Akeem Bloomfield Season 2016-17

Akeem Bloomfield Season 2016-17

PositionSPRINTS
ClassFreshman
HometownKingston, Jamaica
Previous SchoolKingston College

2018 The Bowerman Men's Mid-Outdoor Watch List
2018 USTFCCA Indoor First-Team All-American (400m, 4x400m Relay)
2017 Outdoor First-Team All-American (400m)
2017 Outdoor Second-Team All-SEC (400m, 4x400m Relay)
2017 Indoor Second-Team All-American (400m)
2017 Indoor Second-Team All-SEC (400m)
2017 Indoor SEC All-Freshman Team (400m)
Jamaican National Indoor 400m Record Holder (44.86)


2018 Indoor:
Competed in four events… 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships Silver Medalists in the 400m with a time of 44.86… 44.86 broke his own school record and is the seventh fastest indoor time ever in the 400m and fifth fastest collegiate indoor time ever... Won the 400m at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 45.22 to become the Tigers’ first SEC winner in the event since Avard Moncur in 2001 … first team All-SEC honors… member of the 4x400m relay team that finished fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 3:05.30, the second fastest time in school history… 4x400 relay team also finished fourth at the 2018 SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 3:06.09 … Claimed gold at Tiger Paw Invitational after winning 400m in 45.02, which broke his own school record and broke the Jamaican National record … won the 400m at the Commodore Invitational with a time of 45.92 … Named SEC Men’s Co-Runner of the Week (Jan. 16) for his performance at Commodore Invitational

2017 Outdoor:
Finished fifth at the 2017 Outdoor NCAA Championships in the 400m with a mark of 45.13 ... Clocked a season-best 44.74 in the 400m at the NCAA East Preliminaries to win the event ... Won the Tiger Track Classic with a time of 45.47 ... Won the Texas Invitational 200m with a mark of 20.29

2017 Indoor:
Set the school record in the 400m at the 2017 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships with a mark of 45.43, which ranked as the third-best time in the nation ... The only freshman ranked inside the top-25 nationally ... Earned Second-Team All-American honors with a 10th place finish at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 400m ... Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after winning the 400m at the 2017 Commodore Invitational with a mark of 46.68

Prior to Auburn: 
Jamaican junior record holder in the 400m (44.93) ... CARIFTA Games 400m Champion in 2015, 16 ... 2016 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ Champion in the 400m with a time of 46.12 ... First Jamaican junior male to run sub 45 seconds in the 400m ... Posted a 20.66 in the 200m at the JAAA All Comers meet.

Personal:
Attended Kingston College in Kingston, Jamaica ... Son of Elizabeth Palmer.

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