Blaise Atkinson

Weight:
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Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Huntersville, N.C.
High School:
Lake Norman Charter

Won a silver medal at the USATF Outdoor Championships in July 2023 in the 110mH, earning a spot to represent the USA at the Pan-Am U20 Championships the following month ... Won the gold medal in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, in August 2023 in the 110mH at the Pan Am U-20 Championships ... Also earned a spot on the USATF roster for the NACAC U23 Championships as part of the 4x100 relay pool.

2025 T&F: INDOOR SEASON: Competed in four meets, including the ACC Championships… Finished on the podium of every regular season 60m hurdles races that he competed in. 2025 T&F: OUTDOOR SEASON: Competed in seven meets in the hurdles, including the ACC Championships… Ran the seventh fastest 400m hurdles time (50.66) in program history at the conference championship… Clocked in the second fastest 110m hurdles time in program history (13.68) at Duke Twilight… Competed at NCAA East First Round in the 400m hurdles.

2024 T&F: INDOOR SEASON: Competed in 60m Hurdles and 4x400m relay ... Finished third in the 60m Hurdles at the ACC Indoor Championship with a personal best 7.84 to win the first medal of his college career ... Earned first-team All-ACC honors ... Moved into the No. 9 spot on the UNC all-time performers list in the 60m hurdles with his time from the ACC Indoor Championship ... Finished third or higher in four out of the five meets in which he competed ... Earned indoor Academic All-ACC honors ... OUTDOOR SEASON: ... Moved into the No. 8 spot on the UNC all-time performers list in the 110m hurdles, posting a personal-best time of 14.01 seconds at the Duke Invitational ... Finished 5th at the ACC Outdoor meet in the 110mH in 14.04 ... Posted a personal-best time in the 400mH at the ACC Outdoor Championships in a prelim heat, finishing in 51:58 ... Ultimately finished fifth at the ACC Outdoor meet in the 400mH in 51.62 ... Earned second-team All-ACC honors in both the 100mH and 400mH ... Named outdoor Academic All-ACC.

2023 T&F: Posted a scoring finish in his first ACC Championship appearance, placing sixth in the men's 60-meter hurdles ... He tied his personal-best time of 8.09 seconds to finish sixth as the only freshman in the final ... Earned second-team All-ACC honors in the 60m hurdles ... OUTDOOR SEASON: Continued to excel in a stellar freshman season ... Moved into the No. 9 spot on the UNC all-time performers list in the 110m hurdles, posting a personal-best time of 14.04 seconds in a preliminary heat at the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Finished seventh at the ACC Outdoor meet in the 110mH in 14.25 ... Posted a personal-best time in the 400mH at the ACC Outdoor Championships in a prelim heat, finishing in 52:11 ... Ultimately finished seventh at the ACC Outdoor meet in the 400mH in 55.25.

Prep: New Balance Indoor Nationals Freshman 400m medalist (2019) ... Two-time AAU Club National All-America ... Four-time AAU Junior Olympic All-America ... Four-time NCHSAA 2A Most Valuable Player ... Two-time 3A NCHSAA outdoor state champion.

Personal: The son of Marcus and Renae Atkinson ... His father, Marcus, played football at UNC from 1988-92 for head coach Mack Brown ... Blaise has a younger brother, Ryker ... Majoring in business administration ... Also enjoys basketball ... Athlete he most admires is his father.