Colorado State University Athletics

2024 Cross Country Roster

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Cory Kennedy

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Littleton, Colo.
  • High School:
    Heritage HS
  • Prev School:
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Accolades
All-Mountain West Second Team (2024)
NCAA Division III All-American (2022, 2023)
NCAA Division III All-Region (2021, 2022, 2023)
All-Liberty League First Team (2021, 2022, 2023)

CAREER RESULTS

COLORADO STATE
Graduate Senior (2024)

(Cross Country): Competed in five meets, logging four top-25 finishes … Took fourth at the Wyoming Invite (Aug. 30) … Placed 23rd at the Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 20) … Was a top-25 finisher at the Princeton Fall Classic (Oct. 18) … Took 10th at the MW Cross Country Championships to earn all-conference second team honors (Nov. 1) … Represented CSU at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships, placing 31st (Nov. 15).

BEFORE COLORADO STATE
Senior at RPI (2023)

(Cross Country): Ran in five meets, winning three and placing in the top five of each ... Opened the season with a victory at the RPI Harvest Classic, recording a time of 24:23.8 ... Claimed the Liberty League Cross Country Individual Championship after running a 24:47.2 ... Won the NCAA Division III Mideast Region Cross Country Championships with a time of 23:56.7 ... Placed fifth at the 2023 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, logging a 24:32.0 ... All-Region ... All-America

Junior at RPI (2022)
(Cross Country): Team captain ... Competed in six meets ... Career-best 8K of 23:43.2 at Lehigh ... Ninth at Siena with 23:43.2 ... Third at Rowan with 24:44.1 ... Ran 24:47.0 to win Liberty League Championship ... Ran 25:42.4 at NCAA Regional (8.05K) to finish seventh ... Ran 25:23.7 at NCAA Championship to finish 20th ... Liberty League Performer of the Week twice ... All-Liberty League First Team ... All-Region ... All-America.

Sophomore at RPI (2021)
(Cross Country): Competed in seven meets ... Season-best 6K of 19:54.8 at Vassar ... Season-best 8K of 25:38.8 at NCAA Championship ... Seventh at Liberty League Championship (26:00.2), 11th at Saratoga (26:12.2) and 17th at Vassar ... Ran 25:56.9 at NCAA Regional ... All-Liberty League First Team ... All-Region ...

Freshman at RPI (2020)
(Cross Country): Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four years of cross country ... Captain for one ... All-State Second Team twice ... Team was third in state in 2018 and fourth in 2019 ... Four years of track ... Eighth in 3200m at States as junior ... Four years of hockey ... Biomedical Engineering major ... Son of Susan and Richard Kennedy ... Father played hockey at Notre Dame.
CSU Cross Country - 2025 Preseason Press Conference
Wednesday, August 27
Colorado State Cross Country: 2024 Preseason Press Conference
Wednesday, August 14
Colorado State Cross Country: 2023 Preseason Press Conference
Friday, August 18
Colorado State Cross Country: Head Coach Epperson Talks About NCAA Championships
Friday, November 18