PRIOR TO MSU
Afari won the conference title and was the district runner-up in the 200m, and finished third at the regionals in the 400m as a senior at Lakota West High School. He also qualified for the state championships in the 400m, taking ninth, while guiding his team to a runner-up performance in the 4x100m in 2025. Despite just running the 400m for the first time as a senior, he set the Lakota West record. He also holds the school’s top marks in the 200m and the 4x200m. He is a two-time Greater Miami Conference selection, earning first-team honors in 2024 and second-team accolades in 2025. As a senior, he was tabbed as the team MVP. Afari was a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Board and finished his academic career with a 3.7 GPA in the year’s final quarter.