The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020-21 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Kennedy Simon
- Position:
- Sprints
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Westlake
- Major:
- Finance - Masters
• 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor Second Team All-American (400m) and Honorable Mention (4x400)
• 2023 USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-American (4x400), Second Team (400m)
• 2022 - USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (12/6/22)
• 2022 World Championships Bronze Medalist - Mixed 4x400
• NCAA Team Runner-Up - 2022 Indoor & Outdoor
• Six-time Big 12 Champion
• 2022 USTFCCCA First Team All-American (400, 4x400)
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2022 - USTFCCCA First Team All-American - 400m, 4x400
• 2022 - Big 12 Indoor Champion - 400m
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• No. 6 performer in UT history – Indoor 400m (2020)
• 2021 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American - 4x400
• 2021 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American - 400m, 4x400m
• 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American – 400m, 4x400m
• 2020 Big 12 Women’s Indoor Champion – 400m, 4x400m
• 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American – 4x100m (First Team)
• 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American – 4x400m (Second Team)
• 2019 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American – 4x400m (Second Team)
• 2019 Big 12 Outdoor Champion – 4x100m, 4x400m
COLLEGIATE BESTS & RESULTS VIA TFRRS
2022-23 (Grad)
OUTDOOR: Ran the 400m on the SMR team that set the collegiate record with a time of 3:36.10 and ran the second leg of the winning 4x400 team that ran 3:23.27 at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays...At the Tom Jones Memorial, she competed in the 200m running a time of 23.03 and ran the 400m in 51.31... Was fourth in the 400m at the Texas Invitational with her time of 50.84... Was the 2023 Big 12 Championships 400m runner-up with her time of 51.22 and ran the opening leg of the 4x400 winning relay that finished with a time of 3:30.38... Qualified for both the 400m and the 4x400 relay at the NCAA West Prelims and later finished 10th at the NCAA Championships in the 400m with her time of 51.25 and ran the 4x400 prelims.
INDOOR: Ran the second-fastest 500m collegiate time ever in the season opener at the Commonwealth College Opener with a time of 1:08.59, just .20 seconds shy of the record, earning her USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week accolades... Finished third in the 60m dash (7.50) at the Cardinal Classic, fourth in the 200m (23.81) and helped Texas run the 13th-fastest time in program history at 3:30.55 as the anchor leg... Won the 500m with a time of 1:26.69 - the fifth-fastest time in NCAA history - at the Dr. MLK Jr. Invitational... Is now the No. 7 performer in Texas history with her time of 51.11 in the 400 and set a PB in the 200 with her third-place performance of 22.81 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic... Ran the 200 in 23.16 seconds at the Tiger Paw Invite and ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay that broke the UT record with a time of 3:26.73... Finished second in the 400m at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 51.01... Reached the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 400m and 4x400 and finished 14th in the 400 with a time of 52.28 and helped the Longhorns finish second in the relay with a program record time of 3:25.67...
2021-22 (Senior)
OUTDOOR: Competed in three events at the Texas Relays – the 200m, running a wind-aided time of 22.90, helped the Longhorns win the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:22.94, the second-fastest time ever recorded in the NCAA, and was part of the sprint medley relay that ran a time of 3:38.95 that broke a 34-year Texas record... Ran a personal-best time of 50.68 in the 400m (No. 6 All-Time in UT history) in the dual meet at Texas A&M... Finished sixth in the 200m at the Mt. SAC Relays with her time of 23.07...Finished fifth in the 200m with a time of 22.98w and ran the anchor leg of the winning 4x400 relay that posted a time of 3:25.64, the No. 7 time in UT history.. Finished second in the 400m dash at the Big 12 Championships… Qualified for the 400m and 4x400 at the NCAA West Prelims..Finished third in the 400m dash finals with a time of 50.69 and helped Texas to a runner-up performance in the 4x400 relay running the anchor leg and finished at 3:23.35... She later represented Team USA at the 2022 World Championships in the mixed 4x400 relay where they won a bronze medal.
