Ackeen Colley

Position:
Distance
Position:
Distance
Height:
6-2
Weight:
0
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Balaclava, Jamaica (Ruseas HS)

2019 NCAA West Regional Qualifier (800 Meters)
2019 Big 12 Outdoor Championship Scorer (800 Meters, 1,500 Meters, 4x400-Meter Relay)
2019 Big 12 Indoor Championship Scorer (1,000-meter run, DMR)

OU Indoor Collegiate Bests:
1,000-Meter Run: 2:25.21, 2019
800-Meter Run: 1:50.22, 2019

OU OUTDOOR COLLEGIATE BESTS
400 Meters: 49.66
800-Meter Run: 1:48.62
1,500 Meters: 3:54.33
Mile: 4:05.57

2019

(Outdoor) Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 800, running a 1:50.79 in the semifinals to place 21^stafter clocking a PR 1:48.62 in the quarterfinals to place seventh … Was a point scorer for the Sooners in the 800, 1,500 and 4x4 relay at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship, placing eighth in the 800 (1:51.45), seventh in the 1,500 (3:55.21) and seventh in the 4x4 (3:11.13) … Took second in the 800 meters at the National Relay Championships, running a 1:50.33 … Ran a PR 49.66 in the 400 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational to place eighth … Took first in the 800 at the Rafer Johnson & Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite, crossing the line in 1:49.94 … Clocked a PR 4:05.57 in the mile to take fourth at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival … Won the 800 in his first outdoor meet as a Sooner at the Roadrunner Invitational, clocking a 1:49.60 … Helped the 4x4 team to a fifth-place finish at the Roadrunner Invite, finishing in 3:20.75. (Indoor) Took second in the men's 1,000 meters at Big 12 Indoors with a PR time of 2:25.21... Helped the men's DMR team take sixth in 10:11.97 at Big 12 Indoors... Ran the 800 at the Iowa State Classic in 1:50.22... Ran on the men's DMR team at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge for a third-place finish in 9:42.44... Competed in the mile at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge with a time of 4:12.91... Won the men's 1,000 meters at the Corky Classic, crossing the line in 2:27.31.

HIGH SCHOOL

2016-17 Ruseas High School track team captain… Ruseas HS 2017 Athlete of the Year… Jamaica Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association 1,500 meters champion.

PERSONAL

Attended American International College (Springfield, Mass.) prior to OU... Born in Manchester, Jamaica… Parents are Sonia Foster and Andre Colley… Has six siblings… Intended major is biology.