Personal Best: https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/5495199/Kennesaw_State/Dayo_Akindele.html
As a Junior (2017-18)
Outdoor
Honors
2017-18
Outdoor
ASUN Conference Second Team All-Conference (long jump)
Competed in five meets ... Won the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.11 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Picked up a pair of wins in the 110m hurdles and the long jump at the Winthrop Adidas Invitational ... Set the school record in the 110m hurldes with a time of 13.74 at Texas Relays ... Finished second in the long jump at the ASUN Championships. Ran times of 13.71 and 13.91 at NCAA East Prelims to advance to the semifinals in Oregon.
Indoor
Honors
ASUN Conference Championships Meet Most Outstanding Performer
ASUN Conference First Team All-Conference (triple jump, long jump and
60m hurdles)
ASUN Conference Field Athlete of the Week (January 17th, January 24th)
ASUN Conference Track Athlete of the Week (January 17th, February 7th)
Competed in four meets ... Won the triple jump with a leap of 15.07m (49’ 5.5”) at the Gene Edmonds Invitational ... Also grabbed second in the long jump and fourth in the 60m hurdles at the ASUN Championships. Was fourth in the triple jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a leap of 15.59m (51’1.75”) ... Was second in the 60m hurdles and t]long jump and third in the triple jump at the Darius Dixon Invitational ... Won the gold medal in the 60m hurdles, long jump and triple jump at the ASUN Championships.
As A Sophomore (2016-17)
Outdoor
Honors
» ASUN Conference Championships Meet Most Outstanding Performer
» ASUN Conference First Team All-Conference ( long jump, triple jump)
» ASUN Conference Second Team All-Conference (110m hurdles)
Competed in six meets ... opened the outdoor season at Florida Relays finishing first in the long jump with a leap of 7.40m (24’3.5) and finished ninth in the triple jump with a leap of 15.24m (50' 0") … competed in three events at North Florida Invitational finishing third in the long jump with a season-best leap of 7.67m (25’2), fifth in the javelin with a toss of 43.25m (141' 11") and 11
th in the triple jump with a leap of 14.37m (47'1.75") … finished sixth in the triple jump at the Virginia Challenge with a season-best leap of 15.39m (50’6) … competed in five events at the ASUN Championships winning three gold medals and a silver medal … won the gold medal in the long jump with a leap of 7.80m w (3.5) (25' 7.25"), the triple jump with a leap of 15.20m w (6.2) (49' 10.5") and the high jump after clearing 1.90m (6' 2.75") … won the silver medal in the 110m hurdles in a time of 14.05 … he finished the meet as the Most Valuable Performer … competed in three events at the NCAA Championships East Preliminary Rounds … had leaps of 7.21m (1.7) (23' 8") in the long jump to finish 25
th and 14.58m w (2.2) (47' 10") in the triple jump finishing 40
th … ran times of 14.08 and 13.97 in the 110m hurdles at NCAA East Prelims.
Indoor
Honors
» ASUN Conference Championships Meet Most Outstanding Performer
» ASUN Conference First Team All-Conference (triple jump)
» ASUN Conference Second Team All-Conference (long jump)
» ASUN Conference Third Team All-Conference (high jump)
» ASUN Conference Field Athlete of the Week (February 15)
Competed in four meets … posted marks of 14.91(48’11) in the triple jump and 7.11(23’4) in the long jump which were good enough to win the triple jump and fourth place in the long jump … steadily improved his 60mh time at the Music City Challenge in Nashville, TN posting a time of 8.04. He would finish the day with an ASUN conference best and indoor personal best of 15.35m(50’4.5) in the triple jump which leap would be good enough for third place … at the ASUN Conference Championships he would run a personal-best in the 60mh with a time of 8.00 … would also earn a gold medal the triple jump with a leap of 14.89m(48’10.25), a silver medal in the long jump leaping 7.27m(23’10.25), and a bronze medal in the high jump clearing 1.86(6’1.25) … he finished the meet as the Most Valuable Performer.
As A Freshman (2015-16)
Outdoor
Honors
» ASUN Conference Second Team All-Conference (long jump)
» ASUN Conference Second Team All-Conference (triple jump)
» ASUN Conference Third Team All-Conference (110H)
Was part of the school-record 110m-short hurdle team that broke the school record in 58.50 seconds at the Florida Relays … finished third in his first career decathlon at the South Alabama Invitational scoring 6420 points while collecting wins in the long jump and the high jump … won the triple jump at the Virginia Challenge with a leap of 15.32m ( 50' 3.25") … collected three medals at the ASUN Outdoor Championships … earned a silver medal in the triple jump after leaping 15.25m (50' 0.5") and the long jump after springing 7.32m (24' 0.25") … also took home a bronze medal in the in 110m hurdles after crossing the line in 14.29 seconds … competed in the NCAA Championships East Preliminary Round in the triple jump landing a wind-aided jump of 14.87m (48' 9.5") which is second farthest in school history.
Indoor
Honors
» ASUN Conference First Team All-Conference (triple jump)
» ASUN Conference Second Team All-Conference (long jump)
» ASUN Conference Third Team All-Conference (60H)
Opened the season with a third place finish at the BSC Panther Invitational in the 60m hurdles … had his season- best long jump of 7.40m (24’3.5) … competed in his first heptathlon at the Samford heptathlon/decathlon event … won the triple jump at the ASUN Indoor Championships with a leap of 14.84m (48’8.25) … also collected a silver medal in the long jump after a leap of 7.04m (23’1.25) and was third in the 60m hurdles crossing the line in 8.15 seconds.
Personal
Born on September 18, 1996 in Decatur, Georgia to Ismaila and Victoria Akindele ... has 3 siblings: Rahimot Akindele, Azeez Akindele, Aishat Akindele ... majoring in Denistry... after Graduation, wants to go pro in track and field and also pursue a profession in dentistry ... Sanya Richards-Ross is his favorite athlete in Track and Field.
