Chuma Ogunwole

Chuma Ogunwole

Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Millersville, Md.
High School: Georgetown Prep
Position: Sprints
House Affiliation: Leverett

Personal Bests
100 meters - 11.41
200 meters - 23.57

2009-10
Placed 46th in the 200 meter dash with a time of 24.49 at the Jay Carisella Invitational ... Participated in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.98 at the Harvard Invitational ... Took 11th in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.34 and placed eighth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.66 at the Paul Turner Harvard Select Meet.

2008-09
Competed in the 55, 60 and 200 meters during the season ... Finished eighth in the 60 meters and 10th in the 200 meters at the Battle of Beantown ... Finished fourth in the 200 meter run at the HYP meet ... Competed in the 200 meter at the Victor Lopez Classic ... Participated in the 100 meter at the UMASS Pre-Conference meet, finishing with a season-best time of 11.41.

Personal
Played football for four years at Georgetown Prep ... Captained football team as a senior ... A midfielder for the lacrosse team for three years ... Ran track for two seasons ... Named to the 2007 All-Maryland Intercollegiate Athletic Association Team ... Received honorable mention All-Gazette Football ... A 2007 AP Scholar with Honor, Maryland Distinguished Scholar, National Merit Scholarship semifinalist and National Achievement Scholarship Finalist ... Member of the National and Latin Honor Societies ... Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity ... Built homes for Hurricane Katrina victims ... Tutored Native American elementary and middle school children and served as a special education instructor at the Ruth Eason School, helping mentally challenged and handicapped students with daily classroom activities ... Played the string bass in the Maryland Classic Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, the National Festive Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center Music Institute and fro the Georgetown Prep Strings and Band Ensemble ... Brother, Bode '07, was an All-American wrestler at Harvard.