in three meets during the season
  • Placed 19th in the Three Mile with 19:07.7 at the Main Line Invitational (Sep. 16)
  • Placed 67th in the 6k with 23:01.1 at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (Sep. 30)
OUTDOOR 2022
  • Competed in three meets during the season
  • Set a career best in the 1500m with 4:46.70 at the Penn Challenge (Mar. 19), placid ninth
INDOOR 2022
  • Competed in five meets during the season
  • Set a career best in the 1000m with 3:04.25 at the Seahawk Shootout (Dec. 10), placed second
  • Set a career best in the 800m with 2:16.98 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 11-12), placed 28th
  • Placed fifth in the 800m with 2:20.04 at the Penn 10-Team Select (Jan. 15)
CROSS COUNTRY 2021
  • Competed in two meets during the season
  • Placed 33rd in the Three Mile with 20:00.7 at the Main Line Invitational (Sep. 17)

OUTDOOR 2021

  • Competed in six meets for a total of six events
  • Part of 4x800 relay team at Philly Mets to collect first place with time of 9:04.47
  • Recorded three fourth-place finishes in the 800m with her best time coming at the Big Five meet, clocking a 2:17.81
INDOOR 2021
  • All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

CROSS COUNTRY 2020

  • All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

OUTDOOR 2020

  • All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
  • Competed in four meets during the indoor season.
  • Finished 10th at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge (Feb. 8), running a season-best 2:17.27 in the 800m.
  • Finished 10th at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 1), running a season-best 5:12.67 mile.
CROSS COUNTRY 2019
  • Ran five races during her freshman cross country season, scoring twice.
  • Scored with a 14th-place finish at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 20) as Penn placed third.
  • Also scored at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 19) with a 61st-place result.
  • Competed in the Paul Short Run (Oct. 5) and finished 79th at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Nov. 1).
High School: Ranked N.J. No. 8 in the 800m ... Placed fifth in the 800m at the outdoor N.J. Meet of Champions and sixth during the indoor season.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Middle Distance
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2021-22Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2022-23Senior

    Middle Distance