Kenneth Andam
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Full name | Kenneth Ekow Andam | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana | 8 January 1976|||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Brigham Young University Colorado Technical University St. Augustine's College, Cape Coast | |||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Athlete | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73.00 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.kennethandam.com | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres 4 × 100 metres relay Long jump Triple Jump | |||||||||||||||||
College team | Brigham Young University | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.21 sec (2000)[1] 200 m: 20.66 sec (2001)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 24 August 2012 |
Kenneth Ekow Andam (born 8 January 1976) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Andam was an All-American in track and field while competing for Brigham Young University.[3]
Personal
A native of Takoradi, Ghana,[4] Andam was born 8 January 1976.[1] His parents are Kenneth and Janet Andam,[5] and his religious affiliation has been reported to be Mormonism.[6]
Athletics
Junior athlete
In 1995, Andam won the triple jump at the African Junior Athletics Championships in the Bouaké, Ivory Coast (15.63 metres)[7] and the West African championships in the Long Jump in Banjul, Gambia. He also set an inter-regional triple jump record of 16.02 meters in WA, a township in the northern part of Ghana during the 1995 inter-regional championships and was awarded the best male athlete of the competition that year.
Collegiate career
Andam attended Brigham Young University where he competed on the Cougars' track and field team in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay, and the long jump.[8][failed verification] As of 2012, he holds top ten marks for BYU in each event, including a school record in the 4 × 100 relay set in 1999 with Ghanaian teammate Leonard Myles-Mills (38.88 seconds).[8] Andam is ranked third on BYU's all-time best list behind Frank Fredericks and Myles-Mills, and third behind Fredericks and Oluyemi Kayode.[8][9][failed verification]
Accredited to Andam are Western Athletic Conference (WAC) awards, including freshman of the year both indoor and outdoor, Mountain West Conference (MWC) Awards and records for track & field and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) All American Honors. As of 2011, he holds Mountain West Conference all-time records in the indoor 60 metres and the outdoor 100 metres.[10][11]
In 1999, Andam was ranked 11th in the nation in the 100 metres and 7th in the 200 metres[12] and was the WAC champion in the long jump as well as the 4 X 100 relay.[13] In the long jump, he was injured upon landing and was unable to compete in the 60 and 20 metres events.[14] At the 1999 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship in Boise, Idaho, he advance with Myles-Mills to the semi-finals of the 200 metres and his 4 X 100 relay team, ranked No. 1 in the nation, qualified for the finals with the fastest semi-final time.[15] Andam was injured before the finals, and BYU's relay team eventually finished third in the nation.[16][17]
Andam was injured with a stress fracture in January 2000, but recovered to post performances that twice earned him the title of the Mountain West Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week.[18][19] That season, he was the MWC champion in the 100 and 200 metres, and qualified in the 100 metres and 4 X 100 for the 2000 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship in Durham, North Carolina.[4][20]
At the 2001 Mountain West Conference championships, Andam earned the Men's High Point Award.[21] Prior to the 2001 NCAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene Oregon, Andam was ranked No. 8 in the nation for the 100 metres.[22][23] In the finals, he posted a time of 10.39 to finish in 7th.[24]
International competition
In 1999, Andam represented Ghana in the 200 metres at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain.[25] He finished sixth in his preliminary heat (21.31 seconds) and failed to advance to the quarter-finals.[26] The following year at the 2000 African Championships in Algiers, Andam earned a bronze medal in the 100 metres (10.33 seconds) as well as a gold medal on Ghana's 4 × 100 relay team (39.90 seconds).[2] At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he represented Ghana in the 4 X 100; however, his team failed to finish in their qualifying heat.[6][27] Andam also competed in the 100 metres at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.[28][29] In his preliminary heat, he finished third in 10.40 to qualify for the quarter-finals.[30] In the quarter finals, Andam narrowly missed qualifying for the semi-finals with a fourth-place finish in 10.26.[31]
Other ventures
Andam is an inventor and a technology innovator in software and specializes in research and development with a focus in communications and interactive video processing. He has innovated patent pending technology for medical claims data transfer for personal health record systems in the healthcare sector,[32] and for video email system with security modes that allows for secure user control of their data over the internet.[33] Andam also created an interactive visual search engine that uses image tagging to display search results.,[34] and also invented a patent pending video algorithm for compressing large video files into bit frames easy to view over the internet.[35]
Andam has self-published five books with AuthorHouse called the Scarlet Minor Chronicles.[36]
Andam founded WorldVuer Inc.,[37] a media communications company that has developed proprietary technologies for communicating bandwidth intensive data. Andam also co-founded Globa, Inc.[38][failed verification] with Johan Meyer to provide mobile banking and mobile remittance to Africans across the continent and their relatives living abroad. He is also founder of OS Petro, Inc.,[39] which is an oil and gas company with concessions and reserves in Ghana and Namibia. Andam is also founder and chairman of SIDE EQUITY,[40] a company that funds projects in the technology, natural resources, and consumables sector.
