Sophia Kennedy_SL_083024_034

TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades 

  • Five-time All-American (XC 2024; Indoor T&F 2024, 2025; Outdoor T&F 2024)
  • ACC indoor 3,000 champion (2025)
  • Two-time All-West Region XC (2023, 2024)
  • All-ACC XC (2024)
  • All-ACC indoor track and field first team (2025) 
  • Stanford record holder: Indoor 3,000
  • ACC XC Performer of the Week (Sept. 3, 2024)
  • Three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC 2023, 2024; T&F 2024)
  • NCAA West Region XC team champions (2023)

As a Sophomore (2024-25)
Indoors

  • First-team All-American in the 5,000
  • Placed fifth in the 5,000 at the NCAA Championships in a personal best 15:10.71
  • The time was No. 2 in Stanford history
  • The time made her No. 7 in collegiate indoor history, with the 13th-fastest time
  • It was a Stanford record for the 5,000 at the NCAA indoor or outdoor championships
  • Second-team All-American in the 3,000
  • Placed ninth in the 3,000 at the NCAA Championships
  • ACC 3,000 champion
  • All-ACC first team
  • Set ACC Championships meet record in the 3,000 (8:47.38), breaking the 2023 mark of 8:51.92 by North Carolina State's Katelyn Tuohy
  • Set Stanford 3,000 record of 8:42.53 at Husky Classic in Seattle
  • Set personal records in the mile, 3,000, and 5,000
  • Ranked No. 1 in the 3,000, No. 2 in the 5,000, and No. 5 in the mile on Stanford's all-time indoor lists
  • Ran 5,000 best of 15:26.14 at the season-opening Colyear-Danville Opener in Boston

Cross Country

  • All-American
  • Earned first XC All-America honor by placing 33rd at NCAA Championships
  • All-West Region
  • All-ACC
  • Stanford's No. 1 runner at Pre-Nationals and USF Invitational
  • Stanford's No. 2 runner at ACC, NCAA West Region, and NCAA championships
  • ACC Performer of the Week (Sept. 3)
  • USF Invitational winner
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

As a Freshman (2023-24)
Outdoors

  • Second-team All-American
  • Placed 11th in 5,000 at NCAA Championships
  • NCAA time of 15:33.29 set a Stanford freshmen outdoor record
  • The time was a personal best and placed her No. 2 on Stanford's absolute freshmen list
  • Won NCAA West Prelims in 15:53.49 for her first collegiate victory
  • Set 1,500 personal best of 4:20.14 at Payton Jordan Invite
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

Indoors

  • Second-team All-American
  • Ran anchor leg on 10th place distance medley relay team at NCAA Championships
  • Ran 3,000 personal best of 9:14.28 at UW Indoor Preview
  • The time placed her No. 5 on Stanford's all-time freshmen list

Cross Country * West Region Champions

  • All-West Region
  • No. 3 runner on Stanford's 12th place team at NCAA Championships
  • Second in the USF Invitational in collegiate debut
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

Prior to Stanford

  • Fourth in the two-mile at the 2023 Brooks PR Invitational in a PB 9:57.09
  • Indiana 3,200 champion in 2023
  • Seventh at 2022 Nike Cross Nationals
  • Champs Sports Midwest Region cross country runner-up in 2022
  • Seventh at 2021 Eastbay Cross Country Championships
  • Third at 2021 Eastbay Midwest Region Cross Country Championships
  • Fifth in the two-mile at the 2021 Brooks PR Invitational and eighth in 2022 

Personal

  • Parents are Melina and Bob Kennedy
  • Brother is Marcus
  • Four-time cum laude
  • A.P. Scholar
  • Father, a two-time Olympian, was one of the greatest runners in American history
  • Bob was sixth in the 5,000 at the 1996 Atlanta Games, a seven-time U.S. champion, and held American records in the 3,000, two-mile, and 5,000

Career results

Year Season (Meets) Event Season Best Conf. Region NCAA
2024-25 Indoors (6) 3,000 8:42.53 1 (8:47.38) -- 9 (9:04.07)
    5,000 15:26.14 -- -- 5 (15:10.71)
    Mile 4:32.47 -- -- --
  Cross Country (6) 6K 19:39.5 11 (19:52.3) 6 (19:39.5) 33 (20:00.6)
2023-24 Outdoors (7) 5,000 15:33.29 4 (16:34.88) 1 (15:53.49) 11 (15:33.29)
    1,500 4:20.14 -- -- --
  Indoors (6) 5,000 15:43.05 -- -- --
    3,000 9:14.28 -- -- --
    Mile 4:43.09 -- -- --
  Cross Country (6) 6K 19:56.3 23 (19:59.5) 15 (19:56.3) 95 (20:38.7)
    5K 16:58.7 -- -- --
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