Joseph Oreva
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- Hometown:
- Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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- Position:
- Jumper
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- Year:
- Sophomore
Bio
*2021 USTFCCCA All-Region Indoor (Long Jump)
*2021 USTFCCCA All-Region Outdoor (Long Jump)
*2021 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (Long Jump)
*Gold Medal - 2021 SAC Outdoor Championships - Long Jump
*2021 USTFCCCA Southeast Indoor Region Male Field Athlete of the Year
*2021 SAC Indoor Male Track Athlete of the Week - Feb. 9, 2021, Mar. 2, 2021
2021: Indoor - Won the long jump championship at the KMS Invitational (7.50 meters), the Buccaneer Invitational (7.84 meters) and the UIndy Last Chance Meet (7.61 meters). Broke a 44 year old school record for indoor long jump with his jump of 7.84 meters at the Buccaneer Invitational. Finished fourth at the 2021 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships with a jump of 7.46 meters to earn All-American honors. Named 2021 USTFCCCA Southeast Indoor Region Male Field Athlete of the Year. Earned two SAC Indoor Male Track Athlete of the Week honors. Also competed in the 60 meter and 200 meter runs.
Jan. 24, 2021 - KMS Invitational - Long Jump - 7.50 meters - 1st
Feb. 5, 2021 - Buccaneer Invitational - Long Jump - 7.84 meters - 1st
Feb. 13, 2021 - VMI Winter Classic - 60 Meter (Prelims) - 7.12 seconds - 18th
VMI Winter Classic - 200 Meter - 22.61 seconds - 12th
Feb. 28, 2021 - UIndy Last Chance Meet - Long Jump - 7.61 seconds - 1st
Mar. 13, 2021 - 2021 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships - Long Jump - 7.46 meters - 4th
2021: Outdoor - Won the SAC conference championship in the long jump with a distance of 7.40 meters. Named USTFCCCA All-Region for long jump. Only competed at four events due to injury.
Apr. 9, 2021 - Lee Flames Invitational - 100 Meter - 11.12 seconds - 2nd
Lee Flames Invitational - 200 Meter - 22.37 seconds - 43rd
Apr. 24, 2021 - SAC Outdoor Championships - Long Jump - 7.40 meters - 1st
May. 15, 2021 - Lee Last Chance Meet - Long Jump - 6.96 meters - 6th
Prior to Carson-Newman: Joseph is the 2013 African Youth Long Jump Champion with a personal best of 7.79m (25’6.5”)
News mentions
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Twelve members of the Carson-Newman track & field team earned All-Region honors in a total of eleven different events for the 2022 outdoor season.
ALLENDALE, Mich. - An All-American performance by Joseph Oreva and a school record run in the 4x100 meter relay highlight the Eagles' opening day at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Six Carson-Newman track athletes will represent Mossy Creek in five different events at the 2022 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships as selections were announced on Tuesday, May 17.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. - Trayzel Jureidini-Wyche and Joseph Oreva recorded a pair of event wins, while Sydney McCarty reset her personal best in the long jump six times at the Lee Last Chance Meet on Saturday, May 14.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. - In their final meet before the National Championship event, the Carson-Newman track & field team returns to Cleveland for the Lee Last Chance on Saturday, May 14.
ANDERSON, S.C. - The Carson-Newman track & field team opened the SAC Outdoor Championships on Thursday, May 5, claiming four gold medals, one silver medal, one bronze medal and setting a pair of school records at the event.
ANDERSON, S.C. - The Carson-Newman track & field team travel to the Palmetto State for the 2022 SAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, beginning on Thursday, May 5.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - For the first time in his career, Shane Connell was named SAC Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week, announced by the conference on Tuesday, Apr. 26.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - After a big weekend at the Electric City Invitational, Makanakaishe Charamba earned his second straight SAC weekly honor, while Courtavious Garrett and Katie Smock earn their first career awards on Tuesday, Apr. 19.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - After setting NCAA provisional marks in their various events, Makanakaishe Charamba and Joseph Oreva earned SAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards announced on Tuesday, Apr. 12.
NEW ORLEANS, La. - For the first time since the end of the 2021 outdoor season, the Carson-Newman men's track & field team find themselves inside the USTFCCCA rankings, released on Tuesday, Apr. 12.
BATON ROUGE, La – In his first outdoor competition of the season, Joseph Oreva set the farthest jump in Division-II outdoor long jump this season at the Joe May Invitational at Louisiana State University.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Both the Carson-Newman men's and women's track & field squads were predicted to finish the outdoor season the same way they finished indoor at fifth place in the preseason polls released by the SAC on Tuesday, Mar. 22
CLEVELAND, Tenn. - After recording a pair of fifth place finishes at the SAC Indoor Championships, the Carson-Newman track & field team open the outdoor season at the Lee Invitational on Saturday, Mar. 19.
NEW ORLEANS, La. - For the second straight season, Joseph Oreva was named the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year on Friday, Mar. 18.
PITTSBURG, K.S. - For the second year in a row, Joseph Oreva earned first-team All-American honors in the long jump after finishing sixth in the event at the NCAA Division-II Indoor National Championships.
PITTSBURG, Kan. - After winning the SAC Indoor Championship in the long jump, Joseph Oreva heads west to Pittsburg, Kan. to compete in the event at the NCAA Division-II National Championships.
NEW ORLEANS, La. - After claiming a pair of gold medals at the SAC Indoor Championships, the Carson-Newman track & field team places nine athletes on the USTFCCCA Southeast Indoor All-Region Team, announced on Tuesday, Mar. 8.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - For the second year in a row, Joseph Oreva will compete in the long jump at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Carson-Newman men's and women's track & field team both finished fifth place at the 2021 SAC Indoor Championships.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A gold medal in the long jump by Joseph Oreva and a pair of silver medals in the pole vault helped the Carson-Newman track & field team open the weekend with early successes on day one of the SAC Indoor Championships.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Carson-Newman track & field team wrap up the 2022 indoor track & field season, competing at the SAC Indoor Championships this weekend.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - For the second week in a row, Nathalie Schumacher was named Women's SAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Week the conference announced on Tuesday, Feb. 8.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - After opening the season in Johnson City, the Carson-Newman track & field team returns to the Buc Dome for the Buccaneer Invitational on Feb. 4 and 5.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - For the second time in program history, Carson-Newman swept the men's and women's SAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honors in the same week as Joseph Oreva and Nathalie Schumacher earned the honors on Tuesday, Feb. 1.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Carson-Newman track & field team flexed their muscles at the Tiger Paw Invite, winning two events and setting a pair of school records.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - After competing in his first indoor track & field meet in almost two years, Christian Shouse earned his third career SAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honor the conference announced on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Matthew Blackmon and Christian Shouse claimed the first two event wins of the season for Carson-Newman on day two of the ETSU Invitational.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman Director of Track & Field and Cross Country David Needs has announced both the indoor and outdoor track & field schedules on Tuesday, Dec. 28.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - For the fifth straight season, the Carson-Newman men's track & field team were predicted to finish inside the top-four of the SAC Indoor Track & Field rankings while the women were selected ninth the conference announced on Thursday, Dec. 2.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Director of Track & Field and Cross Country David Needs announced the promotion of Kieran Showler-Davis to Associate Director of Track & Field and of Kris Potts-Howard to jumps coach. Needs also announced the addition of Austin Gramann as a graduate assistant and Josh Baker and Whitney Lee as a volunteer assistants.