Courtney Akerley

Photo by: Stephen Slade

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tolland, Conn.

Personal Bests: 1500 – 4:41.69 | 3000 Meter Steeplechase – 10:26.44 | Mile – 5:05.56 | 3000 – 9:36.70 | 5000 – 16:44.45 | 10,000 – 37:56.27 | 5K (XC) – 17:29.2 | 6K (XC) – 21:09.8 | 3.11 Mile (XC) – 18:23.1 | 6.2K (XC) – 25:05.0

In record book for 2017 finishes in 3000 Meter Steeplechase (10:26.44) and 5,000 Meter (16:44.45).

AS A SENIOR (2018-2019)

Cross Country: Ran three races…Best finish at the conference championships, 6.2K at 25:05.0.

Indoor: Competed at six meets in 3000, Mile, 5000…Bests: 3000 – 10:03.07 at Valentine Invitational, Mile – 5:19.62 at Vanderbilt Invitational, 5000 – 17:46.05 at Scarlet and White Invitational.

Outdoor: Competed at four meets in 5000 and 3000 Meter Steeplechase…Bests: 5000 – 17:38.13 at 125th Penn Relays, 3000 Meter Steeplechase – 11:05.33 at conference outdoor championships.

AS A JUNIOR (2017-2018)

Cross Country: A part of a 2017 cross country team that won its first AAC XC Championship on Oct. 28th...AAC All-Conference selection with time of 22:03.3...Ran in six races…Bests: 5K – 17:29.2 at Brown Rothenberg Cross Country Meet, 6K – 21:09.8 at Paul Short Gold.

Indoor: Competed at five meets in Mile, 3000, 5000…Finished in top-10 in both events at conference championships, 3000 – 9:53.82 (10th) and 5000 – 17:04.76 (5th)…Bests: Mile – 5:14.03 at Nittany Lion Challenge, 3000 – 9:50.00 at Scarlet and White Invitational, 5000 – at AAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2016-2017)

Cross Country: Ran in several races…best 6K mark at the NCAA DI Northeast Region XC Championships at 21:56.5.

Indoor: Competed at six meets in 3000, Mile, DMR, 5000…Bests: 3000 – 9:36.70 at IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, Mile – 5:05.56 at Nittany Lion Challenge, DMR – 11:46.19 at Vanderbilt Invitational, 5000 – 16:45.55 at AAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Outdoor: Competed at seven meets in the 3000 Meter Steeplechase, 1500, 5000…First-place finishes in 3000 Meter Steeplechase at UCF Black and Gold Challenge (10:45.23) and UConn Northeast Challenge (10:33.86)…Bests: 1500 – 4:41.69 at Miami Hurricane Collegiate Invitational, 3000 Meter Steeplechase – 10:26.44 at AAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 5000 – 16:44.45.

AS A FRESHMAN (2015-2016)

Cross Country: Competed in six races…at the AAC Championship ran 21:31.2 in the 6K and 22:26.9 at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships 6K.

Indoor: A part of a 2016 indoor team that second consecutive indoor American Athletic Conference championship...Competed at six different meets in the Mile, 3000, 5000, DMR, and 4x400….Placed fifth in her first collegiate races in the Mile (5:12.66) and 3000 (10:12.65) at the 34th Yale Collegiate Invitational…

Outdoor: Competed at six meets in the 1500, 5000, and 10,000…Bests: 1500 – 4:50.82 at UCF Black and Gold Challenge, 5000 – 17:11.84 at Penn Relays, 10,000 – 37:56.27 at AAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Personal:

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/5519765/Connecticut/Courtney__Akerley.html