PERSONAL RECORDS
400m: 56.22
600m: 1:31.29
800m: 2:05.91
1,000m: 2:50.82
1,500m: 4:19.64
Mile: 4:52.85
CAREER ACCOLADES
2020 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2020 Indoor Heps Champion (800m)
2020 Indoor First-Team All-Ivy (800m)
2020 Indoor Heps Champion (4x800m relay)
2020 Indoor First-Team All-Ivy (4x800m relay)
2019 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (800m)
2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Outdoor Heps Champion (4x800m relay)
2019 Outdoor First-Team All-Ivy (4x800m relay)
2019 Penn Relays Championship of America Winner (DMR)
2019 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Indoor Heps Champion (800m)
2019 Indoor First-Team All-Ivy (800m)
2019 Indoor Heps Champion (4x880yd relay)
2019 Indoor First-Team All-Ivy (4x880yd relay)
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2018 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
CAREER ACCOLADES
Indoor 800m: 2nd ... 2020 ... 2:05.91
Indoor 1,000m: 6th ... 2019 ... 2:50.82
Indoor Distance Medley Relay: 5th ... 2019 ... 11:25.51 (Tanaka, Ene, DeVore, Akins)
Outdoor 800m: 5th ... 2019 ... 2:07.18
Outdoor 1,500m: 4th ... 2021 ... 4:19.64
Outdoor 4x800m Relay: 3rd ... 2019 ... 8:38.65 (O'Sullivan, Villalba, Tanaka, Akins)
Outdoor Sprint Medley Relay (2-2-4-8): 4th ... 2021 ... 3:55.69 (Dickson, Muccio, Nwogwugwu, Tanaka)
Outdoor Distance Medley Relay: 1st ... 2019 ... 10:59.44 (Akins, Nwogwugwu, Tanaka, Villalba)
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OUTDOOR 2021
- Competed in three meets
- Part of Sprint Medley Relay team that bolstered a 3:55.69 to move into fourth in program history
- Set a personal-best mark in the 1,500m at the Penn Twilight on May 1, crossing the finish line at 4:19.64
INDOOR 2021
- All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
CROSS COUNTRY 2020
- All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
OUTDOOR 2020
- All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
- Competed in five meets during the indoor season, including capturing two Ivy titles at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (March 1).
- Won the 800m title at Heps for the second straight indoor season, cruising to the win in 2:09.79.
- Also joined the 4x800m relay team to win Heps in 8:55.51, garnering first-team All-Ivy honors in two events.
- Ran the second-fastest time in program history in the indoor 800m, crossing the line in 2:05.91 in the BU David Hemery Valentines Invitational (Feb. 15).
- Finished third in the 600m at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge (Feb. 8) in 1:31.29. while placing fifth in the 4x400m in 3:52.83.
CROSS COUNTRY 2019
- Raced six times during cross country season, scoring in five of them, including Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Nov. 1) and NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (Nov. 15).
- Ran the 6K at regionals in 20:49.4 to finish 26th, helping Penn to a sixth-place finish of 31 teams.
- Crossed the line in 22:00.9 (6K) at Heps to place 24th as the Quakers finished third.
- Led the Red and Blue at the PSU National Open (Oct. 18) with a 14th-place finish, crossing the line in 21:08.1.
- Also scored at the historic Paul Short Run (Oct. 5) as Penn finished third of 38 teams.
OUTDOOR 2019
- Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season, primarily in middle distance races and relays.
- Qualified for the NCAA East Regional (May 25), and finished 40th with a time of 2:08.81.
- Joined Penn's historic DMR team to win the Penn Relays (April 27) Championship of America Invitational in 10:59.44, an Ivy League record.
- Won the 4x800m relay in 8:45.48 at Ivy League Heps (May 5).
- Ran a 2:07.18, a PR, at Heps 800m prelims. Finished third in the Heps final in 2:08.57.
- Finished seventh in the 800m at the Tennessee Relays (April 11).
- Joined the 4x400m at the Raleigh Relays (March 30) for a third-place finish and also finished fifth in 2:08.76.
INDOOR 2019
- Competed in eight meets during the indoor season.
- Captured a pair of titles at Ivy League Indoor Heps, winning the 800m and 4x880yd relay.
- Racked up victories in the 1,000m at the TCNJ Indoor Open (Dec. 1), the mile at the Harvard-Penn Dual (Dec. 9), the 800m at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 12) and the 4x400m relay at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 19).
- Ran a PR's at the Boston U Scarlet and White Invitational (Feb. 2) in the 1,000m and mile at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 19).
CROSS COUNTRY 2018
- Competed in six races, scoring in three of them.
- Opened the year 31st at the Bison Open and 18th at the Main Line Invitational.
- Crossed the line as the runner-up at the Paul Short Run Open race, running the 6K in 22:04.
- Placed 96th at the PSU National Open and 50th at Heps, scoring for Penn in both events.
- Finished 72nd at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional.
OUTDOOR 2018
- Ran in one meet, at the Temple Invitational (April 13).
- Placed 11th in the 800m.
INDOOR 2018
CROSS COUNTRY 2017
- Competed in five meets on the year, scoring once.
- Opened the year by finishing 18th at the Blue/Gold Classic (Sept. 2) and 24th at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 15).
- Ran in the open race at the Paul Short Run (Sept. 29).
- Finished 59th at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 14), placing fifth among Penn runners.
- Placed 69th at the 2017 Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Oct. 27).
High School:Â California No. 8 in the 800m ... Runner-up in the 800m at the California CIF Section Masters.
Personal: Daughter of Melanie and Donald Tanaka ... Father, Donald, wrestled at Western Illinois ... Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.