Melody Ochana

Position:
Distance
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Olathe East HS
Hometown:
Overland Park, Kan.

2025 OUTDOOR: Finished the 5,000m in 17:36.97 at the WashU Distance Carnival ... Finished nineteenth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:51.99 at the Wartburg Outdoor Select ... Finished third in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 11:06.69 at the Jim Duncan Invitational ... Finished eighteenth in the 1,500m in 4:44.05 at the Gibson Invitational ... Placed nineteenth in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 11:08.56 at the Drake Relays ... Finished first in the 1,500m with a time of 4:42.73 at the Musco Twilight ... Placed 12th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:03.82) and 18th in the 5,000 meters (17:56.48) at the MVC Championships.

2025 INDOOR: Finished third in the 5000m with a time of 17:23.33 at the ISU Holiday Invite ... Placed twelfth in the 1 mile premier in a time of 5:04.43 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational ... Finished fourth in the mile with a time of 4:59.94 at the Deloss Dodds Invitational ... Finished tenth in the 3000m with a time of 10:00.26 at the Iowa State Classic ... Finished nineteenth in the 5000m with a time of 17:53.97 and twenty-eighth in the 3000m with a time of 10:15.73 at the Missouri Valley Indoor Championships.

2023-24: Competed at Wisconsin-Parkside.

2021-22: Competed at Cloud Country Community College in Kansas.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Olathe East High School in Kansas.

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.

UNI volleyball tops Iowa State at home

Friday, September 12

UNI Panther Football: The Best Pod of your Day (Episode 3)

Wednesday, September 10

Panther soccer scores second straight shutout against St. Ambrose

Saturday, September 06

UNI Panther Football: The Best Pod of your Day (Episode 2)

Wednesday, September 03

2021 MVC Outdoor Track & Field Championships

Dan O’Mara returns to UNI track & field as throws coach

Monday, August 18

Carter Morton (2025 USATF Outdoor Championships

Morton finishes seventh in decathlon at USATF Outdoor Championships

Sunday, August 03

Carter Morton (2025 MVC Indoor T&F Championships; Long Jump)

Morton, UNI alumni set to compete at USATF Outdoor Championships

Tuesday, July 29

UNI track & field at 2025 NCAA West Preliminary Meet | May 28-31, 2025 (College Station, Tex.)

UNI track & field: Ten honored with USTFCCCA Academic All-American status

Wednesday, July 23

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