Lauren Kennedy
Lauren Kennedy
Height: 5-7
Year: So
Hometown: San Diego, CA
High School: Cathedral Catholic HS
Position: Hurdles

2013 (Track & Field)
Earned All-SCIAC honors for the second consecutive season in the 100 meter hurdles...finished second at the SCIAC Championships with a time of 15.25 which was the third fastest in school history...also served as the alternate for the 4x 100 meter relay team at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships...inducted into the CLU Scholar-Athlete Society for the fourth time.

2012 (Track & Field)

Earned All-SCIAC in 100m Hurdles with a season best time of 14.80 on April 27-28 to place second just two hundredths of a second out of first place…ran fastest 100m dash of the season on April 7 at a SCIAC multi-dual hosted by Caltech in a time of 13.26.

 

2011 (Track & Field)
Named to the All-Conference team due to her finish in the 100m hurdles at the SCIAC Championships (Apr. 29-30)...finished third in the 100m hurdles with her time of 15.59 at the SCIAC Championships...clocked the third-fastest time ever recorded in the 100m hurdles with her 15.39 performance at SCIAC Quad Meet No. 3 (Apr. 16)...other top times recorded in 2011 include a 13.06 in the 100m at SCIAC Quad Meet No. 3 and a 27.89 in the 200m at SCIAC Quad Meet No. 1 (Mar. 5).

2010 (Track & Field)
Took eighth in the 400-meter hurdles at the SCIAC Championships with a time of 76.44...was ninth in the 100-meter hurdles (16.62)...posted the sixth fastest time in CLU history in the 100-meter hurdles (15.89) at Occidental...first-year member of CLU Scholar-Athlete Society.

Cathedral Catholic High School
Member of Dons varsity track and field team all four years...Western League champion in both the 100 hurdles (2008) and 300 hurdles (2007)...held school record in both events.

Personal
Full name: Lauren Marie Kennedy...born on September 15, 1991 in San Diego, Calif...the only child of William and Beverly Kennedy...chose CLU to be able to run track...family currently resides in San Diego, Calif...majoring in Biology and minoring in Chemistry....has volunteered with the Challenged Athletes Foundation.

Favorites
Movies: My Best Friends Wedding and The Little Mermaid
Music: Country and Disney
Food: Dad's home made pear and gorgonzola pizza
Sport (other): Ice Skating
Pro Athlete: Lolo Jones
TV Show: The Ellen Show and FOrensic Files
Quote: "I am building a fire and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment I light the match."
Hobbies/Special Talents: Irish dancing