2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Adnan Kpodo

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 150
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Irvington, N.J.
  • High School Irvington
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Honors and Awards:
- CSC Academic All-District (2022-23)
- Honorable Mention Academic All-NJAC (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

2023-24: Competed in nine indoor meets and nine during outdoors ... finished fourth in the mile (4:45.01) at the Wesleyan Winter Invite (12/9) ... PRed in the 500 (1:11.40) at the Fastrack Last Chance (2/23) ... PRed in the 400 (55.34) at the Ursinus Track & Field Festival (4/5-6) ... PRed in the 1,500 (4:18.20) at the Widener Final Qualifier (5/13) ... was a part of the 4x800 team that finished with a time of 8:26.11 to break the program record at the AARTFC Outdoor Championship (5/15-16).

2022-23: Competed in seven events during indoors and eight events during outdoors ... ended the season with his name listed 17 times in the indoor record book among the top 10, as well as six times in the outdoor books ... PRed in the mile (4:42.35) in his indoor season debut at the FastTrack Opener (12/2) ... PRed in the 600m (1:29.95) at the Ramapo Opener (1/20) ... indoor PR in the 800m (2:02.27) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/27-28) ... PRed in the 1,500m (4:22.06) and was part of the fourth-place 4x800m relay (8:30.73) at the Ramapo Invite (3/31-4/1) ... PRed in the 800m (2:00.04) at the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic (4/14-15) ... placed third in the 800m (2:03.00) at East Stroudsburg (4/21).

2021-22: Competed in seven events during indoors and eight events during outdoors ... opened indoors with a PR in the 3,000m, notching a time of 10:24.21 at the FastTrack Season Opener (12/3) ... was just seconds off his PR in the 1,000m with a time of 2:48.08 at the Spartan Invite (1/14) ... PRed at Ramapo (1/21) in the 600m with a time of 1:31.80 ... helped the DMR to a fourth-place finish at Rutgers (2/11-12) with a time of 11:37.67 ... rand a 2:08.52 at NJACs (2/21) in the 800m ... helped the 4x400m team to a fifth-place finish in a time of 3:38.25 at the Greyhound Invite (4/15) and then a third-place finish at the Coach Pollard Invite (4/23) in a time of 3:32.25, following up with a PR of 4:22.24 in the 1,500m ... set a PR in the 800m with a time of 2:04.32 at NJACs (5/7-8) ... PRed in the 5,000m with a time of 19:39.52 at ECACs (5/18-19).

2020-21: Competed in five events during outdoors, all in the 800m, including a season-best 2:07.15 at Ramapo (4/23) ... there was no indoors season.

2019-20: Competed in eight events during indoors ... outdoors was canceled due to COVID ... competed in the Mile three times, including a 5:01.39 at STAC (1/10) ... ran the 800m three times, including a 2:07.66 at the NYC DIII Invite (1/31) ... ran the 1,000m twice, including a 2:44.15 at the Fasttrack Last Chance (2/28).

High School: Graduated on June 20, 2019 from Irvington High School in Irvington, N.J… Ran track and field three years under head coach Marvin Hawkins… 

Personal: Adnan Kpodo… Born March 29, in London, U.K., and has lived in seven different U.S. States ... pursuing a career as a daa scientist/database developer … Mother is Hinda Othman … Two siblings: Laila Anane and Blessing Othman ... Dean's List ... Computer Science Club ... a part of the Ashanti tribe.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Middle Distance/Distance/Relays
    5'11" 125 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Mid-Distance/Distance
    5'11" 125 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    Mid-Distance/Distance
    5'11" 125 lbs
  • 2022-23Senior

    Mid-Distance/Distance
    6'1" 150 lbs
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    Mid-Distance
    6'1" 150 lbs
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Mid-Distance
    6'1" 150 lbs