The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2015-16 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Morolake Akinosun
- Position:
- Sprints
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Aurora, Ill.
- High School:
- Waubonsie Valley
• 2016 Rio Olympic Games Gold Medalist (4x100m Relay)
• 1 of 2 women in history to score in 4 events at NCAA Outdoor meet back-to-back years (Jackie Joyner-Kersee)
• 13-time USTFCCCA First-Team All-American (11 at Texas; 2 at Illinois)
• Nine-time USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American (5 at Texas; 4 at Illinois)
• 2-time 4x400 Relay NCAA Champion - 2016 Indoor & 2014 Outdoor
• 13-Time Big 12 Champion (100m, 200m, 4x100 relay - 2016 outdoor; 60m - 2014 & 2015 indoor; 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay - 2014 & 2015 outdoor; 4x400m relay 2015 indoor & outdoor)
• Two-Time Big Ten Champion (60m, 4x400m relay - 2013 indoor)
• 2016 Big 12 Performer of the Year
• 2016 Big 12 Championships - High Point Scorer Award
• 2013 Pan American Junior Champion - 4x100-meter relay
• 2013 USA Junior Champion - 100m
• 2013 USA Junior Silver Medalist - 200m
• 2015 Pan American Games Gold Medal - 4x100m Relay
CAREER BESTS
Outdoor:
100m: 11.04
200m: 22.52 - School Record
Indoor:
60m: 7.20
200m: 23.37
2015-16
Outdoor:
• Won a gold medal in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games for Team USA, helping her team to a 41.77 time in the 4x100m relay qualifying heat
• Was a member of the 4x400m relay team that won gold at the NCAA Championships, finishing with a time of 3:27.64
• Won bronze in the 100m at the NCAA Championships, finishing with a time of 11.07
• Finished 4th in the 200m at the NCAA Championships with a time of 22.54, the no. 2 performance in school history
• Won her 3rd Big 12 title (conference record) in both the 100m final (11.32) and 200m final (23.08) at the Big 12 Championships
• Ran on winning 4x100m relay team that ran 44.05 at the Big 12 Championships
• Finished 1st as a member of the Texas A 4x100 relay team with a time of 44.47 at the 107th Drake Relays
• Was a member of the Texas A 4x400 relay team that finished 2nd at the 107th Drake Relays with a time of 3:34.11
• Won the 100m Section A at LSU Alumni Gold with an NCAA-leading time of 10.97
• Helped the Texas A 4x400 relay team that won the event at LSU Alumni Gold with a team time of 3:27.29
• Was a member of the 4x100 relay team that finished 2nd at LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 43.81
• Placed 3rd in the 200m at the Texas Invitational with a time of 22.96
• Won the 100m at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 11.07, becoming the first woman to win three consecutive Texas Relays
• Member of the Texas A relay team that finishing second in the Invitational 4x200m relay with a team time of 1:32.60
• Helped the Texas A 4x400 relay team set a team mark of 3:26.54 in the Sanya Richards-Ross Invitational relay at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, winning the event and recording the no. 6 performance in school history
Indoor:
• Member of the NCAA Champion 4x400 relay team that finished with a team mark of 3:28.27, the 9th NCAA Indoor 4x400 title in school history
• Finished 5th in the 50m with a mark of 7.21 at the NCAA Indoor Championships
• Won the 60m with a mark of 7.30 at the Big 12 Championships
• Set a personal best time in the 200m with a mark of 23.33 at the Big 12 Championships
• Helped the Texas A 4x400 relay team set a mark of 3:27.94 at the Tyson Invitational, the 4th-best time set in the NCAA all-time.
