Charleston Southern University Athletics

Performance List

Records

• Second fastest indoor 800m in school history at the 2019 Gamecock Inaugural with a time of 1:54.23
• Third fastest indoor mile in school history at the 2020 Big South Indoor Championships with a time of 4:14.16
• Member of the school record indoor DMR team that ran a 10:03.03 at the 2018 Commodore Invite
• Member of the second fastest indoor DMR team that ran a 10:18.37 at the 2020 Carolina Challenge
• Member of the third fastest indoor DMR team that ran a 10:20.29 at the 2018 VMI Team Challenge
• Seventh fastest indoor 3K in school history at the 2019 Carolina Challenge with a time of 8:43.24
• Sixth fastest outdoor 800m in school history at the 2021 Big South Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:51.35
• Fifth fastest outdoor 1500m in school history at the 2021 Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 3:49.62

2021 - Outdoor

• Second in the 800m at the Big South Championships with a time of 1:52.79
• Third in the 1500m at the Big South Championships with a time of 3:54.51
• Set new PR in the 800m at the Big South Championships prelim with a time of 1:51.35
• Set new PR in the 1500m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 3:49.62
• Third in the 1500m at the Aggie Invitational with a time of 3:54.51
• Fifth in the Mile at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invite with a time of 4:23.04

2020 - Indoor

• Fifth in the Mile at the Big South Indoor Championships with a personal best time of 4:14.16
• Eighth in the 800m at the Big South Indoor Championships with a time of 2:02.45
• Tenth in the 800m at the South Caroline Invite with a time of 1:55.15
• Eighth in the Mile at the South Carolina Invite with a time of 4:15.57
• Third in the DMR at the Carolina Challenge with a time of 10:18.37

2019 - Outdoor

• Fifth in the 800m at the Big South Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:56.51
• Fourth in the 1500m at the Big South Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:56.64
• Seventh in the 800m at the Charlotte Invitational with a time of 1:52.74
• Won the 1500m at the Buccaneer Invitational with a time of 4:03.97
• Won the 800m at the Buccaneer Invitational with a time of 1:55.12
• Fifth in the 800m at the Jim Settle Spring Break Invitational with a time of 1:56.07

2019 - Indoor

• Sixth in the 800m at the Big South Indoor Championships with a time of 1:56.64
• Fourth in the mile at the Big South Indoor Championships with a time of 4:15.44
• Ran a personal best 8:43.24 in the 3K at the Carolina Challenge
• Fifth in the men’s 800m race at the Gamecock Inaugural with a time of 1:54.23

2018 - Outdoor

• Won the men’s 800m race at the CSU Spring Break Invitational with a time of 1:55.39
• Fourth in the men’s 400m race at the CSU Tune-Up with a time of 50.51
• Sixth in the men’s 800m finals at the Big South Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:54.00
• Seventh in the men’s 1500m finals at the Big South Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:53.02

2018 – Indoor

• Won the distance medley relay at the VMI Team Challenge on January 27 with a time of 10:20.29
• Second in the DMR at the Commodore Invitational with a time of 10:03.02
• Seventh in the mile run at the Big South Indoor Championships with a time of 4:14.19

High School
Andrew Akright joins the program by way of Chesterfield, Va. and Manchester High School where he competed in the distance events. Akright was a three-time All-State honoree finishing in the top ten in the 1600 Outdoor Virginia 6A State Track and Field Championships twice (2016 & 2017), as well as a third-place finish in the 1000m race at the 2017 Indoor State Championships. He added a 25th place result in the 2016 Virginia 6A State Cross Country Championships. Among his best marks include a time of 1:57.05 in the 800m, a 2:33.29 in the 1000m and a 4:22.29 in the 1600m. His best cross country 5K mark came in at 16:25.