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The Road To Hayward: World Champion Hurdler & Fifteen Time State Champ Akala Garrett
Today on "The Road To Hayward" is the U20 400mh World Champion Akala Garrett.
Akala is a fifteen-time individual state champion (yes, you read that right). She won the 100m hurdles and the 400m hurdles at the 2022 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships running 10.91 for the 100m hurdles and 57.47 for the 400m hurdles. She then went on to become the U20 World Champion a few weeks later. She won gold medals at the 2022 World Junior Championships in the 400 meters hurdles and the 4 × 400m relay.
At her state meet this year, she set new meet records in the 100-hurdles (13.52), 200-meter dash (24.25) and…
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