Atsu Nyamadi

Men's Track & Field/Cross Country

/ Track & Field/Cross Country

Women's Track & Field/Cross Country

/ Track & Field/Cross Country

Position:
Multi/Jumps
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 190
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Accra, Ghana
High School:
T. I. Ahniediyya HS
Major:
Biology

Indoor Personal Bests
55-Meter Hurdles
1/9/16 Ed Temple Classic (7.96)
60 Meter
2/24/16 C-USA Championship (7.10)
60-Meter Hurdles
12/4/14   Music City Invitational (8.41)
800 Meter
2/14/15 Samford Invitational (2:00.70)
1,000 Meter
2/25/16 C-USA Championship (2:45.93)
High Jump
2/1/15     Ed Temple Classic (2.01m)
Long Jump
2/1/15 Ed Temple Classic (7.34m)
Triple Jump
1/9/15     Blazer Invitational (15.23m)
Pole Vault
2/25/16    C-USA Championship (4.00m)
Shot Put
1/24/16    Emory Invitational (14.29m)
Heptathlon
2/25/16    C-USA Championship (5465)

Outdoor Personal Bests
100-Meter Dash
6/8/16   NCAA Championship (11.12)
110-Meter Hurdles
4/23/16 War Eagle Invitational (14.61)
400 Meter
6/8/16     NCAA Championship (49.902)
1,500 Meter
6/11/15    NCAA Championship (4:33.05)
Decathlon
4/7/16     Bulldog Decathlon (7,800)
Discus
5/2/15     Tennessee Challenge (45.49)
High Jump
5/28/16 C-USA Championship (2.01m)
Javelin
6/10/16    NCAA Championship (66.96m)
Long Jump
4/6/16     Bulldog Decathlon (7.51m)
Pole Vault
5/14/15    C-USA Championship (4.10m)
Shot Put
5/12/16    C-USA Championship (14.07m)
Triple Jump
5/17/15    C-USA Championship (14.77m)

2015-16
Indoor: Represented the Blue Raiders in 11 individual competitions ... Best 55-Meter Hurdles finish and time was at the Ed Temple Classic with a finish of third (7.96) ... Best 60 Meter time and finish was at the C-USA Championship, finishing second (7.10) ... Won the 60-Meter Hurdles at the C-USA Championship with a time of 8.50 ... Won the C-USA Championship in the High Jump (2.00m) ... Took home first place in the C-USA Championship in the Long Jump (7.13m) ... Finished first in the Shot Put at the Emory Invitational (14.29m) ... Placed fourth at the C-USA Championship in the Pole Vault (4.00m) ... Won the Heptathlon at the C-USA Championship (5,465) ... Posted six personal bests.

Outdoor: Was eighth at the Bulldog Invitational decathlon 100 meter race with a season-best time of 11.15 ... Placed fourth at the C-USA Championship decathlon competition in the 100 meters (11.30) ... Won the C-USA Championship decathlon 110-meter hurdles race with a time of 14.73 ... Had a season-best 110-meter hurdles time of 14.61 at the War Eagle Invitational, placing 15th ... Won the 400 meter race at the C-USA Championship decathlon with a season-best time of 49.76 ... Runner-up at the C-USA Championship decathlon 1,500 meter race with a time of 4:47.94 ... Placed fourth at the Bulldog Decathlon with 7,800 points ... Won the C-USA Championship decathlon with 7,588 points ... Won the discuss competition at the C-USA Championship decathlon (43.29m) ... Had a season-best discuss toss of 45.35m, finishing third at the Bulldog Decathlon ... Won the high jump in the decathlon at the C-USA Championship with a season-best mark of 2.01m ... Won three javelin events, at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (66.05m), Bulldog Decathlon (64.07m) and C-USA Championship decathlon (61.50m) ... Placed 28th at the NCAA Regional in the javelin ... Finished in the top-10 in six long jump competitions in the outdoor season, including taking first place at the C-USA Championship decathlon with a mark of 7.17m ... Had a sixth place finish in the pole vault at the C-USA Championship decathlon with a result of 3.80m ... Won the shot put competition at the C-USA Championship decathlon with a season-best result of 14.07m ... Placed seventh at the Memphis Invitational in the triple jump.

2014-15
Indoor: Competed in eight different individual events ... Finished in the top-ten 11 times ... Was fourth at the Music City Invitational in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.41 ... 28th in the 800-meter at the Samford Invitational (2:00.70) ... Competed in the long jump three times, including two wins and a third place finish ... Best long jump came at the Ed Temple Classic, 7.34m, in his first win of the season ... Long jumped 7.30m at the MT Invitational to take home the win ... Best high jump was at the Ed Temple Classic, where he finished second with a jump of 2.01m ... Took home second at the Christmas Invitational in the triple jump (15.04m) ... Best triple jump was at the Blazer Invitational (15.23m) ... Was second at the Christmas Invitational in his only pole vault competition of the season (3.50m) ... Finished second at the Ed Temple Classic in the shot put (13.36m) ... Farthest throw on the shot put was at the Blazer Invitational (14.20m) ... Was fourth at the C-USA Championships in the heptathlon with 5061 points ... Was part of the 4x440-yard relay team that finished first at the Christmas Invitational.

Outdoor: Was apart of 12 different events ... 37 top-10 finishes, including five wins ... Finished sixth in the C-USA Championships in the 100-meter dash (11.43) ... Went to the NCAA Championships and finished 19th with a time of 11.20, his best time of the season ... Finished second in the 110-meter hurdles three different times ... Was second at the C-USA Championships with a season-best time of 14.80 in the 110-meter hurdles ... Finished 12th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 15.08 ... Finished fourth at the C-USA Championships in the 400-meter (50.46) ... Won the C-USA Championship in the 1,500-meter (4:48.81) ... Had a season-best time for the 1,500-meter at the NCAA Championship, but finished ninth (4:33.05) ... Third in the C-USA Championships and ninth in the NCAA in the decathlon, with a season-best 7,567 points at the NCAA Championships ... Won the Georgia Decathlon discus competition (43.50m) ... Third in the C-USA Championships and fourth in the NCAA in discus ... Fourth in C-USA and eighth in the NCAA in high jump, with a season-best jump of 2.00m at the C-USA Championships ... Fourth at the NCAA Championships in the javelin with a throw of 58.86m ... Tenth at the NCAA Championships in the long jump (7.19m) ... Tied for fourth at the C-USA Championships (4.10m) and 16th at the NCAA Championship (4.00m) in the pole vault ... Second in C-USA and seventh in the NCAA at the shot put ... Sixth in the triple jump at the C-USA Championships (14.77m).

Prior to MT: Attended T.I. AHniediyya HS in Kumasi, Ghana ... Lettered in track & field, volleyball and soccer ... Holds the javelin and discus records in Ghana ... Competed for Anselm Nyavedzie at T.I. Ahniediyya HS and Vincent Bingham at Neosha County CC.

Personal: Son of James Yao Nyamadi and Patience Adzotor Amevor ... Favorite hobby is competing in track & field ... Plans to be one of the best athletes in the decathlon ... Majoring in biology.