2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Kossa Othniel

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Douala, Cameroon
  • Highschool Laval Bilingual College

Biography

2024-25:
  • First year on the team
  • 60M: set a collegiate-best time 7.68 seconds at Illinois College
  • 200M: achieved a new personal-record and collegiate-best time of 32.28 seconds at Illinois Wesleyan University
High School:
  • Dual-sport athlete in soccer and track and field at Laval Bilingual College
Previous School:
  • Attended Webster University at Ghana campus 
Club Team: 
  • Played soccer for MPSL Rough Diamond Alexandria FC in summer of 2024 under Head Coach Jahmanie Anderson
Personal:
  • Son of Rene Kossa and Alice Diomande
  • Has five siblings (Stephanie, Isabelle, Karolle, Joel and Emmanuel)
  • Top hobbies include playing soccer, cooking, and traveling
  • Favorite movie is All Americans and likes to eat Futu sauce Graine (palm nut soup with pawn plantains)
  • Top music choice is Freestyle by Lil Baby and Love Me JeJe by Tems
  • Favorite board game is Uno
Education:
  • Kossa is pursuing a major in Finance with a minor in International Relations