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2019-20 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Joachim Kennedy

  • Height 6-5
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Nashville, Tenn.
  • High School Hume-Fogg
  • Event Hurdles, Jumps
  • Major Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
60m - 7.53
60m Hurdles - 8.58
1,000m - 2:46.98
HJ - 5' 11.25" (1.81m)
PV - 11' 1.75" (3.40m)
LJ - 21' 6.25" (6.56m)
SP - 25' 1.25" (7.65m)
Heptathlon - 4,384 points

Outdoor:
100m - 11.80
400m - 54.21
1,500m - 4:47.75
110m Hurdles - 15.10
400m Hurdles - 57.04
HJ - 5' 5.25" (1.66m)
PV - 10' 10" (3.30m)
LJ - 21' 0.75" (6.42m) 
SP - 29' 8.25" (9.05m)
DT - 70' 5" (21.46m)
JT - 105' 2" (32.05m)
Decathlon - 5,242 points

2019-20:
- Competed in two indoor meets
- Outdoor season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2018-19:
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: 60m Hurdles, Long Jump; Outdoor: 110m Hurdles)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Finished fifth in the 110m Hurdles at the D3 New England Outdoor Championship
- At the NEWMAC Championship, he was third in the 400m Hurdles in 57.68 seconds and fourth in the 110m Hurdles in 15.73 seconds
- Placed third in decathlon with 5,242 points at the Silfen Invitational
- Won the heptathlon with 4,384 points at the Gordon Kelly Invitational
- Finished sixth in the long jump and seventh in the 60m Hurdles at the D3 New England Indoor Championship

2017-18:
- Competed in seven meets as a freshman
- In his first meet, he posted a season-best 20 feet, 7.75 inches in the long jump and 8.86 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles
- Was ninth in the 400-meter hurdles at the NEWMAC Championship in a time of 59.77 seconds
- Finished 22nd in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.65 seconds at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in brain and cognitive sciences

High School:
- Played soccer and was a member of the track and field, cross country and swimming teams at Hume-Fogg High School
- Competed in the hurdles, triple jump and decathlon
- Two-time state meet competitor
- National Merit finalist

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Jumps
    6'5"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Jumps
    6'5"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Hurdles, Jumps
    6'5"