University at Albany Great Danes

2009-10: Outdoors, anchored the 18th-place 4x100-meter relay team which recorded a time of 41.80 seconds at the IC4A Championship ... Earned all-conference laurels as the anchor of the first-place 4x100-meter relay squad which edged out UMBC by three one-thousandths of a second for the title (41.654) at the America East Conference Championship ... Also finished 13th in the 100 in 11.19 ... Won the 100 at the Capital District Classic in 11.30 ... Ran collegiate-best times of 10.93 in the 100 and 22.74 in the 200 at the New York City Qualifying Challenge and "The Dogfight" vs. Connecticut, respectively ... Indoors, placed sixth in the 55-meter dash in 6.57 seconds at the America East championship ... Competed on the 4x200-meter relay team which broke the school record (1:28.74) at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational ... Ran a collegiate-best time of 6.55 in the 55 at the Binghamton Tri-Meet and Saturday Night at the Armory II meet, respectively.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and field at St. Francis Prep ... Brooklyn-Queens champion in the 55- and 100-meter dash events ... Was also the city champion in the 55 ... Personal-best times were 6.54 in the 55, 7.14 in the 60, 10.74 in the 100 and 21.84 in the 200 ... Also lettered in football for four years ... Team captain ... Participated in the 2009 Empire Challenge as member of New York City squad ... Voted Player of the Game after scoring on a 50-yard touchdown run ... Received all-area and all-league recognition ... Awarded offensive back of the year accolades ... Rushed for over 2,000 yards and scored 29 touchdowns.

Personal: Member of UAlbany's football team in 2009 ... Majoring in biology ... Born Jan. 2, 1991 ... Son of Arnold and Elizabeth Akong ... Has two brothers, Justin and Ryan.