UMBC sprinter wins national award for exemplary work on track, in classroom

Perhaps subconsciously, Jayo Adegboyo participated in soccer, basketball and track — the same sports his father took up while growing up in Nigeria. And like his father, Adegboyo, a Columbia resident, excelled in the sprints, earning spots on the Howard High and UMBC track and field teams. But while the elder Adegboyo ran the 100-, 200- and 400-meter races, Jayo Adegboyo (pronounced J-eye-O) has primarily competed in the 200 and 400 — although he petitioned for the 100. “I was like, ‘Coach, can you put me in the 100? I really want to run the 100,’” he said. “He would say, ‘Uh, maybe next week.’ But I definitely wanted to run the 100 and 200 because my dad ran the 100 and 200.” Tunde Adegboyo...