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Chloe Akin-Otiko - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Chloe Akin-Otiko

Position Sprints
Class Senior
Hometown Bellevue, Neb.
High School Bellevue West

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2016-16 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

2020 INDOOR (Sr.)
Ran a personal best 56.51 in the 400 meters at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/21), placing ninth overall … A member of the distance medley relay team at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/28-2/29) that placed sixth overall in 11:44.66 … Was a member of the 4×400 meter relay team that was set to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships before being canceled due to COVID-19.

2019 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
A member of the first place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a time of 3:49.92 at the ESU Spring Invitational (3/23) … A member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished first at the Oral Roberts Invitational (3/29-3/30) with a combined time of 3:48.47.

2019 INDOOR (R-So.)
Helped the women’s 4×400-meter relay team to victory at the season-opening Bob Timmons Challenge (11/30) with a combined time of 3:42.68 … A member of the second place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:46.42 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-1/26).

2018 OUTDOOR (So.)
Member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished third at the Oral Roberts Invitational (3/31) with a time of 3:52.11 … Recorded a career-best time of 55.97 seconds in the 400 meters at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28), notched a PR in the 200 meters with a time of 24.63 seconds and was a member of the 4×100-meter relay team that placed ninth with a time of 44.97 seconds … Helped the 4×100-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) … Member of the 4×100-meter relay team that placed 16th at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) with a combined time of 45.09 seconds.

2018 INDOOR (So.)
Helped the 4×400-meter relay team place third at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a time of 3:52.49 before suffering a season-ending injury and earning a medical redshirt.

2017 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Member of the winning 4×400-meter relay team at the Emporia State Relays (4/1) … Finished fourth in the Sprint Medley Relay at the Texas Relays (3/29-4/1) contributing to a time of 3:56.40 … Recorded a time of 57.73 in the 400-meter run at the Emporia State Relays, good for eighth-place.

2017 INDOOR (Fr.)
Helped win the 4×400-meter relay at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) with a time of 3:50.30 … Finished third in the 400-meter dash at the Jayhawk Classic, clocking a time of 57.25 seconds … Recorded a sixth-place finish with the 4×400-meter relay team at the Husker Invitational (2/3-4) with a time of 3:45.99.

HIGH SCHOOL
Won eight letters in basketball and track during her four years at Bellevue West … A four-time Nebraska Girl’s Track & Field Gatorade Athlete of the Year … Broke All-Class state and All-Class state meet record in the 100 meters with a time of 11.69 in 2015 … Also holds Class A state and meet record in the 200 meters with a time of 24.11 in 2016 … A four-time state champion in the 100 meters and 200 meters … Won the 2015 state title as member of 4×100-meter relay … Also claimed a pair of state championships in the long jump in 2013 and 2014 … Won two state gold medals in the 400 meters in 2015 and 2016 … Named first team All-State in basketball in 2016 … Holds school records in career and single-season points as member of the basketball team … Named Great Omaha Sports’ Student-Athlete of the Year in 2016 … Member of National Honors Society.

PERSONAL
Daughter of James and Kimberly Akin-Otiko … Has three siblings: Alexis, Jordan and Joel … Father, James, played basketball at Oral Roberts from 1983-87 and went on to play professionally in Europe … Sister, Alexis, played basketball at Creighton from 2011-15 … Majoring in human biology … Aspires to become a doctor.