Men's Track and Field
Ashhad Agyapong
| Born: | 09/23/1985 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Trenton, N.J. |
| High School: | Trenton Central |
| Position: | Sprints |
Indoors: Missed the NCAA National Championships by one hundreth of a second...Set a school and New England record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.15 seconds and set a school record time in the 400 meter dash at the 2005 New England Championships...Named Most Outstanding Track Performer at the 2005 Atlantic 10 Conference Championship, winning both the 200 and 400 meter dashes and anchored the winning leg of the 4x400 meter relay...Named Atlantic 10 Performer of the week for two consecutive weeks...Won the 500 meter dash and anchored the winning leg of the 4x400 relay in the Rhody Mega Meet on Feb 5.... Won the 200 and 400 meter dahes at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games..
2003-2004:
Outdoors:Placed 10th in the 400m at the 2004 USA Junior Championships ... a member of the school record holding 4x400 meter relay that placed second at the ICAAAA Outdoor Championships (3:09.72) that earned them a ticket to run at the NCAA East Regional Championships where they placed 11th overall ... New England Outdoor 200-meter champion ... finished second in both the 200 and the 400 meters at the Atlantic 10 Championships.
Indoors: Placed 13th in the 400 at the ICAAAA Indoor Championships ... finished third in both the 200 and 400 meters at the New England Indoor Championships, posting personal bests of 21.83 and 47.75 ... also captured gold in the 500 at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships and received Atlantic 10 Indoor Rookie of the Year honors.
High School:
Ran track and cross country for Coach Al Jennings ... captain of the track team in 2003 ... named NIKE 2003 Indoor National Champion in the 4x200 and the Central Jersey 400 meter state champion ... Mercer County Champion in the 800 both indoor and outdoor in senior season ... all-county 800 1st Team and all-area in 800 ... led off 4x400 relay that finished third at prestigious Penn Relays ... participated in Minorities in Engineering Program and was an Honor Roll Student.
Personal:
Born on September 23, 1985 ... son of Elvis and Khadija Agyapong ... intern at the Sarnoff Corporation, Engineering/Research Corporation ... hobbies include running, running and running ... most memorable experience was running in the high school 4x400 Championship of America at the prestigious Penn Relays.
