Dayo Akindele

Position:
Hurdles/Jumps
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Stockbridge, Ga.
High School:
Heritage HS / Kennesaw State

2020 American Athletic Conference Champion - Long Jump
2020 American Athletic Conference ITF Bronze Medalist - 60mh
2020 NCAA ITF Championships qualifier
American Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week (1/21)

SENIOR (2019-20)
INDOOR
Opened the season with a first-place finish in the 60mh at the Leonard Hilton Invitational... ran a lifetime best in the 60m at the Houston G5 & Super 22 Invitational... ran a lifetime best in the 60mh at The American Championships, setting a meet record and taking third-place in the event... won the long jump at The American Championships... qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships... named The American Track Athlete of the Week (1/21).

AT KENNESAW STATE
In 2017-18 he took home a trio of ASUN titles at the Indoor Championships, winning the Triple Jump, Long Jump and 60-meter hurdles...took second-place in the long jump at the ASUN Outdoor Championships and advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships finishing ninth in the 110-meter hurdles...During the 2016-17 season he finished at the Florida Relays finished 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...During the indoor season he 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... in 2015-16 during the outdoor season he 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... Opened the indoor 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.

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterwinner at Heritage High School.

PERSONAL
Son of Ismaila and Victoria Akindele... has three siblings; Rahimot, Azeez, Aishat.

Interview - Shaun Maswanganyi

Tuesday, August 06

1PM - Track & Field, Outdoor | Tom Tellez Invitational

Friday, May 03

Track & Field, Outdoor | Cameron Burrell Alumni Invitational:

Saturday, April 06

Kirk Baptiste Spring Break Invitational

Thursday, March 14

Jamar Marshall Jr. and Devion Wilson 110-meter hurdles 2025 U.S. Championships

Cougars Conclude Action at 2025 U.S. Outdoor Championships

Sunday, August 03

2025 USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships

PREVIEW: Five Cougars Prepared for 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships

Wednesday, July 30

Twelve Cougars Named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes

Tuesday, July 22

Drew Fucci Named 2025 USTFCCCA South Central Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year

Friday, June 20

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Jacob Adair

Ariele Adams

Brandon Adams

Priscilla Adejokun

Tonia Adeyemi

Dayo Akindele

Nicholas Alexander

Gabriel Armijo

Dasia Bando

Hannah Barker

Taylor Bennett

Brianne Bethel

Brittni Bethel

Lateef Birks Jr.

Allen Blair

Jordan Booker

Jadon Brome

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Kennedy Crutchfield

Megan DeRouen

Erin Derrow

Alan Elbanna

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Christian Gilmore

Blake Gray

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