Enrolled at Eastern in the fall of 2011 from Salem College, where she competed in track and cross country...
At Eastern: Lettered indoors and outdoors in her first season with the program in 2011/12... earned All-Little East recognition with the second-place 4x400 relay at the conference outdoor championships in 2012... ran the fastest 500 (1:23.63) in almost nine years (second-fastest all-time) in her only attempt at that distance at Harvard Dec. 10, 2011 en route to a second-place finish in a field of 14... clocked the eighth-fastest 400 in program history with a time of 1:02.03 in the Eastern Invitational April 13, 2012... ran the first leg of the 4x400 relay which posted the fifth-best time (4:10.12) in program history at the 2012 New England Open Championships... indoors, qualified for the 400 at the Division III New England Championships in 2011/12... in 2011/12, qualified for the LEC/NEA Championships in the 200 and 400 indoors and outdoors...
High School: Four-year member of track and cross country teams... competed in track under Eastern track alumnus Anthony Verderame... competed in the sprints and relays... all-conference in track as a senior...
PERSONAL: born Akaya L. McElveen Janaury 4, 1992… Mother: Pamela… Major: English… Career Plans: Journalism/editing… Residence: Waterbury, CT…
AKAYA... REVEALED
Most difficult aspect of college: Time management
Something that you may never live to see: Gender equality
Something that you tried once but would never do again:
Hiking on the hottest day of the summer
Most important thing in your life: Staying healthy
When you were young, favorite game to pass time on a car trip: My game boy color
Most difficult aspect of your sport: Not letting a bad race get to you
Sport requiring the most strength: Track
Your favorite moment of all time: I surprised my mom by coming home for Thanksgiving during my freshman year. I was going to school in NC, so it was a huge surprise for her
Most embarrassing moment: I walk right into walls quite often. Embarrassing!
What would you like to get paid to do for a living? Traveling
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living:
Something that makes you miserable.
Pet Peeve: Walking behind slow walkers
Amount of weekly allowance you would give to your children:
Depends on their ages, but maybe 10-15 bucks
| INDOOR | | |
200m | | | |
Date | Meet | Time | Finish |
| 2012/13 | | | |
| January 26 | Springfield | 28.19 | 9th (59) |
| 2011/12 | | | |
| December 3 | Springfield | 29.14 | 9th (23) |
| January 21 | Wesleyan | 28.81 | 19th (43) |
| January 28 | Coast Guard | 29.34 | 5th (17) |
| February 4 | Springfield | 28.58 | 12th (31) |
| February 11 | NE Alliance | 28.15# | 16th (38) |
| | LEC | | 7th (18) |
| | | | |
400m | | | |
2013/14 | | |
| February 1 | Springfield | 1:03.35/6th (24) |
| 2012/13 | | |
| January 26 | Springfield | 1:02.29 | 4th (29) |
February 10 | NE Alliance | 1:01.57 | 8th (22) |
| | LEC | | 8th (10) |
| February 16 | DIII NE | 1:01.55# | 15th (22) |
| 2011/12 | | |
| December 3 | Springfield | 1:05.58 | 8th (13) |
| January 21 | Wesleyan | 1:03.54 | 10th (33) |
| January 28 | Coast Guard | 1:04.38 | 1st (5) |
| February 4 | Springfield | 1:04.50 | 13th (24) |
| February 11 | NE Alliance | 1:02.41 | 10th (26) |
| | LEC | | 6th (13) |
| February 18 | DIII NE | 1:03.94 | 22nd (25) |
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500m | | | |
2013/14 | | |
February 7 | Boston U. | 1:20.46/25th (57) |
February 28 | NE Open | 1:19.49#^/Prelims |
March 8 | ECAC DIII | 1:19.61/7th (32) |
| 2012/13 | | |
| December 1 | UMass Boston | 1:22.47 | 3rd (10) |
| December 8 | Yale | 1:20.52 | 5th (16) |
| February 2 | Springfield | 1:21.11 | 1st (12) |
| March 2 | ECAC | 1:20.90 | 14th (18) |
| 2011/12 | | |
| December 10 | Harvard | 1:23.63 | 2nd (14) |
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600m | | | |
| 2013/14 | | |
| January 18 | Coast Guard | 1:49.22/6th (8) |
| January 25 | Springfield | 1:46.46/5th (17) |
| February 15 | LEC | 1:42.16#/5th (12) |
| | NE Alliance | 6th (19) |
| February22 | DIII NE | 1:40.44#^/8th (27) |
| 2012/13 | | |
| January 19 | Coast Guard | 1:47.82 | 6th (10) |
| #-Personal best | ^-Program record | |
| OUTDOOR | | | |
| Date | Meet | Time | Finish |
| 100m | | | |
| 2014 | | | |
| April 5 | UMass Dart | 13.40# | 18th (76) |
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| 200m | | | |
| 2013 | | | |
| April 20 | Springfield | 27.36# | 8th (29) |
| 2012 | | | |
April 7 | Wesleyan | 28.80 | 4th (12) |
| April 13 | ECSU | 27.94 | 4th (11) |
| April 28 | NE Alliance | 27.82 | 26th (40) |
| | LEC | | 7th (11) |
| | | | |
| 400m | | | |
| 2014 | | | |
| March 29 | Coast Guard | 1:02.53 | 7th (24) |
| April 5 | UMass Dart | 1:00.75 | 3rd (41) |
| April 11 | ECSU | 59.91 | 1st (12) |
| April 19 | Springfield | 1:00.44 | 4th (24) |
| April 27 | LEC | 1:01.27 | 4th (13) |
| | NE Alliance | | 8th (25) |
| 2013 | | | |
| March 30 | Coast Guard | 1:01.80 | 7th (27) |
| April 6 | UMD | 1:02.22 | 2nd (21) |
| April 14 | ECSU | 1:00.64 | 1st (5) |
| May 4 | NE DIII | 59.74# | 19th (29) |
| May 17 | ECAC | 1:00.36 | 31st (44) |
2012 | | | |
| March 24 | Westfield | 1:02.78 | 7th (27) |
| March 31 | Coast Guard | 1:04.29 | 5th (17) |
April 7 | Wesleyan | 1:02.96 | 3rd (6) |
| April 13 | ECSU | 1:02.03 | 2nd (5) |
| April 28 | NE Alliance | 1:03.52 | 21st (31) |
| | LEC | | 8th (13) |
#-Personal best
