GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – Coppin State's Joseph Amoah will compete at the Aliann Pompey Invitational in Guyana. A rising senior from Greater Accra, Ghana, Amoah is scheduled to run in the Star Party Rental's 200-meter dash at 7:15 p.m. on Saturday.
 
Amoah closed out his junior season with a bang, earning USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Track Athlete of the Year honors before setting school and national records at the National Championships in Austin, Texas.  Amoah earned First Team All-America accolades in the 100 and 200 meters while recording personal-bests of 10.01 and 20.08, respectively.

Amoah's 200-meter time broke a Ghanian national record that held for nearly a quarter-century, and he was also named a Second Team All-American in the 4x100-meter relay.
 
Amoah has already qualified for both the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar and 2020 Tokyo Olympics in both the 100 and 200 meters.
 
The Aliann Pompey Invitational is the premier international track & field competition in Guyana, South America. In its first year of existence, the competition hosted 11 athletes who went on to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The Invitational is named for Aliann Pompey, a sprinter who specializes in the 400-meter dash and who represented Guyana at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.