University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Career Highlights:

• 2x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
• Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2025)
• Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2026)

2026 Outdoor:

• Ran a leg on the second-place 4x100 at Oakland's Golden Grizzlies Invite
• Claimed 11th in the 200m in 23.65 at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
• Posted a career-best 10.92 in the 100m for 14th and 22.68 in the 200m for 18th at the Kip Janvrin Open
• Scored on the third-place 4x100 at the Horizon League Championships, which posted the fifth-best time in school history at 41.55

2025-26 Indoor:

• Ran a career-best 7.17 in the 60m for 15th at the SVSU Classic
• Clocked a career-low 38.37 in the 300m for 17th at EMU's Bob Parks Memorial
• Was 12th in the 60m preliminary in 7.17 at the Horizon League Championships

• Part of the third-place 4x100 at Oakland's Elaine Leigh T&F Invite  
• Ran a PR of 11.10 in the 100m and a leg on the third-place 4x100 at the Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational
• Turned in a season-best 23.22 in the 200m at the Horizon League Championships, where he was also on the third-place 4x100 and seventh-place 4x400

• Made his collegiate debut at Notre Dame's Blue & Gold Invitational, taking 18th in the 200m (23.31) and 25th in the 60m (7.24).
• Ran a leg on the first-place 4x400 at Michigan's Silverston Invite
• Ran in a pair of preliminaries at the Horizon League Championships, running a season-best 7.18 in the 60m as well as 23.50 in the 200m

• Lettered in football and track and field
• Took 11th in the indoor 60-meters at the state finals as a senior
• Ranked 46th in the 60m as a senior
• Ran club with the Michigan Accelerators and the Michigan Racers and was part of the 11th place 4x200-meter relay

• Son of Marjorie and Lawrence Almeda
• His dad graduated from UDM
• Has two older brothers and a younger sister
• Chose Detroit Mercy because of the business school and the small class size
• Majoring in Business Administration