Stephen Agyei

Position:
Sprints/Hurdles
Height:
6-0
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Aurora, Colo.
High School:
Smoky Hill

PERSONAL BESTS

Indoor:

60-Meters: 7.26

200-Meters: 23.28

60-Meter Hurdles: 8.63

Outdoor:

200-Meters: 22.92

110-Meter Hurdles: 15.42

400-Meter Hurdles: 56.49

2008: Agyei ran in the 60, 200 and 400-meter runs as well as the 60-meter hurdles during the indoor season. He set a personal record in the 60-meter hurdles (8.63) at the Big 12 Championship and placed 18^th in the prelims. He also set his 200 pr in same meet by racing to a time of 23.28 and a 13^th place finish. Agyei concentrated on the 110 and 400-meter hurdles during the outdoor season. He ran a season-best 15.42 in the 110 hurdles at the Rob Upton Invite in March. He took sixth place in the race. Agyei’s pr in the 400 hurdles was 56.49, which was also set in at the same meet. He finished fifth overall.

HIGH SCHOOL: Agyei earned three letters as a member of the track and field team at Smoky Hill. In 2005, he was an alternate for the 4x100 and 4x200 state champions. Agyei earned all region honors in the 300-meter hurdles his sophomore, junior and senior years. He was all-league, all-city and all-state his senior season. Agyei also earned one letter as a member of the 2007 Centennial League Champion basketball team.

ACADEMICS: Agyei is an open major at Colorado.

PERSONAL: Stephen Kwame Agyei was born on June 17, 1989 in Aurora, Colo. He is the son of Augustine and Susana Agyei. He has two brothers; Augustine Jr., who was the 2005 state champion in the 300-meter hurdles and currently is a member of the football and track and field teams at Drake University and Michael. Agyei lists his hobbies as comedy, music and rapping.