Bio

Akiyama is one of the most versatile distance runners in CMS history. He graduated with the marathon school record (2:28:36) and was also on the CMS top-10 list in the 800 (1:56.7), 1,500 (4:01.9), 5,000 (15:01.4) and 10,000 (31:22.0). He was a two-time NAIA All-America in the marathon and was the track team captain in 1974. As a cross country athlete, Akiyama earned first-team All-SCIAC honors three times, was the team captain in 1972 and 1973 and ran on the first CMS cross country team to compete at a National Championship meet. He lettered in cross country and track all four years.