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2019-20 Men's Track and Field Roster

Kenya Pinckney

  • Position Jumps
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Vilseck, Germany
  • Highschool Vilseck American Middle

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
2018 SoCon All-Freshman Indoor Team (Indoor High Jump)
2x Southern Conference Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20)

CAREER MARKS (TFRRS)
 
High Jump  1.92m (6' 3.5") UCS Invitational (2/16-17/2018)

JUNIOR (2020)
INDOOR: Competed in six indoor meets … Started the year off with a seventh-place finish of 1.85m (6’ 0.75”) at the VMI Team Challenge (1/25/20) … Posted a height of 1.83m (6’ 0”) at the Carolina Challenge (1/31-2/1/20) … Turned in a similar height of 1.83m (6’ 0”) at the South Carolina Invitational (2/7-8/20) … Improved his mark up to a 1.85m (6’ 0.75”) to finish fifth at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/13/20) … Turned in a height of 1.83m (6’ 0”) at the USC Indoor Open (2/22/20) … Rounded out his junior indoor season with a mark of 1.85m (6’ 0.75”) at the 2020 SoCon Indoor Championships (2/29-3/1/20).

SOPHOMORE (2019)
INDOOR: Competed in four indoor meets … Started his sophomore season off with a mark of 1.83m (6’ 0”) to finish 10th at the Carolina Challenge (1/31-2/2/19) … Notched a second-place finish with a mark of 1.90m (6’ 2.75”) at the JDL College Team Challenge (2/7/19) … Earned his second straight podium finish with a third-place 1.88m (6’ 2”) at the USC Open Indoor (2/16/19) … Rounded out the indoor season with a fifth-place finish of 1.90m (6’ 2.75”) at the 2019 SoCon Indoor Championships (2/23-24/19).

OUTDOOR: Competed in four outdoor meets … Started the outdoor campaign off with a mark of 1.85m (6’ 0.75”) at the Buccaneer Invitational (3/23/19) … Followed that up with a seventh-place finish of 1.80m (5’ 10.75”) at the ECU Bill Carson Invitational (4/5-6/19) … Finished eighth with a height of 1.88m (6’ 2”) at the Gamecock Invitational Outdoor (4/13/19) … Rounded out his sophomore season with a mark of 1.88m (6’ 2”) at the 2019 SoCon Outdoor Championships (4/27-28/19).

FRESHMAN (2018)
INDOOR: Competed in the high jump in five indoor meets … Made his collegiate debut at the Wake Forest Invitational (1/20-21/18) with a mark of 1.83m (6’ 0”), finishing sixth … Improved his height with back-to-back performances of 1.85m (6’ 0.75”) at the VMI Team Challenge (1/27/18), where he finished fifth, and the JDL College Team Challenge (2/8/18), where he finished third … Set his career-best mark of 1.92m (6’ 3.5”) at the UCS Invitational (2/16-17/18), taking first place … Rounded out his first indoor season with a seventh-place mark of 1.88m (6’ 2”) at the 2018 SoCon Indoor Championships (2/24-25/18) … Earned SoCon All-Freshman Team honors in the high jump.

OUTDOOR: Competed in six outdoor meets … Started the outdoor season off with a 1.85m (6’ 0.75”), finishing third at the Terrier Relays (3/30-31/18) … Improved his height to 1.86m (6’ 1.25”) at the ECU Bill Carson Invitational (4/6-7/18), finishing fifth … Claimed his second win of 2018, and first of the outdoor season with a mark of 1.80m (5’ 10.75”) at the Savannah State Duals (4/14/18) … