Kennedy Dennis

  • Kennedy
  • Dennis

  • Event
    Sprints
  • Class
    Freshman
  • High School/Other
    Berea
  • Hometown
    Greenville, S.C.

Updated: May 31, 2018

2018 outdoor: Ran on the 4x100-meter relay team that was two spots away from making it to Eugene, despite running the 11th-fastest time (44.62) at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds ... Also ran the third leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that posted a time of 3:37.57 ... Turned in a time of 11.89 at the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Recorded a time of 24.02 in the 200-meter dash ... Was a member of the 4x100-meter relay that finished with a time of 44.69 ... Was also a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished with an overall time of 3:36.35 ... Placed first in the 100-meter dash at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier with a personal-best time of 11.56 ... Posted a time of 11.77 in the 100-meter dash at the National Relay Championships … Also competed on the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams that both placed eighth with a time of 44.94 and 3:36.95, respectively … Placed ninth in the 100-meter dash at the War Eagle Invitational 2018 with a time of 11.86 … Set a new personal record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.95 … Was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that finished third with an overall time of 45.13 … Turned in a time of 11.68 in the 100-meter dash at the Tennessee Relays … Also participated in the 200-meter dash, finishing with a time of 24.53 … Was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed eleventh in the preliminaries at the Home Depot Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 45.75 … Also competed on the 4x400-meter relay team that finished third in the preliminaries with a time of 3:38.88 … Advanced to finals and captured third with a time of 3:37.94 … Finished second in the 100-meter dash at the Weems Baskin Relays with a time of 11.57 … Also competed in the 200-meter dash, finishing with a time of 24.19 to place tenth … Was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that finished third with a time of 45.54.

2018 indoor: Competed in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash at the ACC Championships, finishing with a time of 7.40, a new personal record … Set a new personal best in the 200-meter dash at the same event, finishing 12th behind a time of 23.91 … Was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished fourth with a time of 3:36.83 at the ACC Championships … Finished second in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash at the Roanoke Tune Up with a time of 7.55 … Advanced to finals, placing second with a time of 7.53 … Participated in two 60-meter dash events at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational, finishing with a time of 7.45 and 7.53 … Also competed in the 200-meter dash, turning in a time of 24.30 … Participated in the 4x400-meter relay, completing a leg to finish 11th with a time of 3:41.26 … Finished sixth in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a time of 7.51 to advance to the finals … In the finals, turned in a time of 7.56 to finish sixth … Also competed in the 200-meter dash at the Rod McCravy Memorial, placing eighth with a time of 24.28 ... In the 60-meter preliminaries of the Clemson Invitational, posted a time of 7.45 to finish eighth and advance to the finals ... Turned in a time of 7.44 in the finals of the 60 to finish seventh … Competed in the 200-meter dash at the Clemson Invitational, placing 10th with a time of 24.25 … To begin the year at the Nittany Lion Challenge, placed third in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.57 … Recorded the same time to place fourth in the finals … Crossed the finish line of the 300-meter dash with a time of 39.84 to place seventh.

High school: Graduated from Berea … Coached by Stephen Redmon … Was a four-year letterwinner … Competed in the 100, 200 and 400 meters, while also on the 4x100-meter relay team.

Personal: Born Nov. 3, 1998 … Daughter of Katreya Strawtner … Siblings are Darius and Elijah … Major is university studies, planning on becoming a nurse practitioner.

Dennis’ Track and Field Career Bests

Indoor

Outdoor

60m – 7.40, ACC Championships (2018)

200m – 23.91, ACC Championships (2018)

300m – 39.84, Nittany Lion Challenge (2018)

100m – 11.57, Weems Baskin Relays (2018)

200m – 23.95, War Eagle Invitational 2018 (2018)