Kennedy Dennis Season 2021

2021 Outdoor: Competed in the prelims of the 100m and 200m at the ACC Championships, posting a time of 11.78 in the 100m and 24.57 in the 200m ... Was also a member of the 4x100 relay team that finished fifth with a time of 45.51 at the ACC Championships ... Delivered a lifetime best of 11.49 in the 100m to win the event at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier ... Ran on both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier, helping the team to a time of 45.96 in the 4x100 and 3:48.82 in the 4x400 to win both events ... Finished fourth in the 100m with a time of 11.82 and finished third in the 200m with an all-conditions PR of 23.94 at the Tennessee Challenge ... Earned second place with a time of 11.63 in the 100m at the Virginia Challenge.

2021 Indoor: Competed in both the 60m and 200m at the ACC Championships, finishing seventh with a time of 7.49 in the 60m and finishing 12th at 24.35 in the 200m ... Won the 60m with a time of 7.50 seconds at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Competed in the prelims of the 60m at the Tiger Paw Invite posting a time of 7.51 seconds ... Also ran as part of the 4x400 relay team that finished second at the Tiger Paw Invite with a time of 3:38.54 ... Turned in a season's best of 7.44 seconds in the 60m to finish second at the Doc Hale Elite Meet ... Took fifth in the 200m at the Doc Hale Elite Meet with a time of 24.50.

2020 Indoor: Was a member of the 4x400 team that won gold at the ACC Championships with a time of 3:38.21 … She also finished seventh in the 60 with a time of 7.49 and posted a time of 24.35 in the 200 at the ACC Championships … Won the 60 meters with a time of 7.44 at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Ran as a member of the 4x400 team that finished 3rd with a time of 3:36.29 and placed fifth with a time of 7.42 in the 60 at the Texas Tech Shootout … Was part of the 4x400 team that finished first with a time of 3:36.24 and ran in the 200-meter dash, finishing sixth with a time of 24.30. Also placed second with a time of 7.40 in the 60 at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Invitational … Finished eighth in the 300 with a time of 39.44 and placed fourth in the 60 with a time of 7.41 at the Hokie Invitational … Was part of the 4x400 team that finished first with a time of 3:37.79 and ran in the 200-meter dash, finishing fifth with a time of 24.43. Also ran in the 60-meter dash, finishing third with a time of 7.39 at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2019 Outdoor: Was a member of the 4x100 team that finished fourth with a time of 45.34 at the War Eagle Invitational … Turned in a time of 24.04 in the 200-meter dash at the Tennessee Relays … Also was a member of the 4x100 relay team that turned in a time of 45.37 … Clocked a time of 11.76 in the 100-meter dash and was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team (45.64) and 4x400-meter relay team (3:38.36) at the Florida Relays …  Ran a time of 11.61 in the 100-meter dash and was a member of the 4x100 team that placed third with their time of 45.45 and the 4x400 team that also placed third with a time of 3:42.25 at the Florida State Relays.

2019 Indoor: Turned in a personal best time of 23.71 seconds to finish fifth in the 200-meter dash at the ACC Indoor Championships … Also placed fifth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.29 seconds and ran the final leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that took second … Placed second in the 60-meter dash at the VT Challenge with a time of 7.38 seconds … Finished first in the 60-meter dash at the Doc Hale Elite Meet with a time of 7.36 ... also recorded a time of 23.94 in the 200-meter dash to finish second ... Placed second in the preliminaries and fourth in the finals of the 60-meter dash with times of 7.30 seconds at the Bob Pollock Invitational … Also came in second place with a time of 23.73 seconds in the 200-meter dash ... Finished first in 60-meter dash finals at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 7.34 seconds … Placed first in the 300-meter dash with a time of 37.88 seconds … Was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished first with a time of 3:37.48 … Finished second in the 60-meter dash and set a new personal best with her time of 7.29 seconds at the Virginia Tech Invitational. 

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 12thbehind 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.

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