Akagi-Koons Joins Cross Country and Track & Field as Assistant Coach

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford cross country and track and field program announced Monday morning that Anne Akagi-Koons has joined the program as a Cross Country and Track & Field Assistant Coach.

"I am very grateful to be joining the Highlander Cross Country and Track & Field family, especially for such an exciting year with the reinstatement of Men's Track!" commented Akagi-Koons. "Coach Sayers and Coach Bradley have been building a successful and competitive program, and I am honored to join their staff and to help continue to build upon that success. I look forward to connecting with the student-athletes and helping them develop into highly competitive individuals who are successful both on and off the track.

Akagi-Koons spent the last season with the Charleston Southern Buccaneers as a volunteer coach helping mentor the women's cross country team to tie their best conference finish in program history and place second for the third straight year.

During the track season, she helped mentor the mid-distance and distance crews to break multiple school records including indoor marks of the 1000-meter, Mile, 3000-meter, 5000-meter and DMR as well as an outdoor mark in the 10,000-meter. In 2024-25, Charleston Southern's women's team would place second at the indoor championships for just the second time in school history.

Prior to her time coaching with the Buccaneers, she competed as a student-athlete for five years, claiming the program records for the 800-meter and 1500-meter events. Akagi-Koons was a six-time all-conference selection in Big South Track and Field and a three-time all-conference selection for cross country.

In 2023, she earned her bachelor's in Kinesiology from Charleston Southern with a master's in biology in 2024. She is currently pursuing her master's in applied Physiology and Kinesiology at the University of Florida. She and her husband, Matthew, have been married for two years.

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