Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

NYU Athletics

2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

Lamar Carter | Survivor by Design Media

Michelle Uvieghara

  • Position Throws
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Major Biology (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Dunedin, FL
  • High School Palm Harbor University HS

Biography

Career Results (TFRRS)
2024-25
  • Competed in eight meets
  • Set a personal best and placed fifth in the discus (40.65m) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/26)
  • Placed fourth in the discus (38.08m) and fifth in the shotput (10.50m) at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships (4/4)
2023-24
  • Competed in two meets
  • Notched a personal best in the shot put with a mark of 12.24m at the NYC Gotham Cup (1/19)
2022-23
  • Competed in eight meets
  • Achieved a personal best and school record in the discus (40.15m) at the Monmouth University Season Opener (3/24)
  • Notched a season-best 11.42m in the shot put at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/25), placing eighth
2021-22
  • Competed in 13 meets
  • Claimed second in discus at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/23-24) with a season-best throw of 38.18m
  • Set a season best in the shot put (11.58m) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/26-27), placing fifth in the event
  • Finished second in the discus (30.55m) at the Tom Farrell Classic (5/7)
  • Took fifth in the shot put (10.18m) at the NYC Division III Invite (2/4)
  • At the Oscar Moore Invite (3/26), placed fifth in the shot put (10.95m) and seventh in the discus (29.87m)
  • Second Team All-UAA (Discus Outdoor)
Personal
  • One-year team member in high school
  • Enjoys reading, writing, cooking, acting, biking, and arts and crafts
  • Aspires to attend medical school to become a cardiologist or cardiovascular surgeon, compete in track & field internationally, and write a book
Uvieghara on NYU
  • Chose to attend NYU because “it seemed like the school where I could have individuality and focus on the specific aspects of myself that I want to grow academically, athletically, morally, and mentally.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    Throws
    6'2"
  • 2023Sophomore

    Throws
    6'2"
  • 2024Senior

    Throws
    6'2"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Throws
    6'2"