Kendra Harrison
Eugene, OR 2015) 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
---|
Kendra "Keni" Harrison (born September 18, 1992) is an American
In college, she competed for the
Career
Early life
Kendra Harrison was born in
College athletics
After graduating from Clayton High in 2011 Harrison went to
Harrison transferred from Clemson to the University of Kentucky after the 2013 season, together with sprinter Dezerea Bryant and coach Tim Hall.[3] She continued to develop, winning both the 100 m hurdles (12.86) and the 400 m hurdles (54.76) at the 2014 Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships; she was the first athlete to win both events since 1999.[3] She entered the NCAA outdoor championships as the leading favorite and collegiate leader in the 400 m hurdles, but failed to match her personal best and lost to Texas A&M's Shamier Little; in the 100 m hurdles she placed fifth for the second consecutive year.[3][5][7]
Harrison injured her
In November 2015, Harrison was named as a 2016 recipient of the NCAA's Today's Top 10 Award, presented annually to 10 individuals who completed their athletic eligibility in the previous school year "for successes on the field, in the classroom and in the community."[10]
Professional
Following her graduation, University of Kentucky coach Edrick Floréal continued to train her.[11] At the 2015 United States championships, which doubled as trials for the World Championships in Beijing, Harrison decided to concentrate on the 100 m hurdles only; she set a personal all-conditions best of 12.46w in the heats and ran a wind-legal 12.56 in the final, placing a close second to 2008 Olympic Champion Dawn Harper-Nelson and qualifying for the American team.[9] The Americans were heavy favorites for the world championships, but underperformed; Harrison had a false start in the semi-finals and was disqualified.[12]
Harrison opened her 2016 indoor season winning the
She began the outdoor season in April with the fastest opener recorded by a hurdler, 12.36 seconds, to go up to ninth on the all-time lists.
Harrison broke the 100 m world record on July 22, 2016 at the
In 2021, Harrison finally qualified for her first Olympics. On August 2, 2021, she won the silver medal in the 100 meter hurdles at the 2020 Tokyo Games.[23]
Achievements
Personal bests
- 60 m hurdles – 7.70 (Birmingham 2018) =North American record
- 60 meters – 7.23 (Houston, TX 2020)
- 100 m hurdles – 12.20 (London 2016) North American record
- 100 meters – 11.35 (Lexington, KY 2016)
- 200 meters – 22.81 (+1.5 m/s, Gainesville, FL 2018) (also 22.19 w)
- 200 meters indoor – 23.10 (Lubbock, TX 2019)
- 300 m hurdles – 41.41 (Greensboro, NC 2011)
- 300 meters indoor – 36.83 (Fayetteville, AR 2021)
- 400 m hurdles – 54.09 (Eugene, OR 2015)
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | – (sf) | 100 m hurdles | DQ |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 8th | 60 m hurdles | 8.87 |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 4th | 100 m hurdles | 12.74 |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1st | 60 m hurdles | 7.70 |
NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.55 | |
IAAF Continental Cup | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 12.52 | |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 12.46 |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 12.52 |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 2nd (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.271 |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary
|
3rd | 100 m hurdles | 12.46 |
1Disqualified in the final
National titles
- NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
- NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
References
- ^ "Kendra Harrison: A Passion for the Hurdles". The Hurdle Magazine. May 2014.
- ^ "Olympic reject Harrison out to make a point". Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Story, Mark (May 2, 2015). "Mark Story: From a superhero, UK track star Kendra Harrison finds her winning edge". Lexington Herald-Leader. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ "Harrison, Winfrey Named Gatorade NC Track Athletes of the Year". MileSplit. June 23, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Kendra Harrison at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ Kendra Harrison Archived September 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Clemson Tigers. Retrieved on May 30, 2016.
- ^ Pfeifer, Jack (June 9, 2014). "NCAA FORMCHART—Women". Track & Field News. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ Most, Jake (June 12, 2015). "Hurdles 'nerd' Kendra Harrison an ideal fit at UK". UKAthletics.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ a b Terwillegar, Kyle (June 27, 2015). "Seven More Collegians Qualify For IAAF World Championships at USATF Outdoors". U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
- ^ "Top college athletes to be honored by NCAA" (Press release). NCAA. November 12, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ UKTF Alum Kendra Harrison Betters World-Lead in Germany Archived August 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. UKAthletics (February 6, 2016). Retrieved on 2016-05-30.
- International Association of Athletics Federations(IAAF). Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ Minshull, Phil (February 6, 2016). World-leading times in sprints and hurdles in Karlsruhe. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-30.
- ^ metres-hurdles/indoor/women/senior Senior Indoor 60 Metres Hurdles women All Time Best. IAAF (2016). Retrieved on May 29, 2016.
- ^ Kendra Harrison 12.63 Women's 100mH | Zurich Diamond League. Retrieved on September 10, 2016.
- ^ Dennehy, Cathal (March 19, 2016). Report: women's 60m hurdles final – IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-29.
- ^ Minshull, Phil (April 9, 2016). Harrison flies to 12.36 in first 100m hurdles race of the year. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-30.
- ^ Sully, Kevin (May 28, 2016). Harrison and Jebet scare world records in Eugene – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-30.
- ^ O'Neill, Patrick (July 9, 2016). "Keni Harrison sees Olympic dreams drift away in tough final". The News & Observer. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
- ^ "Kendra Harrison New WR 12.20s Women's 100mH | london Diamond League 2016". Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (July 22, 2016). "Keni Harrison breaks 100m hurdles world record after missing Olympic team". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
- ^ Brown, Matthew (July 22, 2016). "Harrison hurdles to world record in London – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
- ^ Schad, Tom. "American Keni Harrison wins silver medal in 100-meter hurdles at Tokyo Games". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
External links
- Kendra Harrison at World Athletics
- Kendra Harrison at Diamond League
- Kendra Harrison at www.USATF.org
- Kendra Harrison at Olympedia