Ugen Qualifies for Olympics

Ugen Qualifies for Olympics

7/13/2021 4:53:00 PM | Women's Outdoor Track

Four Former TCU Student-Athletes have made Olympic Teams

FORT WORTH - TCU Alumna, Lorraine Ugen '14, was recently named to Team Great Britain for the 2021 Olympics.

During her time at TCU, Ugen was a two-time NCAA national champion, five-time All-American and holds the No. 2 all-time school mark for women's long jump.

This will be Ugen's second Olympic appearance, her first was in 2016 at the Rio games where she finished 11^th in the long jump while representing her home country.

Ugen is currently Britain's No. 1 ranked long jumper and holds the national record with a mark of 6.97m.

Ugen is the third former TCU student-athlete to make an Olympic team, joining Ronnie Baker and Derrick Mokaleng from track and field and Sanna Nuutinen from women's golf.