Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 10 No. 6 | June 2018

inside.hokiesports.com 25 W O M E N ’ S C R O S S C O U N T R Y KENNEDY SR • SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA Katie F or the second consecutive year, Katie Kennedy was named Inside Hokie Sports’ women’s cross country Athlete of the Year—and for good reason, too. She finished as the Hokies’ lead runner at every meet in which she participated this past fall. Kennedy ran in four meets and won the season-opening Hokie Invite, which marked her first collegiate win. She later finished 50th at the prestigious Adidas Pre-National meet, and that meet led up to the ACC Championships, where she came in 19th in a time of 20 minutes, 44.2 seconds. Behind her performance, the Hokies came in third as a team, tying for their best finish ever at an ACC Championships meet. Kennedy closed the season by coming in 15th at the NCAA Southeast Regional held at a tough, hilly Panorama Farms course outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. Tech finished fourth at that meet, which was the program’s second-best performance at an NCAA regional. By virtue of her top-20 finish at the ACC meet and her top-25 finish at the NCAA regional, Kennedy earned All-ACC and All-Southeast Region honors for the second straight year. Kennedy departs as one of just three runners in Tech history to be named to the All-ACC team on two occasions (Sarah Rapp, Tasmin Fanning). She was the only senior on this past year’s women’s team, and for sure, will be missed. • • • • EO Employer: M/W/Vets/Disabled