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2021-22 Track and Field Roster

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Desmond Nartey

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Sprints/Jumps
  • Height 6-3
  • Hometown Cape Coast, Ghana
  • High School Adisadel College (Charleston (W. Va.))

Biography

TFRRS Bio

Honors and Awards
  • Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar (2019-20, 2021-22)
  • NE10 Academic All-Conference (2020-21)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Excellence (Fall '21)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinction (Fall '18, Spring '21, Spring '22)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Honors (Spring '19, Fall '19, Fall '20)
  • D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
2021-22
  • Finished first with personal-best mark in 60m at Ramapo Opener
  • Competed in 200m at 2022 NE10 Indoor Championships
2019-20
  • Competed in two meets during the indoor season 
  • Finished first in the 200-meter and second in the 4x400-meter relay at the Elm City Challenge (12/6-12/7)

2018-19
  • Competed in 11 meets, opening Adelphi career with two Top 10s at the Fastrack Metro Season Opener: 10th in the 400m and sixth with the 4x400 
  • Finished second in the long jump with a season-best 6.52m at the Bill Ward Invitational (12/9)
  • Posted a trio of Top 10s at the Stony Brook Wolfie Invitational: finished second in the 200m, third in the 400m and sixth with the 4x100 relay (4/20)
  • Finished in the Top 10 with the 4x100 (7th) and 4x400 (6th) relays at the NE10 Outdoor Championships (5/3-5/4)

At Charleston (W. Va.) (2017-18)
  • Competed for the Golden Eagles for two seasons
  • Posted four first-place finishes in his Golden Eagle career
  • Won the 200m at the 7th Annual Golden Eagle Invitational in a time of 22.23 (3/3/18)
  • Posted three Top 10 finishes at the 2017 Mountain East Conference Track and Field Championships

Personal
  • Son of Victor T. Nartey and Jennifer A. Gafah
  • Accounting/Management major
  • Uncle, Timothy Hessy, ran track at George Mason University (Va.) 
  • Member of Adelphi's Accounting Student Society and is a student affiliate member of the American Institute of CPA's

Nartey's Career Bests
  • 60M: 7.31 (1/21/2022)
  • 100M: 10.86 (5/6-8/2021)
  • 200M: 21.90 (4/20/2019)
  • 400M: 49.83 (4/30/2019)
  • LJ: 6.52M (12/9/2018)

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2019-20Graduate Student

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2020-21Graduate Student

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2021-22Graduate Student

    Sprints/Jumps
    6'3"