University of Rhode Island

Personal Bests

• Indoor
  • Weight Throw: 16.72 (2019-20 at Brown Invite)
• Outdoor
  • Hammer: 52.04 (2018-19 at Holy Cross Men's Meet)

2019-20

• Indoor:
  • Finished sixth in the weight throw (16.60m) at the Brown Alden Invitational.
  • Finished 15th in the weight throw (14.12m) at the URI Sorlien Invitational.
  • Finished 13th in the weight throw (15.70m) at the BU Terrier Classic.
  • Finished 11th in the weight throw (16.70m) at the New England Championship.
  • Finished fifth in the weight throw (15.08m) at the URI Coaches Tribute.
  • Placed third in the weight throw (16.72m) at the Brown Invite.
  • Finished 12th in the weight throw (15.49m) at the Atlantic 10 Championship.

2018-19

• Indoor:
  • Finished second in the weight throw (14.85m) at the Husky Invitational.
  • Finished 15th in the weight throw (14.38m) at the Beantown Challenge.
  • Finished 12th in the weight throw (15.34m) at the Sorlien Invitational.
  • Finished 15th in the weight throw (15.70m) at the Columbia Challenge.
  • Finished ninth in the weight throw (14.67m) at the URI Coaches Tribute.
  • Finished sixth in the weight throw (14.75m) at the URI Pre-Conference Meet.
  • Finished 12th in the weight throw (14.76m) at the Atlantic 10 Championship.
• Outdoor:
  
  • Finished seventh in the hammer (46.83m) at the Bryant Black & Gold Invitational.
  • Finished eighth in the hammer (50.12m) at the UConn Northeast Challenge.
  • Finished fifth in the hammer (52.04m) at the Holy Cross Men's Meet.
  • Finished sixth in the hammer (51.77m) at the Atlantic 10 Championship.
  • Finished 10th in the hammer (49.20m) at the New England Championship.

High School

• Attended Bishop Hendricken High School.
• Earned three varsity letters with the track and field team.
• Captained his indoor track and field team his senior year.
• Outdoor State Champion (2016) and Indoor State Champion (2017).

Personal

• Born September 17, 1999.
• Son of Daniel and Kudirat Salako.
• Has a younger brother and a younger sister, Emmanuel and Elizabeth, and two older sisters Victoria and Bukky.
• Sisters Victoria ('15) and Bukky ('13) both graduated from URI.
• Chose Rhode Island over Manhattan College and Xavier.
• Favorite athlete is LeBron James. 
• Decided on URI because it was close to home. 
• Majoring in Kinesiology with hopes of becoming a Physical Therapist.