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Melody Ochana
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Olate East HS / Cloud Country Community College / Wisconsin-Parkside
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
Bio
CAREER RESULTS (TFRRS)
2024: Placed 19th in the 5K at the Cyclone Preview (17:45) ... Finished in 9th place with a time of 22:18 at the Redbird Invite ... Placed 75th in the 6K with a time of 21:24 at the Gans Creek Classic, the tenth-fastest time in program history ... Took 72nd at the Bradley Pink Classic in a time of 21:39 ... Finished in 18th at the MVC Championships in a time of 20:59, the fourth-fastest time in program history ... Placed 68th at the NCAA Midwest Regional (21:11).
WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE (2023): Ran personal-best times of 2:27.87 in the indoor 800 meters (Firebird First Invitational), 5:16.95 in the indoor mile (Lewis Invitational) and 10:25.08 in the indoor 3,000 meters (GLIAC Indoor Championships) in her lone season with the Rangers.
CLOUD COUNTRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2021-22): Ran both cross country and track for two seasons at the NJCAA level in Concordia, Kansas ... Part of the Thunderbirds' 2021 NJCAA cross country regional championship team as a freshman, the 2022 NJCAA cross country national runner-up team as a sophomore ... Helped Cloud Country to consecutive NJCAA national runner-up finishes in both indoor and outdoor track in 2022 and 2023.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track at Olathe East High School ... Four-time Kansas Class 6A All-State and All-Sunflower League selection (2017-20) ... Individual state qualifier as a freshman (2017) ... Three-time Kansas Girls Honorable Mention Team selection (2017-18, 2020) ... Three-time All-Region (2018-20) ... All-Conference honoree in track all four seasons, with an All-State selection as a senior (2021).
PERSONAL: Native of Olathe, Kansas ... Daughter of Charles and Maureen Ochana ... Sister of Ethan ... Majoring in criminal justice ... Enjoys playing, walking, listening to violin covers and orchestral music and going for runs with her dog.
2024: Placed 19th in the 5K at the Cyclone Preview (17:45) ... Finished in 9th place with a time of 22:18 at the Redbird Invite ... Placed 75th in the 6K with a time of 21:24 at the Gans Creek Classic, the tenth-fastest time in program history ... Took 72nd at the Bradley Pink Classic in a time of 21:39 ... Finished in 18th at the MVC Championships in a time of 20:59, the fourth-fastest time in program history ... Placed 68th at the NCAA Midwest Regional (21:11).
WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE (2023): Ran personal-best times of 2:27.87 in the indoor 800 meters (Firebird First Invitational), 5:16.95 in the indoor mile (Lewis Invitational) and 10:25.08 in the indoor 3,000 meters (GLIAC Indoor Championships) in her lone season with the Rangers.
CLOUD COUNTRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2021-22): Ran both cross country and track for two seasons at the NJCAA level in Concordia, Kansas ... Part of the Thunderbirds' 2021 NJCAA cross country regional championship team as a freshman, the 2022 NJCAA cross country national runner-up team as a sophomore ... Helped Cloud Country to consecutive NJCAA national runner-up finishes in both indoor and outdoor track in 2022 and 2023.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track at Olathe East High School ... Four-time Kansas Class 6A All-State and All-Sunflower League selection (2017-20) ... Individual state qualifier as a freshman (2017) ... Three-time Kansas Girls Honorable Mention Team selection (2017-18, 2020) ... Three-time All-Region (2018-20) ... All-Conference honoree in track all four seasons, with an All-State selection as a senior (2021).
PERSONAL: Native of Olathe, Kansas ... Daughter of Charles and Maureen Ochana ... Sister of Ethan ... Majoring in criminal justice ... Enjoys playing, walking, listening to violin covers and orchestral music and going for runs with her dog.
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