Nigerian sprinter and Center Tennessee State College pupil Alaba Akintola broke the 20-year-old faculty report within the 60 meters on Tuesday when he ran a time of 6.59 seconds on the Commodore Problem.
Akintola, a Commonwealth Video games bronze medalist, ran in each the 60 meters and 200 meters and began the season nicely at Vanderbilt within the Commodore Problem. He took first place in each occasions and set a brand new private report within the 60 meters.
Akintola's time of 6.59 seconds within the 60m ultimate can be the thirteenth quickest time in Nigerian historical past, beating his earlier greatest time of 6.67 seconds within the 60m and can be within the High 5 of the highest checklist of the 2023 Nationwide Collegiate Athletic Affiliation in the course of the occasion.
The Ondo-born sprinter's time of 6.59 seconds within the 60 meters, which is a High 5 time within the nation and the primary in C-USA, replaces a 20-year-old report held by Nationwide champion Mardy Scales Collegiate Athletic Affiliation.
Following his excellent efficiency on the Commodore Problem, Akintola was named Convention USA (C-USA) Athlete of the Week.
Akintola additionally broke a 17-year-old report and posted a profession greatest within the 200 meters in 20.72 seconds on the 2022 C-USA Indoor Championship, ending in first place within the finals.
The sprinter took first place within the 60 and 200 meters on the 2022 Samford Bulldog Open and is 14th on the NCAA Indoor Monitor and Subject Championships with a time of 21.49 seconds within the 200 meter sprint.
Final season, the 21-year-old African Youth Video games silver medalist ran a time of 20.44 seconds within the males's 200m semifinals on the NCAA OTF Outside Championship and reached the lads's 100m semifinals on the NCAA OTF Championships in 10.25 seconds.
He goals to interrupt extra data Jan. 20-21 on the Vanderbilt Invitational Championship in Nashville, Tennessee.
