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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Kelvin Acheampong

  • Position Jumps/Sprints
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Shawnee, Kan.
  • Highschool Shawnee Mission Northwest HS

Biography

Season and Career Results
2x NCAA Outdoor West First Rounds Qualifier
2025 Triple Jump (43rd; 14.50m/47'7")
2026 Triple Jump (43rd; 14.50m/47'7")
All-Conference
2026 Triple Jump (2nd; 15.46m/50'8.75")
Academic Accolades
3x American Conference All-Academic Team - 2024, '25, '26
5x AD Honor Roll - Fall 2023, Fall '24, Spring '25, Fall '25, Spring'26
2026 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2025-26 (Redshirt-Sophomore): Indoor – Ran the 60-meter dash in four meets…Recorded a season-best time of 6.94 in the prelim of the Mark Colligan Memorial and finished sixth in the final. Outdoor – Competed in six meets for the Shockers…Ran on the winning 4x100-meter relay at the Rock Chalk Classic and the Shocker Open, recording the No. 4 time in Wichita State history, 39.84 at the Shocker Open…Won the triple jump at the Shocker Open with a jump of 15.14m/49’8.25”…Earned all-conference recognition with a runner-up performance in the triple jump at the American Conference Outdoor Championships with a season-best jump of 15.46m/50’8.75”, scoring eight points for the team and helping the Shockers win the American Conference team title…His mark moved him up to No. 10 in Wichita State history in the triple jump…Qualified to the NCAA West First Rounds in the triple jump where he placed 43rd with a mark of 14.50m/47’7”.

2024-25 (Redshirt-Freshman): Indoor – Did not compete in a Shocker uniform. Outdoor – Competed in seven meets for the Shockers…Ran on three 4x100-meter relays…Triple jumped at six meets…Jumped 14.50m/47’7” in his first collegiate outdoor triple jump at the KT Woodman Classic…Placed third in the triple jump at the Oregon Open…Jumped a season-best 15.21m/49’11” at the AAC Outdoor Championships to place fourth and score five points for the team…Qualified to the NCAA West Preliminaries where he jumped 14.50m/47’7” to take 43rd.

2023-24 (Freshman): Indoor – Competed in two meets before dealing with a season-ending injury…Jumped 6.51m/21’4.25” in the long jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular to take eighth place…Recorded a season-best mark of 13.69m/44’11” in the triple jump to place third at the Prairie Wolf Invitational. Outdoor – Redshirted.
High School: Competed in the 100m, 200m, long jump and triple jump at Shawnee Mission Northwest… Placed top three in the state in both the long jump and triple jump as a junior and senior…Also played basketball and soccer…Named to the A/B honor roll. HS personal bests: LJ – 7.10m/23’3.5”, TJ – 14.23m/46’8.5”, 100m – 10.97, 200m – 22.77
 
Personal: Son of Emmanuel and Gifty…Has two siblings, Michelle and Edwin…Originally from Ghana…Plans to major in Sport Management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Jumps/Sprints
  • 2024-25Redshirt Freshman

    Jumps/Sprints
  • 2025-26Redshirt Sophomore

    Jumps/Sprints