2018 Track and Field
Roster
Kennedy Holton
- Height:
- 5-5
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Clinton, Md.
- High School:
- Elizabeth Seton HS
2016-17: Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles to open the indoor season at the UNCG Early Bird...Recorded a fourth place finish in the 60-meter hurdles and a fifth place result in the 4x400-meter relay at the UNCG Dual Meet Madness...Posted her top time of the season in the 60-meter hurdles in the preliminaries of the ASUN Indoor Championship with a time of 8.82...Finished in fourth place in the 100-meter hurdles at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting...Set a new school record in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.10 and a new record in the 400-meter hurdles at 1:02.21 while competing at the Georgia Tech Invitational...Earned Third Team All-Conference honors in the 100-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay at the ASUN Outdoor Championships...Set a new school record in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.81.
2015-16: Opened the indoor season with two top-10s at the UNCG Early Bird…Was the runner-up in the finals and preliminaries in the 55-meter hurdles at the Appalachian Indoor Open…Compiled top-five finishes at the Terrier Relays…Finished third in the 100-meter hurdles with a school record time of 14.45 and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Phoenix Invitational…Earned two top-10 finishes at the ASUN Championship, setting a new school record of 14.13 in the 100-meter hurdles and a new school record time of 1:03.95 in the 400-meter hurdles.
2014-15: Began the season with two top-10 finishes in the 60-meter hurdles and 400-meter run at the UNCG Six-Way Meet; placed fifth in the 400-meter run and seven in the 60-meter hurdles…Qualified for the finals of the 55-meter hurdles at the App State Indoor Open and had a season-best finish of fourth place…Would also qualify for the finals of the 60-meter hurdles at the Bob Pollock Classic and recorded an eighth place finish…Teamed with Adia Simpkins, Destinie Sykes and Dominique Nock to finish second in the 4x400-meter relay at the App State Indoor Open…Also competed in the 800-meter run.
High School: Competed in track, cross country and basketball at Elizabeth Seton High School…Won four WCAC Outdoor Championships as well as eight straight WCAC Championships…Earned the silver medal in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles, and 400-meter dash at the WCAC Championships…Also competed in the 4x400-meter relay at the Penn Relays…Received the Coaches Award.
Personal: Born on November 1, 1996…Parents are Kenneth and Meloney Holton…Has one brother, KJ (17)…Majoring in business administration…Is involved in SAAC, SGA and Honor Council on campus...Hobbies include dancing, singing, fashion design, looking at Pinterest ideas, and watching YouTube videos…Likes eating pasta, salmon, bacon cheeseburgers and chicken wings…Her favorite movie is “Beyond The Lights”…Enjoys watching the TV show “One Tree Hill”…Favorite book is The Bible...Her favorite actors are Will Smith and Halle Berry…Claims Chris Brown and Bruno Mars as her favorite singers…Spring is her favorite season…Lists her favorite athlete as Allyson Felix…Her favorite quote is, “GREATNESS exists in all of us” by Will Smith…Dream job is to have her own clothing line.
