Jersey City, NJ -- Alliance University's
Christopher Adekoya (Staten Island, NY) was named 2023 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Male Track Rookie of the Year and claims a spot in the CACC All-Conference First Team as announced by the conference offices on Thursday.
Chris broke the school's record in the 60-meter dash by setting a new time of 6.9s and placing in third overall at the TCNJ Invitational Indoor Opener.
He proved his form at the TCNJ Lions Indoor Invitational by breaking his own recently set school record by finishing the 60-meter dash final in 4th place at 6.89s.
Adekoya continued his excellent streak at the NYU DIII Invitational by setting a new school record in the men's 200-meter dash with a time of 22.38s and placing 3rd overall.
AU's freshman won the 60-meter dash at the Big Apple Invitational in Staten Island, NY with a personal best of 6.82s and met the provisional mark for the NCAA Division II National Championships. Chris also beat his own indoor 200-meter personal best by eight-hundredths of a second and set a new school record at 22.30s.
At the Monmouth University Outdoor Track & Field Season Opener, Adekoya continued with what he started during the indoor season. The first-year student from Staten Island, NY broke Alliance University's school record in the 200-meter dash event with a new time of 21.89s and finishing 7th.
Adekoya placed as runner-up in the 100-meter dash at the 2023 Danny Curran Invitational in Chester, PA, marking a new school record with a time of 10.92s, and qualified for CACC Championship in May.
Chris' stellar form led him to win the Middlesex Invitational 100-meter dash event while setting a new outdoor school record time of 10.84s and securing rank #3 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference over the 100-meters.
With a time of 22.03s in the 200-meter event, Alliance University's freshman sprinter placed in the top spot at the 2023 Lions Invitational in New Jersey setting the tone for the following week's CACC Championship.
At the CACC Championship in Lakewood, NJ, Chris Adekoya finished both, the 100-meter and 200-meter dash in first place with a time of 10.70s and 21.93s respectively. He set a new outdoor 100-meter dash school record and also earned himself CACC All-Conference First-Team status. Alliance University's 4x400m relay runners
Kevin Saunders,
Noble Parker,
Christopher Adekoya, and
Kosiani Dunkley (CACC All-Conference First-Team) finished in third place and marked a new school record at 3:22:07. Alliance University's Men's Track and Field Team placed in 6th out of 12 competing teams with an overall score of 46 points.
Adekoya wraps up his freshman season with numerous school records and personal bests in the 100m, 200m, and 4x400m, a stellar performance at the CACC Championship, and a well-earned spot on the CACC All-Conference First-Team. Adekoya becomes the first CACC Rookie of the Year in the program's history.
The 2023 All-CACC Men's Outdoor Track & Field teams were determined by the first and second-place finishers, respectively, at the league championship meet. They can be viewed at https://caccathletics.org/sports/track/2022-23/releases/57ChampM.
2023 CACC MEN'S TRACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Alec Valle (Georgian Court University)
2023 CACC MEN'S TRACK ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Christopher Adekoya (Alliance University)
2023 CACC MEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Nishorn Pierre (Holy Family University)
2023 CACC MEN'S FIELD ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Starell Hearns (Bloomfield College)
2023 CACC MEN'S TRACK & FIELD COACH OF THE YEAR
Christian Stamm (Wilmington University)
2023 CACC MEN'S TRACK & FIELD TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Wilmington University
