Kwadarrius Smith

Event:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Orlando, Fla.
High School:
First Academy

Results

2018 Outdoor: Competed in five meets for the Zips, including earning a runner-up finish in the 100 meters at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 12) crossing the line in 10.29, the fourth-fastest effort in outdoor program history, to garner second-team All-MAC honors...an NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier in the 100 meters posting a time of 10.51 to finish 35th...member of third-place 4x100 relay at the MAC Championships (May 12)...crossed the line in 10.41 in the 100 meters at the Texas Relays (March 30)...won the 100 meters in 10.44 at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 5).

2018 Outdoor Accolades: NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (Outdoor 100 meters)...second-team All-MAC (Outdoor 100 meters).

2018 Indoor: Registered a season-best time of 6.72 in the finals of the 60 meters to place third at the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. 13)...crossed the line in 22.21 in the 200 meters at the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. 13).

2018 Indoor Accolades: MAC Track Athlete of the Week award winner (Jan. 18).

2017 Outdoor: Competed in a trio of meets for the Zips...ran a season-best time of 10.42 en route to placing 14th in the 100 meters at the Texas Relays (March 31)...placed 15th in the 100 meters at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 12)...member of a pair of 4x100 relay teams, including finishing fourth at the Roadrunner Invitational (March 25)...2017 Indoor: Appeared in seven meets for Akron, including placing third in the 60 meters (6.79) and fifth in the 200 meters (22.22) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 25)...registered the fourth-fastest time in the 60 meters in program history crossing the line in 6.75 en route to placing second at the Penn State National (Jan. 27)...placed in the top-five in 12 of 13 races in the 60 meters...won 60 meters at Kent State Dual (Jan. 20) with a time of 6.76, while also finishing first in the 200 meters in 21.80...turned in season-best time of 21.69 en route to placing third in the 200 meters at the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. 14)...won 60 meters in 6.80 at Zips Invitational (Feb. 17).

2015-16: Outdoor: Garnered second-team all-league honors finishing second as a member of the 4x100 relay at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 14), while finishing third in the 100 meters in 10.50...ran 10.59 to place 28th in the 100 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 26)...posted fifth-fastest time in the 100 meters in program history cover the race in 10.40 to place second at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 7)...Indoor: Registered third- and fifth-place finishes at the Mid-American Conference Championships in the 60 and 200 meters...turned in the fourth-fastest time (6.75) in program history en route to placing third in the 60 meters at the MAC Championships (Feb. 27), while finishing fifth in the 200 meters in a time of 21.61...posted top-10 finishes in each of his 12 races in the 60 meters, including capturing the title at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 19) in 6.81...placed in the top-10 in each of his seven races in the 200 meters...registered a season-best time of 21.46 to finish second in the 200 meters at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 22).

Personal: Majoring in sport management...son on Pat and Kirsten Telan.