Tkai Wade

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Plano, Texas
High School:
John Paul II

Tkai Wade TFRRS Profile

2021-22:
Indoor: Competed in five meets in the 60m, 200m or 300m and one in the 4x400m relay… Ran his career-best 200m of 22.08 to finish eighth at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational… Competed in the 200m at the ACC Indoor Championships.

2020-21:
Indoor: Competed in five meets in the 60m and 200m; also competed in the 4x400 relay and the distance medley relay… Ran his personal-best 60m of 7.02 to finish fourth at the Lenny Lyles Invitational - also placed second with a season-best 200m time of 22.15 and helped Louisville to a third-place finish in the 4x400m relay.
Outdoor: Competed in six meets in the 100m, or 200m and two in the 4x100m relay… Ran a career-best 200m of 21.71 to finish 10^th at the Clark Wood Invitational… Clocked a personal-best 100m of 10.95 in an eighth-place finish at the Tennessee Challenge… Competed in the 200m and the 4x100m relay at the ACC Outdoor Championships… Placed second in the 200m at the Louisville Invitational with a wind-aided time of 21.66w (2.1)… Helped Louisville’s 4x100m relay team to a second place finish at the Tennessee Relays.

Prep: Lettered four years in track and field at John Paul II High School … Competed in 60m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m relay, 4x200m relay and 4x400m relay … Two-time AAU and USATF All-American … USATF Southwestern Association Junior Olympics 200m champion … two-time Junior Olympics qualifier … Holds personal-best times of 10.52 in 100m and 21.70 in 200m.

Personal: Born Feb 11, 2002… Son of Connie Wade … Majoring in engineering and entrepreneurship… Post college ambition is to pursue a career as a forensic scientist.