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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Kendall Phillips

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Columbia, Md.
  • Highschool Howard HS

Biography

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PERSONAL BESTS/RECORDS
  • 800m: 1:55.70
  • 1500m: 4:01.24
  • Mile: 4:18.68
  • 3000m: 8:52.78
  • 5000m: 15:30.53
  • 3000 steeplechase: 9:24.01
2024 OUTDOOR
  • Placed second in the JMU Invitational 3000s
  • Set 1500m personal record (4:00.42) at the Fred Hardy Invitational
  • Placed third at the CNU New Captains Classic 800m
2024 INDOOR
  • Won the VCU Indoor Invitational 800m
  • Set 1000m personal record, 2:30.39 at the BU Bbruce Lehane Scarlet and White invitational 

2023 OUTDOOR
  • Achieved a runner-up finish in the 3000m steeplechase at the Dan Stimson Memorial Invitational
  • Ran a PR of 9:24.01 in the 3000m steeplechase at the George Mason Ebanks Invitational, placing third
  • Set new personal bests in the 800m (1:55.70) and the 1500m (4:01.24)
2023 INDOOR
  • Finished runner-up in the 800 at the VCU Rams Indoor Invitational
  • Achieved a PR in the mile of 4:18.68 at the Brant Tolsma Invitational
  • Set a new personal best in the 3000 in a time of 8:52.78 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 
2022 OUTDOOR
  • Placed seventh in the 3000 steeplechase at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships
  • Set personal bests of 1:58.86 in the 800 and 9:33.37 in the 3000 steeplechase at the Georgia Tech Invitational
  • Set a personal best of 15:30.53 in the 5000 at the Colonial Relays
  • Placed eighth in the 1500 at the Dan Stimson Memorial Invitational, running a personal best of 4:03.47
2022 INDOOR
  • Finished ninth as a member of the distance medley relay at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships
  • Collected a runner-up finish in the 3000 at the Kenneth Giles Invitational, setting a personal best of 9:02.76
  • Placed eighth in the mile at the Richard Drake Invitational with a personal best of 4:33.94
  • Earned a fifth-place finish as a member of the distance medley relay at the Patriot Games
  • Placed fourth in the 800-meter run at the VMI Team Challenge
PRIOR TO VCU
  • Holds Howard High School's 2-mile school record
  • Set a 5k PR of 15:56
PERSONAL
  • Son of Ken and Tanisha Phillips
  • Has a sister, Kendra, and brother, Mario
  • Major: Computer Science

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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