INDOOR: Ran her first collegiate 300m at the Clemson Invitational (37.22) and helped the 4x400 relay finish second at 3:36.18... Won the 400m dash at the Red Raider Open with an NCAA-leading time of 52.15 and ran the relay finishing with a time of 3:31.26... Finished third in the 200m with a personal-best time of 22.93 seconds - the No. 19 performance in Texas history - and helped Texas win the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:30.69... Recorded the No. 11 performance in Texas history in the 400m that ranks as the third-fastest time in the NCAA at 51.60 at the Tiger Paw Invite and helped Texas run the No. 4 time in program history in the 4x400 relay at 3:28.05... Won the 400m dash at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 51.54 seconds, the No. 8 time in program history... Was the 2022 NCAA Runner-Up in both the 400m (51.46) and the 4x400 relay, running the anchor leg to help Texas finish second at 3:28.60 on the way to a team Runner-Up finish.
2020-2021 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Competed at the Texas Relays in the 200m and the 4x400 relay, finishing second with a time of 3:28.10... In the dual meet against Texas A&M, finished 5th in the 200m (53.41) and second in the 4x400 relay at 3:38.13... Competed at the LSU Alumni Gold meet... Ran a personal-best in the 200m with a time of 23.35 seconds and finished fourth in the 400m (53.05) at the Texas Invitational... Won the silver medal in the 400m at the Big 12 Championships with her time of 52.24 seconds and helped the Longhorns champion the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:29.82... Ran a personal-best in the 400m prelims at the NCAA West Prelims at 51.78 and helped the 4x400 relay qualify for the NCAA Championships, finishing fifth... Finished 19th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400m with a time of 52.66 and was part of the 4x400 relay team that finished sixth.
INDOOR: Finished second in both the 200m (23.53) and the 4x400m relay at the Texas Tech Corky Classic... Competed in the 400m and the 4x400m relay at the Wooo Pig Classic, finishing second in the 400 with a time of 52.67 seconds and 3:41.35 in the latter... Helped the Longhorns win the 4x400 relay at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with the then-No. 10 time in the NCAA at 3:35.84... Competed at the Tyson Invitational in the 200m and the 4x400 where the Longhorns finished second... Finished second at the Big 12 Championships in the 400m with a time of 52.24 seconds and helped the Longhorns to a second-place finish in the 4x400... Finished as a First Team All-American in the 400m at the NCAA Championships with an eighth-place finish and a time of 52.69 and helped the relay finish 9th.
2019-20 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
INDOOR: Competed five times … opened her season by winning the 200m and the 4x400m at the FasTrak Collegiate Opener in December … won the 400m and placed seventh in the 200m at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational in January … won the 400m Invitational behind a then-NCAA-leading 52.20 at the Razorback Invitational … also ran a personal-best 23.44 in the 200m, earning a third-place finish and helped UT place third in the 4x400m … finished fourth in the 400m and seventh in the 4x400m at the Tiger Pawn Invitational … won two Big 12 titles, doing so individually in the 400m and as a relay competitor in the 4x400m … also took fourth in the 200m … clocked a 51.81, the No. 2 mark in the NCAA in 2020, to win her first Big 12 Indoor title in the 400m … ranks as the sixth-fastest performer in school history … the five Longhorns above her on UT’s Indoor 400m list all went on to become Olympic medalists or earn National Athlete of the Year honors while in the collegiate ranks.
2018-19 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Helped Texas place second in the SMR and took fourth in the 200m at the 2019 Texas Relays … finished sixth in the 400m at The Reveille Meet … finished third in the 200m at the Mt. SAC Relays … logged four top-10 finishes at the National Relay Championships, winning the SMR, placing second in the 4x100m, third in the 4x400m and seventh in the 400m … clocked two personal bests in the 400m and 200m at the Big 12 Championships … finished second in the 400m final … won two Big 12 titles, both in relay competition (4x100m, 4x400m) … earned two All-America honors after finishing eighth in the 4x100m and 13th in the 4x400m at the NCAA Championships in Austin.
INDOOR: Made her collegiate debut with a fifth-place finish in the 200m and a second-place finish in the 4x400m at the Reveille Invitational … took second in the 400m at the Clemson Invitational … helped UT win the 4x400m relay at the Charlie Thomas Invitational … was part of the Longhorns’ 10th-place 4x400m squad at the NCAA Championships … marked her first All-America recognition as a collegiate athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named the 2016-17 Gatorade Georgia State Track and Field Player of the Year … helped Westlake to a state runner-up finish in 2018 by winning the 400m, 4x400m and placing third in the long jump … set a school record in the 400m and 4x400m.
