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2024-25 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster

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Kynnedy Dennis

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Event Pole Vault
  • Hometown North Charleston, S.C.
  • High School Fort Dorchester

Biography

     CCU Personal Bests     
 Indoor
 Pole Vault   3.88m   
 Outdoor
 Pole Vault   3.85m


KYNNEDY DENNIS TFRRS PAGE

2025 (Graduate Student)
Outdoor Season
  • Placed seventh at the Duke Invitational in the pole vault (3.70 meters)
Indoor Season
  • Recorded a personal-best in the pole vault at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championship with a mark of 3.88 meters, ranking second in school history
  • Finished fourth at the Hokie Invitational in the pole vault (3.72 meters)
2024 (Redshirt Senior)
Outdoor Season
  • Third-place finish at the East Coast Relays in the pole vault (3.60 meters)
  • Finished third at the Weems Baskin Invitational in the pole vault (3.70 meters)
  • Placed third at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge in the pole vault (3.50 meters)
Indoor Season
  • Finished second in the pole vault at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (3.65 meters)]
  • Won the pole vault event at the Carolina Challenge (3.67 meters)

2023 (Redshirt Junior)
Outdoor Season 
  • Competed in the pole vault event in six meets during the outdoor season
  • Totaled five top-10 finishes on the season
  • Won the women's pole vault event with a mark of 3.60 meters at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge
  • Placed third in the women's pole vault combined event with a height of 3.50 meters at the Alan Connie Shamrock
  • Finished fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.71 meters at the USC Open
  • Turned in a season-best height of 3.76 meters to finish sixth overall at the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships
  • Also competed at the Weems Baskin Relays (3.50 meters) and the UF Tome Jones Memorial (3.61 meters)
Indoor Season 
  • Competed in five meets throughout the indoor season
  • Totaled four top-10 finishes in the pole vault event 
  • Finished fifth in the pole vault with a season-best and the second-best mark in CCU history of 3.79 meters at the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships
  • Her mark of 3.79 meters was tied for the seventh-best in all of the Sun Belt Conference during the indoor season
  • Posted a runner-up finish in the pole vault event with a height of 3.60 meters at the Carolina Challenge
  • Turned in a third-place showing with a mark of 3.60 meters in the pole vault at the Gamecock Opener
  • Placed seventh in the pole vault with a height of 3.72 meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational
  • Recorded a height of 3.61 meters to place 17th overall in the pole vault at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational


2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Outdoor Season 
  • Competed in the pole vault in six meets during the outdoor season for CCU
  • Finished fifth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.72 meters at the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships
  • Took first place overall in the pole vault with a height of 3.65 meters at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
  • Picked up runner-up honors with a season-best mark of 3.85 meters in the pole vault at the USC Open
  • Also earned a second-place finish in the pole vault with a mark of 3.75 meters at the North Florida Collegiate Invitational
  • Turned in a mark of 3.61 meters to place 23rd overall in the pole vault event at the UF Tom Jones Memorial
  • Did not record a height in the pole vault event at the Weems Baskin Relays

Indoor Season

  • Competed in the pole vault in five meets over the indoor season
  • Totaled four top-10 finishes overall
  • Improved her mark every time she competed over the winter season
  • Took first place in the pole vault event with a height of 3.45 meters at the Carolina Challenge
  • Finished third with a mark of 3.35 meters in the pole vault event at the Gamecock Opener
  • Placed fifth at the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships in the pole vault, clearing the bar at 3.76 meters (season-best mark)
  • Recorded a 10th-place finish at the Bob Pollock Invitational, turning in a mark of 3.51 meters in the pole vault
  • Finished 14th overall with a height of 3.70 meters in the pole vault at the 2022 Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

2021 (Sophomore)
Outdoor Season 
  • Did not compete
  • Redshirt season

Indoor Season

  • Did not compete
  • Redshirt season


2020 (Freshman)
Outdoor Season (*Season Ended Early Due To Worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic*)

  • No competition

Indoor Season

  • Competed unattached in the pole vault at the Carolina Challenge, finishing second with a mark of 3.55 meters

High School
  • Placed fourth in the pole vault event at the 2019 South Carolina state championships with a mark of 11'6
  • Also finished second overall in the pole vault with a height of 10'0 at the South Carolina Region 8-AAAA Championships
  • Born in Charlotte, N.C.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2022-23Redshirt Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2023-24Redshirt Senior

    Pole Vault
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Pole Vault