Obeng Marfo Season 2015-16

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On the National Stage... || 2017 Outdoor || Competed in the shot put at the NCAA Championships finishing with a best of 53'-0.75" (16.17m)...Competed in the shot put and discus throw at the NCAA East Preliminary  finishing with a best of 53'-7.50" (16.34m) in the shot put and 164'-4" (50.09m) in the discus throw || 2016 Outdoor ||Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the discus and shot put...Finished 17th in the shot put with a mark of 15.65m (51'-4.25")... Finished 28th in the discus with a best throw of 48.88m (160'4") || 2015 Outdoor || Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the discus throw and the shot put … Finished 20th in the shot put (50-1.75) and 42nd in the discus throw (149-1)

At the Big Ten Championships... || 2017 Outdoor || Competed in three events (SP, DT, HT)... Finished with a personal best of 53'-11" (16.43m)... Finished third in the shot put... Finished fifth in the discus throw || 2017 Indoor || Competed in the weight throw and shot put recording marks of 56'-6.50" (17.23m) and 51'-1.50" (15.58m), respectively || 2016 Outdoor || Recorded seventh-place finishes in both the discus (49.87m/163'7") and the shot put (15.61m/51'-2.75") || 2016 Indoor || Posted a third-place finish in shot put with a mark of 16.09m (52'-9.50") || 2015 Outdoor || Placed fourth in the shot put with her personal-best mark of 52-6 … Her mark of 52-6 is tied for fifth all-time at Penn State … Finished sixth in the discus with her personal-best toss of 170-1 … Her mark of 170-1 ranks third all-time at Penn State … Took 23rd in the hammer throw with a throw of 151-9 || 2015 Indoor || Finished ninth in the shot put (46-11.75) … Placed 18th in the weight throw (56-6.5)

In the Field... || 2017 Outdoor || Competed in eight meets... Posted 12 top-10 finishes... Recorded a personal best in the hammer throw with a mark of 183'-6" (55.94m) || 2017 Indoor || Competed in seven meets... Posted 12 top-10 finishes... Recorded a personal best in the weight throw of 61'-9" (18.82m) || 2016 Outdoor || Competed in eight meets... Set a personal best in the discus throw at the Bucknell Team Challenge... Collected three first-place finishes || 2016 Indoor || Competed in seven meets... Set personal best in the shot put and weight throw... Posted 11 top-10 finishes || 2015 Outdoor || Tallied a personal-best mark of 170-0 en route to a sixth-place finish in hammer throw at the Jim Thorpe Invite … Finished second in the shot put at the Jim Thorpe Invite with her toss of 51-0 … Placed second in the discus at the Jim Thorpe Invite with her toss of 155-1 || 2015 Indoor || Finished fourth in the shot put at the Penn State National Invitational with her toss of 47-7.75 … Tallied a season-best distance of 48-2 en route to a second-place finish in the shot put at the Penn State Tune-Up … Posted a personal-best mark of 58-3.25 in the weight throw at the Tyson Invitational

Before Penn State... || High School PRs || Discus: 135-3 ... Shot Put: 44-3 1/4 || National Level Competition || Five-time OFSAA gold medalist in the shot put ...Two-time national gold medalist ... A member of the 2013 Canadian team at the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships ... Legions Youth Nationals, 2012 (silver) & 2013 (gold) ... Junior Nationals gold medalist || Personal || Daughter of Janet Obeng and Oppong Checheku ... Born April 11, 1996 ... Kinesiology major