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Oladapo Akinmoladun
Position: Hurdles
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Grandview, Mo.
High School: Grandview

Personal Bests
Indoor 
                                               
60m: 6.97
60m hurdles: 7.74                           
Outdoor
200m, 22.01
110m hurdles: 13.56
300m hurdles: 37.34
Triple Jump: 47-4
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NCAA Championships
2013 (I): 60m hurdles, 7.84 (14th)

Big Ten Championships
2013 (I): 60m hurdles, FS (DNF)


Academics
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2012)

2013 (Freshman)
Oladapo Akinmoladun produced a strong indoor season for the Huskers to start his career at Nebraska... finished 14th in the 60m hurdles at the 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships, recording a time of 7.84... posted  a time of 7.75 in the preliminaries of the 60m hurdles at the 2013 Big Ten Indoor Championships... moved up to third all-time at Nebraska in the 60m hurdles with a personal-best time of 7.74 at the Iowa State Qualifier on March 2... notched a personal-best mark of 6.97 in the 60 meters at the adidas Classic on Jan. 19... opened the season with a time of 7.83 in the 60m hurdles.

Before Nebraska (Grandview)
Akinmoladun joined the Huskers from Grandview High School in Grandview, Mo... set an indoor personal best of 7.07 in the 60 meter hurdles and an outdoor personal best of 13.56 in the 110-meter hurdles... earned the 2012 Missouri Class 3 State Championship in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 13.56, also earned the 300-meter hurdle state championship with a time of 37.34 and finished fifth in the 200 meters (22.41)... was named the 2012 Missouri Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year... two-time first-team All-State honoree and set a state record in the 110-meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays with a time of 13.75... his time of 13.56 in the 110-meter hurdles ranked as the nation's No. 5 performance among prep competitors in 2012... finished second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.13 at the 2011 Missouri State Track and Field Championships, finishing second... was named the 2011 Class 3 Missouri state champion in the 300 meter hurdles after finishing with a personal-best time of 38.51... also competed in the triple jump at the 2011 state championships (42-7 1/2)... has posted a personal-best leap of 47-4 3/4 in the triple jump... helped his 4x200 relay team to a second-place finish at the 2011 state championships... also helped Grandview High School to the 2012 and 2011 Class 3 Boys Missouri state team title.

High School Honors
2012 Class 3 Missouri State Champion- 110 meter hurdles
2012 Class 3 Missouri State Champion- 300 meter hurdles
2011 Class 3 Missouri State Champion- 300 meter hurdles

Personal
Dapo is the son of Olu and Caroline Akinmoladun... was born on Feb. 28, 1994... is a biochemistry major at Nebraska.

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