BIO
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Richard Adu-Bobie
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PERSONAL RECORDS
INDOORS
55m: 6.19, 2005 Florida Last Chance Meet
60m: 6.66, 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships, Fayetteville, Ark.
200m: 21.56, 2005 SEC Indoor Championships, Fayetteville, Ark.
OUTDOORS
100M: 10.47, 2005 SEC Championships, Nashville, Tenn.
CAREER VICTORIES: 3
HONORS: (Two-time NCAA All-American, one-time Southeastern Conference champion) 2005 NCAA Outdoor All-American - 4x100m relay; 2005 NCAA East Regional champion - 4x100m relay; 2005 SEC Outdoor champion - 4x100m relay; 2005 NCAA Indoor All-American - 60m.
2006 AS A SOPHOMORE: Bests of 6.29 (55m), 6.84 (60m) and 10.59 (100m) … Competed in seven meets (six indoors, one outdoors) … Competed in first outdoor meet at SEC Championships due to injury … Finished ninth in 100m in 10.67 and ran opening leg of third-place 4x100m relay (39.61) … Clocked fastest indoor time of season in 55m prelims at Florida Fast Times (6.26) … Finished seventh in 55m at SEC Indoor Championships with time of 6.35 … Also took 15th in 200m (21.86) … Came within 0.04 of NCAA provisional by clocking 6.29 to finish fourth in 55m at Pepsi Invitational … Top collegiate finisher in 55m at opening meet of season at Florida Intercollegiate as he took third in 6.31 … SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2005 AS AFRESHMAN: Wins (3): (o) NCAA East Regional Championships 4x100m relay (39.15); SEC Championships 4x100m relay (39.10); Yellow Jacket Invitational 4x100m relay (39.22) … Bests of 6.66 (60m) and 10.47 (100m) … Competed in 11 meets (four indoors, seven outdoors) … Ran opening leg of 4x100m that clocked the second-fastest time in school history to take second at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 38.54 … Opened Florida's winning 4x100m relay at NCAA East Regional Championships (39.15) … Also finished 11th in 100m (10.55) … Ran opening leg of 4x100m relay that won title at SEC Outdoor Championships in 39.10 … Also finished seventh in 100m with time of 10.54 … Clocked career-best 10.47 in prelims … Ran on 4x100m relay that finished second at Penn Relays (39.25) and took sixth in 100m (10.60) … Notched first NCAA regional time in 100m at Miami Gatorade Classic (10.50) … Ran on 4x100m relay team in prelims at Texas Relays that posted then-world's top time of season in 39.10 … Earned first win of career as part of 4x100m relay that posted ninth-best time in school history to win Yellow Jacket Invitational (39.22) … Picked up first All-America honor of his career by taking third in 60m at NCAA Indoor Championships in 6.66 … Time was fourth-best in school history … Finished third despite entering meet seeded 12th … Recorded fourth-best time in school history with 6.19 clocking in 55m at Florida Last Chance Meet … Posted ninth-best time in school history in 60m at SEC Indoor Championships in finishing 10th with time of 6.79 … Also finished 14th in 200m (21.56) … Ran 6.85 to finish 10th in 60m and 21.58 in 200m to take 11th in collegiate debut at Iowa State Classic.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Bests of 10.28 in 100m and 21.04 in 200m … Member of 2004 Canadian Olympic team as part of 4x100m pool … Finished fourth in 2004 Canadian Championships in 100m in a Canadian junior record time of 10.28 … Previous record was 10.30 and held by Carleton Chambers … Also finished fifth in 200m in 21.04 at the 2004 Canadian Championships … 2003 graduate of Sir Wilfrid Laurier School.
MAJOR: Business Administration