• Placed 2nd in the 60m with a time of 7.26 at the Texas A&M 11-Team Invitiational
• Placed 2nd in the 200m with a time of 23.47 at the Texas A&M 11-Team Invitational
• Won the 60m with a time of 7.26 at the Power Five Invitational
• Set the facility record as a member of the 1st place 4x400m relay team that ran 3:34.46 at the Power Five Invitational
• Finished 2nd in the 200m special invite at the Husker Invitational with a time of 23.50
2014-15
Outdoor:
• Won gold medal on Team USA 4x100m relay at Pan American Games
• Scored in 4 events at NCAA Championships (100m: 2nd, 200m: 5th, 4x100m: 4th, 4x400m: 8th)
• Broke school record to finish 5th in 200m at NCAA Championships, clocking 22.52 seconds
• Won the 100m and 200m at Big 12 Championships, marking back-to-back wins in both events
• Member of the 1st place 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay teams
• Member of the 1st place 4x100m relay team that ran 43.70 at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
• Won the 100m dash with a wind-aided time of 10.94 at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
• Member of the 4x400m relay team that won the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 3:29.65. Back-to-back Texas Relays wins in this event
• Won the 100m with a time of 11.37 at the Texas Invitational
• Set a meet and facility record in the 200m at the Texas Invitational in 22.70
• Member of the winning 4x100m relay team that ran 43.61 at the Texas Invitational
• Member of the back-to-back winning 4x400m relay team with a time of 3:29.46 at the Penn Relays
Indoor:
• Placed 1st at the Arkansas-Texas Dual meet in the 60m with a time of 7.27
• Set a meet record of 7.22 in the 60m at the Rod McCravy Memorial
• Member of the 4x400 relay team that placed 3rd at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet with a time of 3:30.80
• Took 1st place in the 60m running a personal best time of 7.20 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic
• Ran 7.21 in the 60m to place 2nd at the Tyson Invitational
• Member of the winning 4x400m relay team at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 3:29.36
• Won the 60m with a time of 7.23 at the Big 12 Championships
• Earned 2nd place in the 200m at the Big 12 Championships with a personal best time of 23.37
• Member of the 4x400m relay team that won the Big 12 Championships
• Member of the 1st place 4x400m relay time that ran 3:28.48 at the NCAA Championships. This marked the No. 5 time in collegiate history
2013-14
Outdoor:
• Helped lead the Longhorns to a 2nd-place showing at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships by scoring 16 points, the 6th-best total at that meet in school history
• Tied for 1st nationally with 4 USTFCCCA All-America First Team honors
• Finished runner-up in the 100m and 5th in the 200 at NCAA meet
• Ran the 3rd leg on the 4x400-meter relay that clocked a 3:24.21, a meet record and No. 2 time in collegiate history
• Ran the anchor leg of the 3rd-place 4x100m relay
• Won the 100m, 200m and ran the opening leg of the victorious 4x100m relay at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships
• Reached semifinals of 100m at USA Championships, finishing 10th
Indoor:
• Finished 4th in the 60m at NCAA Indoor Championships
• Captured the 60m title and was runner-up in the 200 at the 2014 Big 12 Indoor meet
• Won 60m at four meets
• Finished 2nd in 200m at Bill Bergan Invitational
2012-13 (at Illinois)
Outdoor:
• Earned 3 All-America First Team honors and was the only freshman to compete in both the 100m and 200m prelims at the NCAA Championships
• 100m (8th, 11.45) and as a member of the 4x400m relay team that broke the school record with its 5th-place finish at NCAA’s
• Finished 19th in the 200m in 23.52w to earn All-America Second Team
• Runner-up in the 100m and 4x100m relay at the Big Ten Outdoor meet
• Notched a 6th-place finish in the 100m at the Texas Relays in a wind-aided 11.29
• Claimed 3 All-Big Ten honors
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors
• Member of the 4x100m, 4x400m and sprint medley relays that won the Drake Relays, helping the Illini win the inaugural HyVee Cup
• Named the Illinois Female Newcomer of the Year
Indoor:
• Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60m, 200m and 4x400m relay
• Finished 14th (7.39) in the 60m prelim and 12th (23.55) in the 400m prelim
• Ran the 2nd leg of the 4x400m relay that was 9th in 3:35.30
• Won a pair of Big Ten titles in the 60m and as part of the 4x400m relay
• The 4x400m relay set Big Ten and school records with a time of 3:30.30
• Earned Big Ten Indoor Freshman of the Year honors
PRIOR TO ILLINOIS/TEXAS
• 4-year letterwinner in track at Waubonsie Valley
• All-state and all-conference during all 4 years of high school
• 2012 100m Illinois state champion, setting the state record in the process
• 2011 AAU Junior Olympic 100m and 200m champion
• 200m national record-holder (23.49)
• Member of national record-holding 4x100m relay
• Earned AP Scholar honors
PERSONAL
• Parents are Olawale and Foluke Akinosun
• Has two siblings, Moriyike and Anjola.
• Moriyike competes in track and field at University of Illinois
• Majoring in exercise science.
