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=Akeem Sirleaf (Athlete)=

Akeem Sirleaf (born March 10, 1997) is an Liberian professional track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100, 200 and 400 metre events. He holds the Liberian national records in both the 200 & 400 meter distances.

While in college he competed for the Butler Grizzlies and then the North Carolina A&T Aggies where he is a two-Time All-American in the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay events.

Amateur career
<!-- In his freshman year at North Carolina A&T, Dickson won his first MEAC championship in the indoor 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.85. He would qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships, placing 10th at the event. In the 2016 outdoor season, he participated in 8 meets, including the Georgia Tech Invitational, where he broke, and then lowered, the school record in the 110 m hurdles. In the preliminaries, Dickson ran a 13.91, breaking the previous record of 14.13. Dickson would then best his own record in the semifinals, running a 13.89, before lowering it again in the finals, winning the event, with a time of 13.67.

In 2017, Dickson set a personal best in the 60m Hurdles, running at a time of 7.63 seconds. He would attempt to defend his MEAC Indoor championship in the 60 meter hurdles, however he placed 7th in the finals of the event. Dickson, would go on to qualify for NCAA championships, where he failed to get out of the preliminary rounds. During the outdoor season, Dickson would qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 110m hurdles. At the event, he ran a time of 14.03, placing him outside of qualifying for the 2017 NCAA Championships.

In 2018, Dickson returned to the MEAC Indoor Championships, where he reclaimed the title in the 60-meter hurdles event. In the outdoor season, Dickson won the 110-meter hurdles event at the MEAC outdoor championships, where he ran a personal-best of 13.54. He would also run a personal best time of 20.83 in the 200-meter event, placing 7th in the finals. Dickson also ran on the 4 x 100 meter relay team that won the MEAC championship, giving A&T its 3rd consecutive championship in the event. In the 200 meters, Dickson also ran a personal best of 20.50 in the preliminaries, advancing him to the finals where he finished 8th. In the 4 X 100-meter relay, Dickson, along with teammates Rodney Rowe, Malcolm Croom-McFadden, and Akeem Sirleaf won the MEAC championship with a time of 39.14. Lastly, in the 110-meter hurdles, Dickson ran a 13.82 to defend his conference title from the previous season. With this win, Dickson earned the second MEAC championship of his career in the event. At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Dickson competed in the 110-meter Hurdles event where he placed 6th in the finals. Following the NCAA championships, Dickson qualified for the United States Championships in the same event. In the semifinals, he ran a personal best time of 13.47, then lowered it again to 13.45 in the finals, where his 5th place finish set a new MEAC record and bring his collegiate career to a close. -->

Statistics
Information from IAAF profile or Track & Field Results Reporting System unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

 * All information taken from IAAF profile.