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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2017 Track & Field Roster

Kennedy Martin

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Homeschool (Mt. Hood Community College)
  • Hometown Gresham, Ore.
  • Prev School Gresham HS
  • Connect HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Cross Country:
Awards:
- Academic All-Big Sky (2016)
All-time PSU Rankings:
- Ranks ninth all-time in the three miles - 17:36.30 - PSU Viking Classic (9/6/13)
 
PERSONAL BESTS:
Cross Country:
3 Miles - 17:36.30 - PSU Viking Classic (9/6/13)
5,000m - 18:21.29 - Oak Knoll Loop Run (9/21/13)
6,000m - 23:26.74 - Sundodger Invite (9/19/15)
Indoor:
Mile - 5:55.94 - Cougar Indoor Invitational (2/4/17)
3,000m - 10:45.48 - UW Open (2/14/16)
Outdoor:
800m - 2:34.39 - Linfield Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker (3/7/15)
1,500m - 5:00.89 - Linfield Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker (3/7/15)
5,000m - 18:48.97 - John Knight Twilight (4/7/17)
10,000m - 38:47.18 - San Francisco State Distance Carnival (4/1/16)

2017 OUTDOOR:
Ran the 10,000 meters in 41:13.93 at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/28-29)...Set a new outdoor personal best in the 5,000 meters with her time of 18:48.97 at the John Knight Twilight (4/7)...Ran the 5,000 meters in 19:18.36 while opening her outdoor season at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/17-18).

2017 INDOOR:
Set a new personal best in the indoor mile with her time of 5:55.94 at the Cougar Indoor Invitational (2/4)...Made her season debut in the 3,000 meters at the Idaho Duals (2/3), finishing with a time of 11:22.55.

2016 CROSS COUNTRY:
Competed at the first five meets of the season...Set a 5k seasonal best at the Charles Bowles Invitational (10/1) with her time of 20:08.4...Set a 6k seasonal best at the Bronco Invitational (10/15) with her time of 23:36.8.
 
Date Meet (Distance) PSU Finish Overall Finish Time
9/3 John Frank Oregon State Invitational (3 Miles) 8th 44th 20:51.4
9/17 Sundodger Invitational (6k) 6th 50th 24:06.70
10/1 Charles Bowles Invitational (5k) 8th 105th 20:08.4
10/15 Bronco Invitational (6k) 8th 143rd 23:36.8
10/28 Big Sky Championships (5k) 7th 85th 20:32

2016 OUTDOOR:
Competed in the 10,000 meters at the Big Sky Championships (5/11-14) for the Vikings, and placed 14th in 40:45.13...Ran the 10,000 in 39:14.63 at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/29)...Set a personal best in the 10,000 meters with her time of 38:47.18 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (4/1)...Competed in the 5,000 meters for the first time at Portland State at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open (3/19), finishing in 19:03.30.

2016 INDOOR:
Shaved about 21.5 seconds off her personal best in the 3,000 meters at the Portland Indoor Invitational (2/4), finishing in 10:46.41...Beat her PR in the 3,000 meters again at the UW Open (2/14), finishing in 10:45.48...Ran in the first indoor race of her Portland State career at the Bronco Invitational (1/23), finishing the 3,000 meters in 11:08.10.

2015 CROSS COUNTRY:
Ran at five meets during the season, finishing in the Vikings' top seven at each one...Scored for the Vikings with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA West Regional (11/13), finishing the 6,000-meter course in 23:34.5...Competed in her first Big Sky Championships (10/31), finishing as the Vikings' seventh runner.

 
Date Meet (Distance) PSU Finish Overall Finish Time
9/1 Westmoreland Quintet (5K) 3rd 16th 19:51.7
9/19 Sundodger Invitational (6K) 6th 70th 23:26.74
10/3 Charles Bowles Invitational (5K) 6th 44th 18:51.6
10/31 Big Sky Championships (5K) 7th 86th 23:04.9
11/13 NCAA West Regional (6K) 5th 191st 23:34.5

2015 OUTDOOR:
Set new personal bests in the 800 and 1,500 meters at the Linfield Erik Andersonal Memorial Icebreaker (3/7)...Finished the 800 meters in 2:39.39 at the Linfield Icebreaker, and ran the 1,500 meters in 5:00.89.

2015 INDOOR:
Did not compete during the indoor season.

2014 CROSS COUNTRY:
Finished as the Vikings' seventh runner at the Big Sky XC Triangular (9/20).

 
Date Meet (Distance) PSU Finish Overall Finish Time
9/20 Big Sky XC Triangular (5K) 7th 31st 20:47

2014 OUTDOOR:
Ran the 1,500 meters at the Willamette Invitational (3/29), finishing 13th in 5:20.83 in her only race of the season.

2014 INDOOR:
Did not compete.

2013 CROSS COUNTRY:
Ran in five of the Vikings' six meets during the season...Finished as the Vikings' sixth runner at the end-of-season NCAA West Regional (11/15)...Posted a season-best eighth-place finish at the Oak Knoll Loop Run (9/21)...Ran a season-best 5K time at the Oak Knoll Loop Run, running the distance in 18:21.29.
 
Date Meet (Distance) PSU Finish Overall Finish Time
9/6 PSU Viking Classic (3 miles) 4th 33rd 17:36.30
9/21 Oak Knoll Loop Run (5K) 3rd 8th 18:21.29
10/5 Bill Dellinger Invitational (5K) 7th 90th 19:40
10/19 Emerald City Open (6K) 6th 31st 23:52.2
11/15 NCAA West Regional (6K) 6th 218th 23:53

HIGH SCHOOL (NOTE: Martin was homeschooled, but competed for Gresham High School athletically):
Earned nine letters in high school, four in track and field (2010-13), three in cross country (2010-12) and two in soccer (2009-10)…Totaled nine all-league honors between her three sports…Earned all-league first-team honors in the 3,000 meters as a junior, when she also earned all-league second-team honors in the 1,500 meters…Earned all-league second-team honors in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters as a senior…Placed sixth in the state in the 3,000 meters as a senior.
 
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Daughter of Joe and Wendi Martin…Has a brother, Cole Martin, and sister, McKenna Martin…Though she was homeschooled, she attended classes at Mt. Hood Community College from 2011-13…Named to the President’s Honor Roll at Mt. Hood during both years she attended…Received the Laurels Merit Scholarship from the Portland State Urban Honors College…Volunteers at the Oregon Humane Society…Lists animal rights, veganism, reading and writing as interests…Intends to major in biology, with the goal of becoming a veterinarian.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

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  • 2015Sophomore

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  • 2016Junior

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  • 2017Senior

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