Kenneth Andam

In 1995, Andam won the triple jump at the African Junior Athletics Championships in the Bouaké, Ivory Coast (15.63 metres)[10] 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.

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.[11] 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).[11] Andam is ranked third on BYU's all-time best list behind Frank Fredericks and Myles-Mills, and third behind Fredericks and Oluyemi Kayode.[12][13]

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 200 meters, and the outdoor 100 meters and 200 meters.[14][15]

In 1999, Andam was ranked 11th in the nation in the 100 metres and 7th in the 200 metres[16] and was the WAC champion in the long jump as well as the 4 X 100 relay.[17] In the long jump, he was injured upon landing and was unable to compete in the 60 and 20 metres events.[18] 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.[19] Andam was injured before the finals, and BYU's relay team eventually finished third in the nation.[20][21]

Andam was injured with a stress fracture[22] 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.[23][24] 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.[6][25]

At the 2001 Mountain West Conference championships, Andam earned the Men's High Point Award.[26] Prior to the 2001 NCAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene Oregon, Andam was ranked No. 8 in the nation for the 100 metres.[27][28] In the finals, he posted a time of 10.39 to finish in 7th.[29]

In 1999, Andam represented Ghana in the 200 metres at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain.[30] He finished sixth in his preliminary heat (21.31 seconds) and failed to advance to the quarter-finals.[31] 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.[9][32] Andam also competed in the 100 metres at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.[33][34] In his preliminary heat, he finished third in 10.40 to qualify for the quarter-finals.[35] In the quarter finals, Andam narrowly missed qualifying for the semi-finals with a fourth-place finish in 10.26.[36]