Victor Akhalu

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 *-Indicates award was achieved during career at New Mexico Junior College (2019-21).

Outdoor Track & Field (Senior): Competed in nine meets outdoors … Ran below the UNM 100m outdoor program record with a raw 10.24 (+2.7) at the Don Kirby Tailwind on April 19, but time does not count toward records due to wind … Posted a season-best 21.38 (+0.4) in the 200m at the Arizona Desert Heat Classic on April 26 … Ran his next-fastest 100m time of the season at MW Outdoor Championships in the finals, finishing 3rd (10.31 [+0.3]) for All-MW honors in back-to-back years … Also finished 7th in the 200m finals (21.56 [+0.2]) … Qualified for NCAA West Region First Round in the 100m, clocking a 10.46 (-0.3) to finish 36th in prelims and conclude his season.

Indoor Track & Field (Senior): Competed in six meets in his final indoor collegiate season …. Opened the season with a 300m personal best (33.76) to finish 6th at the Dr. MLK Jr. Invitational on Jan. 20 … Followed with a new 200m PB at the NM Team Open (21.15), finishing 4th … Ran another personal best, this time in the 60m dash (6.73) in MW Indoor Championship prelims, going on to finish 5th in the final (6.74) …  Also finished 9th in the 200m final (21.48) and ran a leg of the men’s 4x400m relay that finished 4th (3:12.92).

Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): Earned USTFCCCA All-American for the second straight year as a member of UNM’s 4×400-meter relay team, which finished 19th at the NCAA Championships…helped the Lobo relay team break the school record in the 4×400-meter relay with a time of 3:04.13 minutes at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships…member of the Lobos’ Mountain West champion 4×400-meter relay team…also earned all-conference in the 100 meters with a runner-up finish, tying the school record with a time of 10.28 seconds…qualified for the conference championships in the 200 meters and finished 12th in the preliminary round with a time of 21.47 seconds…ran a season-best 200 meters time of 21.18 seconds at the UNM Spring Invitational…named Mountain West Male Athlete of the Week on April 11.

Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Earned all-conference in the 60-meters, finishing second at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 6.79 seconds…also qualified for the conference meet in the 200 meters, and placed 15th in the preliminary round with a time of 21.79 seconds…ran a season-best 60 meters time of 6.75 seconds on Dec. 2 at Air Force…ran a personal-best 200 meters time of 21.18 seconds at the UNM Collegiate Classic.

Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Earned USTFCCCA All-American recognition as a member of UNM’s 4×400-meter relay squad which ran a time of 3:06.71 minutes at the NCAA Championships…Mountain West champion as a member of the 4×400-meter relay squad, which won the conference meet with a time of 3:09.68 seconds on May 14…finished fourth in the 200-meters at the MW Championships with a time of 21.25 seconds…competed in eight meets during debut outdoor season with the Lobos…named academic all-conference…named a Mountain West Scholar Athlete.

Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Won his preliminary heat of the 60-meters at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a time of 6.74 seconds…competed in four meets during debut season with the Lobos.

Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): NJCAA All-American in the 400-meters, finishing as the national runner-up with a time of 46.81 seconds on May 13…ran a season-best 400-meters time of 46.62 seconds on April 22 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open…competed in five meets during the outdoor season.

Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Placed ninth at the NJCAA Championships in the 400-meters with a time of 48.32 seconds…member of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed fourth at the NJCAA Championships to earn All-America honors…competed in two meets during modified indoor season.

Outdoor Track & Field (Canceled-COVID-19): Did not compete.

Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): NJCAA national champion in the 400-meters, running a time of 47.35 seconds at the indoor championships on March 7…also earned All-American honors as a member of the 4×400-meter relay squad, which finished as the NJCAA national runner-up with a time of 3:12.28 minutes…competed in seven meets during the indoor season.