2025-26 Track & Field/XC Roster
Roster

Kennedy Hood
- Position:
- Sprints/Jumps
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rex, Ga.
- High School:
- Morrow
HONORS AND AWARDS
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
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.
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
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.
Clay Helton Media Availability: National Signing Day (12/3/25)
Thursday, December 04
Georgia Southern vs. Marshall Highlights (11/29/25)
Sunday, November 30
Hail Southern Live! (11-24-2025)
Tuesday, November 25
The GATA Zone: Men's Soccer Post-Season
Thursday, November 20






























