Akeem Sirleaf
Akeem Sirleaf (born 10 March 1997) is a Liberian athlete who competes and holds national records in the 200m and 400m. Sirleaf competed for North Carolina A&T State University. In 2018-19 Sirleaf earned first-team All-American honors during the outdoor season by helping the men's 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay teams finish fifth nationally. Sirleaf also qualified for the NCAA outdoor championships in the 400 meters. During the indoor season, he qualified for NCAA championships in the men's 200m. He won a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) indoor  championship in the 4x400 relay and a conference outdoor championship in the 4x100. In doing so he broke his country’s National records. He broke the Liberian 200m record at the 2019 MEAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 20.37 in Greensboro. At the same meet in North Carolina, he broke the Liberian 400m record by finishing second in 45.42 seconds. In July 2019 he was announced as being selected for the Liberian team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.