ChiChi Akanegbu
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- Height:
- 5-6
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- Hometown:
- North Easton, Mass.
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Oliver Ames
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- Events:
- Throws
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- Major:
- Nursing
Bio
As a Sophomore:
Indoor: Won the shot put (11.36m) and placed sixth (13.63m) at the USATF Indoor Championships...placed 15th (12.49m) in the shot put and 14th (14.14.m) in the weight throw at the New England Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Placed eighth (11.79m) in the shot put and 11th (44.89m) in the hammer throw at the New England Outdoor Championships...won the shot put (12.08m) and hammer throw (45.17m) at the GNAC Championships.
Prep:
ChiChi is a 2016 graduate of Oliver Ames High School, where she participated in three years of varsity indoor track, outdoor track and volleyball...in indoor track, was a Hockomock League All-Star as a senior and The Enterprise All-Scholastic Track Athlete as a junior and senior...in outdoor track, was a Hockomock League All-Star as a junior, was named league MVP as a senior and was named The Enterprise All-Scholastic as a sophomore, junior and senior
Personal:
Born in Cambridge, Mass...majoring in nursing...is the daughter of Lawrence and Christiana Akanegbu...has three younger siblings, Ify, Chucky and Chidera
News mentions
A new school record in the women's 4x400 meter relay highlighted a strong final day for the Regis (Mass.) men's and women's track & field team's at the New England NCAA Division III Championships.
For the first time ever in the history of Regis (Mass.) Athletics, the Pride are Great Northeast Athletic Conference champions. Both the Regis men's and women's track and field teams took home the title in the first ever GNAC Championships on Sunday afternoon, held at Regis Stadium.
Fred Mathieu (Miami, Fla.) and Elliana Boebel (Bedford, Mass.) both qualified for the New England Outdoor Track and Field Championships to highlight a successful outing for the Regis (Mass.) track and field teams at the Penmen Relays.
The annual Regis Spring Classic was cut short due to snow Friday afternoon at Regis Stadium, but not before the Regis (Mass.) men's and women's track & field teams were able to take part in a handful of events.
Fatima St. Hilaire (Danvers, Mass.) had herself quite a day, winning the women’s long jump (5.31m) and placing fourth in the 100 meter dash (13.26 seconds) to highlight several strong individual showings by the Regis (Mass.) track and field teams Saturday in the Tufts Snowflake Classic at the Clarence “Ding” Dussault Track.
The Regis (Mass.) track and field teams put a bookend on the 2017-18 indoor season, posting seven personal bests at the USATF New England Indoor Championships Sunday at Gordon Track.
Kate Cowden (Wilmington, Mass.) placed sixth in the shot put, and Dan LaFlamme and ChiChi Akanegbu (North Easton, Mass.) both delivered top 20 performances in the weight throw to highlight the Regis (Mass.) track and field teams at the Division III New England Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday.
Three runners posted personal bests in the 400 meter to highlight Day 1 for the Regis (Mass.) women’s track and field team at the David Hemery Invitational hosted by Boston University on Saturday at the BU Track & Tennis Center.
Sprinter Bernice Boateng (Danielson, Conn.) qualified for this month's DIII New England Indoor Championships, and Daniel LaFlamme (Watertown, Conn.) and Jovan Sematimba (Burlington, Mass.) broke their own school records in the weight throw and 3,000 meter run, respectively, to pace the Regis (Mass.) track and field teams at the Wesleyan Indoor Invitational on Saturday.
An unprecedented five school records were broken on Saturday as the Regis (Mass.) men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Stampede Invitational hosted by Tufts University.
Junior Fatima St. Hilaire (Danvers, Mass.) set a new school record in the 55m dash and senior Kate Cowden (Wilmington, Mass.) qualified for New Englands in the shot put to highlight a strong showing for the Regis (Mass.) men's and women's track and field teams at the Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational at Brandeis University on Saturday.
ChiChi Akanegbu (North Easton, Mass.) set a program record in the shot put and qualified for the New England Championships to highlight the Regis (Mass.) track and field team’s indoor season opening meet Saturday at the UMass Boston Indoor Open held at the Reggie Lewis Center.
