Christopher Newport University

2020-21 - Senior Season: Came in ninth in the 400-hurdles during the Coast-to-Coast Conference Outdoor Championships … Won the event and established a new PR of 1:00.02 during the Eagle Invitational … Came in second in the 4x400-relay and fourth in the 110-hurdles during that meet as well … Placed in the top-10 in four of his five races during the outdoor campaign.

2019-20 - Junior Season: Established a pair of PRs during the CNU Qualifier after finishing the 60-hurdles in 9.42 and the 400 in 57.72 … Also set a new personal-best in the 200 at the Vince Brown Invitational after crossing the line in 26.13 … Had two top-10 efforts at the Captains Invitational after coming in sixth in the 200-hurdles (32.16) and 10th in the 60-hurdles (9.94) … Participated in the CNU Holiday Open to kick off the year as well.

2018-19 - Sophomore Season: Competed in the hurdles during his second year with the Captains … Finished ninth in the indoor 60-hurdles during the CAC Championships with a time of 9.52 … Came back with a 12th-place finish in the 110-hurdles (17.23) and a 14th-place showing in the 400-hurdles (1:03.56) during the outdoor league meet … Registered a pair of top-10 efforts during the Lloyd Sigler Spring Meet after coming in fifth in the 110-hurdles and ninth in the 400-meter discipline … Came through with a total of eight top-10 finishes during the year.

2017-18 - Freshman Season: Registered a pair of top-10 efforts at the CAC Outdoor Championships after finishing eighth in the 110-hurdles (17.21) and ninth in the 400-hurdles (1:00.20) ... Posted his PR in the 110-hurdles during the prelims of the league meet after finishing in 17.16 ... Finished in the top-10 in both hurdles during the Blue & Silver Challenge, including a sixth-place effort in the 110-meter discipline.

At Wayzata - Ran on the track & field team with the Trojans … Competed in the hurdles, finishing with a personal-best time of 43.7 in the 300-meter discipline …  Helped Wayzata win the True Team State Championship, earning points during the 2016 competition while serving as an alternate in 2015.
 
Personal - Samuel Joseph Akers is the son of Joseph and Cynthia Akers … Has a younger sister, Natalie … Harrison Smith is his favorite athlete, and Abraham Lincoln is the person in history he would most like to meet … His dream vacation would be to backpack in Nepal … "Gladiator" is his favorite movie … Majoring in marketing.