Kendall Whitehead
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- Hometown:
- Maryville, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- Maryville HS
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- Events:
- Jumps
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- Major:
- Exercise Science
Bio
2025: Indoor - Placed third in both the high jump, 1.50m, and triple jump, 10.93m, at the VMI Team Challenge. She would match her high jump mark at the Liberty Open to finish third once again. At the JDL Team Challenge, she ran in 60m for the first time and took ninth with a time of 8.47, and also finished third in the high jump, 1.52m, and second in the triple jump, 11.16m. At the SAC Indoor Championships, she claimed 12th in the high jump and 10th in the triple jump.
Outdoor - Opened the season with a second-place finish in the triple jump, 11.16m, at the Lee University Invitational, and was also fourth in the high jump. She had her longest mark on the triple jump at the Tennessee Invite, 11.41m. During the App State Open, she set her PR with a 1.56m high jump to win the event, and was also fifth in the triple jump. At the SAC Outdoor Championships, Whitehead placed ninth in the high jump, totaling 1.55m.
2024: Indoor - Competed in high jump and triple jump during the indoor season. Set her PR in the high jump with a height of 1.52m at the VMI Invitational.
Outdoor - Placed tenth at the LR Bears Open in the javelin throw with a distance of 21.72m. She placed third in the high jump at the Montreat College Open. Set a new PR in the triple jump en route to a seventh-place finish at the SAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a distance of 11.52m.
HIGH SCHOOL: Set PRs of five feet in the high jump, 34 feet, and two inches in the triple jump in high school. She was a sectional qualifier and placed fifth at sectionals in 2023.
PERSONAL: Father, Steven Whitehead, played football at Tennessee
News mentions
Carson-Newman finishes third for the men’s side and eighth on the women’s side after the South Atlantic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Carson-Newman Track and Field had big showings at the 2025 App State Open.
Carson-Newman Track and Field began its outdoor slate with a bevy of strong results at the Lee Invitational.
Four more first-place finishes highlight Carson-Newman’s trip to the 2025 Liberty Open.
Carson-Newman Track and Field returned after a week off at the 2025 Liberty Open.
Carson-Newman’s indoor track and field season began with strong results on both the men’s and women’s sides at the VMI Team Challenge hosted by Virginia Military Institute.