KennedyLightner

BIO

Career Accolades

First team All-SEC in the outdoor 4x400m (2021)
Second team All-SEC in the indoor 200m and 4x400m, outdoor 4x400m (2022)
First team All-American in the indoor and outdoor 4x400m (2021, 2022)
Honorable mention All-American in the 4x100m (2021)
On school record indoor 4x400m relay
SEC gold medalist in the outdoor 4x400m (2021)
NCAA silver medalist in the indoor 4x400m (2021)
SEC silver medalist in outdoor 4x400m (2022), 7th in collegiate history (2:59.93)
SEC bronze medalist in the indoor 200m and 4x400m (2022)
2023 Indoor USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America – 200m

2022-23 (Senior)

Outdoor

Member of 4×400 relay team that won with a time of 3:05.87 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite

Indoor

Picked up two wins, 300m (32.85) and 4×400 (3:11.14) at the Commonwealth College Opener.
Member of 4×400 team that won the Rod McCravy Memorial with a 3:11.64.
Placed second in 200 meters (21.04) at the Rod McCravy Memorial.
Won the 200 meters at TTU Red Raider Open with a 20.64.
Placed 3rd in the 200 meters at the Tiger Paw Invite with a season best 20.54.
Member of 4×400 team that won the Arkansas Qualifier with a 3:06.14.
Scored points at the SEC Championships with a 7th place finish in the 200 meters (20.73).
Placed 16th at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 20.71

2021-22 (Junior)

Outdoor

Ran in the school record 4x400m relay for a silver medal and seventh fastest time in collegiate history (2:59.93) at SEC Championships
Ran in sixth place 4x400m at SEC Championships (3:02.98)
Tied 400m personal best (46.20) with second place finish at Kentucky Invitational and ran in fastest 4x100m of the season (39.18)
Earned outdoor personal best (20.70) in the 200m at SEC Championships
Ran in winning 4x100m (39.59) relay at Drake Relays
Ran in winning 4x400m relay (3:02.21) at Florida Relays

Indoor

Finished third in the 300m (33.07) with the third fastest 300m for UK all-time and was a member of the winning 4x400m relay team at the Cardinal Classic
Won the 300m with a time of 32.75, the fifth-fastest in collegiate history and second-fastest in Kentucky history at the Jim Green Invitational, ran in the winning 4x400m relay (3:05.01)
Set a new school record in the 200m (20.52) and ran a 44.68 split in the winning 4x400m relay at the Red Raider Open
Broke his previous school record of 20.52 with a 20.45 run at the Tiger Paw Invitational
Earned a bronze medal in the 200m (20.60) and 4x400m (3:04.04) at SEC Championships \Qualified for NCAA Championships in the 200m and 4x400m

2020-21 (Sophomore)
Indoor

Transfer from Arkansas Baptist
Made his first appearance at the NCAA Championships in the finals of the 4×400-meter relay
UK earned the silver medal with a school-record time of 3:03.61
Received first-team All-America honors

Outdoor

Part of the eighth-place 4x400m relay team at NCAA Championships (3:03.63), earning first team All-America honors
Part of 18th-ranked honorable mention 4x100m relay for UK at NCAA Championships (39.56)
Helped the Wildcats qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays
Helped UK win the SEC Championships gold medal in the 4x400m relay, as he anchored the school-record time of 3:01.71
Earned first-team All-SEC
Anchored the victorious 4×100 relay at the Kentucky Invitational