Sophia Kennedy Season 2023

TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades

• All-West Region XC (2023)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC 2023)
• NCAA West Region team XC champions (2023)

Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)

• Two mile: 9:57.09
• 3,000: 9:18.32
• Mile: 4:45.60
• 1,500: 4:26.53

As a Freshman (2023-24)
Cross Country * NCAA West Region Champions

• All-West Region
• USTFCCCA All-Academic
• Made collegiate debut at the USF Invitational, placing second
• Sixth American true freshman in NCAA Championships
• Stanford's No. 3 runner at NCAA Championships

Prior to Stanford

• Fourth in the two-mile at the 2023 Brooks PR Invitational in a PB 9:57.09
• Indiana 3,200 champion in 2023
• Seventh at 2022 Nike Cross Nationals
• Champs Sports Midwest Region cross country runner-up in 2022
• Seventh at 2021 Eastbay Cross Country Championships
• Third at 2021 Eastbay Midwest Region Cross Country Championships
• Fifth in the two-mile at the 2021 Brooks PR Invitational and eighth in 2022 

Personal

• Parents are Melina and Bob Kennedy
• Brother is Marcus
• Four-time cum laude
• A.P. Scholar
• Father, a two-time Olympian, was one of the greatest runners in American history
• Bob was sixth in the 5,000 at the 1996 Atlanta Games, a seven-time U.S. champion, and held American records in the 3,000, two-mile, and 5,000

Career Results