2025-26 Track & Field/XC Roster
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Kennedy Hood
- Position:
- Sprints/Jumps
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rex, Ga.
- High School:
- Morrow
HONORS AND AWARDS
2026 Third Team Outdoor All-Sun Belt Team
GS President's List Spring 2026
2026 Third Team Indoor All-Sun Belt
GS President's List Fall 2025
2024-25 CSC Academic All-Dsitrict Team
2025 Second Team Outdoor All-Sun Belt
GS Dean's List Spring 2025
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District Team
GS Dean’s List Spring 2023
2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
Senior (2025-26) - Indoor: Competed in four meets…Posted a 6.14m LJ for a silver finish at Clemson Invite, tied for third in program history…Secured bronze in the long jump at the SBC Indoor Championship…Named Third Team All-SBC. Outdoor: Competed in six meets…At the Black & Gold Challenge, secured gold-place finish in the long jump with a 6.20m mark…Placed second at the UNLV Invite with a mark of 6.23m and moved into No. 3 on the program's all-time list…Secured bronze in the long jump (6.20m) at the SBC Outdoor Championship.
Junior (2024-25): Indoor: Competed in all four meets • Moved to fourth all-time in the indoor long jump with a mark of 6.09m at the Bob Pollock Invitational • Finished 12th in the long jump at the Sun Belt Indoor Championship. Outdoor: Competed in eight events • Took home a silver medal in the long jump at the SBC Outdoor Championships, jumping to a mark of 6.11m, the fourth-best in school history • Earned Second Team Outdoor-All Sun Belt • Placed 39th at the NCAA East Regional in the long jump.
Sophomore (2023-24) – Indoor: Placed fourth at the SBC Indoor Championships in the long jump and set a personal best with a mark of 5.93m • Ran a personal best in the 60 meter dash with a mark of 7.68 at the SBC Indoor Championships Outdoor: Competed in four events • placed eighth in the long jump at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships
Freshman (2022-23) – Indoor: Competed in three meets • Best score in long jump was 5.92m in the Bulldog Open • Outdoor: Competed in six meets • Best score in the long jump was 5.83m at the Sun Belt Championship • Best time in the 100 was 11.91 at the USC Open • Best time in the 200 was 25.41 in the Georgia Southern Classic.
Prep: Lettered for Coach Jerome Weaks at Morrow High School • Club team is Heart of Georgia with Coach Darion Thomas • Finished fourth in the long jump in the 2021 GHSA AAAAAA championship meet • Personal Bests: 100 - 12.08 | 200 - 25.87 | LJ – 19’0.
Personal: Born Kennedy Saniah Hood Jan. 16, in Rex, Georgia • The daughter of Thaddeus and Yolanda Hood.
Major: Plans to major in exercise science.
2026 Third Team Outdoor All-Sun Belt Team
GS President's List Spring 2026
2026 Third Team Indoor All-Sun Belt
GS President's List Fall 2025
2024-25 CSC Academic All-Dsitrict Team
2025 Second Team Outdoor All-Sun Belt
GS Dean's List Spring 2025
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District Team
GS Dean’s List Spring 2023
2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
Senior (2025-26) - Indoor: Competed in four meets…Posted a 6.14m LJ for a silver finish at Clemson Invite, tied for third in program history…Secured bronze in the long jump at the SBC Indoor Championship…Named Third Team All-SBC. Outdoor: Competed in six meets…At the Black & Gold Challenge, secured gold-place finish in the long jump with a 6.20m mark…Placed second at the UNLV Invite with a mark of 6.23m and moved into No. 3 on the program's all-time list…Secured bronze in the long jump (6.20m) at the SBC Outdoor Championship.
Junior (2024-25): Indoor: Competed in all four meets • Moved to fourth all-time in the indoor long jump with a mark of 6.09m at the Bob Pollock Invitational • Finished 12th in the long jump at the Sun Belt Indoor Championship. Outdoor: Competed in eight events • Took home a silver medal in the long jump at the SBC Outdoor Championships, jumping to a mark of 6.11m, the fourth-best in school history • Earned Second Team Outdoor-All Sun Belt • Placed 39th at the NCAA East Regional in the long jump.
Sophomore (2023-24) – Indoor: Placed fourth at the SBC Indoor Championships in the long jump and set a personal best with a mark of 5.93m • Ran a personal best in the 60 meter dash with a mark of 7.68 at the SBC Indoor Championships Outdoor: Competed in four events • placed eighth in the long jump at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships
Freshman (2022-23) – Indoor: Competed in three meets • Best score in long jump was 5.92m in the Bulldog Open • Outdoor: Competed in six meets • Best score in the long jump was 5.83m at the Sun Belt Championship • Best time in the 100 was 11.91 at the USC Open • Best time in the 200 was 25.41 in the Georgia Southern Classic.
Prep: Lettered for Coach Jerome Weaks at Morrow High School • Club team is Heart of Georgia with Coach Darion Thomas • Finished fourth in the long jump in the 2021 GHSA AAAAAA championship meet • Personal Bests: 100 - 12.08 | 200 - 25.87 | LJ – 19’0.
Personal: Born Kennedy Saniah Hood Jan. 16, in Rex, Georgia • The daughter of Thaddeus and Yolanda Hood.
Major: Plans to major in exercise science.
POV: You're Admin #HailSouthern
Wednesday, May 20
Men's NCAA Golf Selection Watch Party (5.6.26)
Thursday, May 07
Georgia Southern Men's Golf Media Availability (5/6/26)
Wednesday, May 06
Georgia Southern Men's Golf Reaction (5/6/26)
Wednesday, May 06
