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Kennedy Batts

Position:
Sprints/Hurdles
Class:
Junior
High School:
Warren Central
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.

Kennedy Batts TFRRS Career Results

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Academic All-MAC (Indoor: 2020, 2021, 2022 … Outdoor: 2021, 2022)
- NCAA Regional Outdoor Qualifier (2021 - 4x100)

2022 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in five meets … tabbed Academic All-MAC … part of fourth-place finishing 4x100-meter relay team at the MAC Outdoor Championships (May 14) with a time of 45.94 … placed second in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 47.21 at the Tennessee Relays (April 9) … took first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.07 and sec-ond in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:05.24 at the We Fly Challenge (April 16).

2022 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Did not compete due to injury … tabbed Academic All-MAC.

2021 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in eight meets … tabbed Academic All-MAC … qual-ified for the NCAA East Prelims as part of the 4x100-meter relay team … placed 17th at region-als (May 29) with a time of 44.85 … took first in both the 100-meter hurdles (14.28) and 400-meter hurdles (1:03.19) at the Blizzard Buster (March 20) … won the 400-meter hurdles race at the Louisville Invitational (April 3) with a time of 1:02.84 … also placed second at that meet in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.10 … set season-best marks in the 200-meter dash (25.15) and 100-meter hurdles (14.06) at the Black & Gold Invitational (April 17) … also placed first in the 4x100-meter relay (45.14) and second in the 4x400-meter relay (3:44.11) at the same meet … took first in both the 400-meter hurdles (season-best 1:01.74) and 4x100-meter relay (45.66) at the Rocket Invitational (May 15).

2021 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in five meets … took third in the 60-meter hurdles at the MAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27) with a time of 8.64 … also placed third in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:50.55 … placed second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Bowling Green Opener (Jan. 16) with a time of 9:04 … was part of winning 4x400-meter relay team with a time of 4:08.62 at the Sid Sink Invite (Jan. 29) … took first in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.84 in the Ball State Tune-Up (Feb. 18).

2020 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: The 2020 outdoor season was canceled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

2020 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in six meets ... placed third in the 60m hurdles with a career-fast time of 8.73 at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 7), which was the eighth-fastest indi-vidual time in the Mid-American Conference ... won the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.90 at the Ball State Tune-Up (Feb. 21) ... opened the season with a career-fast 300m time of 43.16 at the Mastodon Opener (Dec. 7) ... followed with a career-fast 200m time of 26.93 at the Gene Edmonds Memorial (Jan. 11).

2019 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Redshirted.

2019 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time IHSAA state qualifier in the 100m hurdles, highlighted by an eighth-place finish as a sophomore (15.11) and a 10th-place effort as a junior (14.95) … turned in her career-fast 100m hurdles time of 14.35 to win the event at the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference Championships her senior season … also placed second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.87 at the IHSAA Shelbyville Regionals as a senior … three-time IHSAA state qualifier in the 300m hurdles, including a fifth-place finish her junior season with a career-fast time of 44.67 … regional champion in the 300m hurdles as a sophomore (46.11) and junior (44.73), while placing second as a senior (45.77) … placed third in the 60m hurdles at the Hoosier State Relays with a career-fast tying time of 8.98 her senior campaign … set her career-best mark of 8.98 one week earlier at the DePaul Hoosier State Relays qualifier.