On January 10, 2018, Andam pled guilty in Utah's Fourth District Court to Securities Fraud in connection with investments in Globa, Inc. He failed to appear for his scheduled sentencing, triggering a statewide warrant to be issued for his arrest after his attorney's motion to continue the sentencing was denied on 4/3/2018.[41][42] Andam's counsel has filed a motion to withdraw the guilty plea. An evidentiary hearing on that motion has been scheduled for May 8, 2018.
Athletic record
Outdoor
Distance | Time (seconds) | Wind | Location | Date |
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100 metres | 10.12[43] | + 0.4 m/s | Utah | June 2001 |
200 metres | 20.47 | + 2.1 m/s | Utah | May 1999 |
Long jump | 7.67 m | + 1.2 m/s | Los Angeles | May 1998 |
Triple jump | 16.02 m | + 0.0 m/s | Ghana | May 1995 |
Indoor
Event | Best | Location | Date |
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55 metres | 6.12 s | Idaho | February 1998 |
60 metres | 6.59 s | Utah | March 2003 |
200 metres | 21.07 s | Colorado Springs | February 1998 |
Long jump | 7.62 m | Colorado Springs | February 1998 |
References
- ^ a b c Kenneth Andam at World Athletics. Retrieved 24, August 2012
- ^ a b c Athletics Weekly. "AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". GBRATHLETICS.COM. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
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(help) - ^ "Personal Best". Magazine.byu.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ a b "Eight Cougars Qualify For NCAA Outdoor Championships;Hirschi to End 48-Year Career at BYU | The Official Site of BYU Athletics". Byucougars.com. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ Kenneth Andam. "Kenneth Andam Athlete Profile | The Official Site of BYU Athletics". Byucougars.com. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ a b "Mormon News for WE 29Sep00: Track & Field Athletes Finish". Mormonstoday.com. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ Athletics Weekly. "AFRICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". GBRATHLETICS.COM. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
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(help) - ^ a b c Brigham Young University. "BYU Men's Track & Field Outdoor Records". BYU Track & Field. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ "Personal Best". Magazine.byu.edu. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/afa/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/mediaguide_recordbook.pdf
- ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/afa/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/newfinal_recordbook.pdf
- ^ John Ahlander (18 May 1999). "News Article - Tracksters Set to Compete for WAC Outdoor Championships". CougarFan.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
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- ^ Combined AP and special reports (3 June 1999). "Stanford takes lead in men's track BYU, USU, SUU have athletes advance to finals". Deseret News. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ "BYU Turns in Solid Performances During Second-Day Action at NCAA Championships". BYU Sports Camps. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "BYU's Andam and Steere Named Final McLeodUSA Mountain West Conference Athletes of the Week - Mountain West Conference Official Athletic Site". Themwc.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ "BYU's Bolm and Andam Sweep McLeodUSA Mtn. West Track and Field Athlete of the Week Honors - Mountain West Conference Official Athletic Site". Themwc.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ "Tracksters Advance Following Day One at NCAA Championships | The Official Site of BYU Athletics". Byucougars.com. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
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- ^ "16 Cougars Qualify for NCAA T&F Championships | The Official Site of BYU Athletics". Byucougars.com. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ "Campus notes". Deseret News. 26 May 2001. Retrieved 2012-08-28.
- ^ "NCAA News Archive - Vols cruise in final event to win third men's track crown". Fs.ncaa.org. 18 June 2001. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
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- ^ https://www.google.com/patents/US20070168436?dq=kenneth+andam+video+email+patent&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HcHvUP3fHMu30gHpiYGwCA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA
- ^ https://www.google.com/patents/US20080288588?dq=kenneth+andam+tagging&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IsLvUJThDsaQ0QHMx4Fw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA
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- ^ Andam, K. E. "Scarlet Minor and the Renegade". www.scarletminor.com. Author House. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ http://websphere.sys-con.com/node/464440
- ^ https://thenextweb.com/africa/2012/05/23/globas-sms-money-transfer-service-targets-africas-unbanked-population-and-the-world/
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- ^ "Utah County Attorney News Details: KENNETH EKOW ANDAM". Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ "Warrant Details for KENNETH EKOW ANDAM (Age: 42)". Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/845766/Webers-Clinger-soars-to-NCAA-title.html?pg=all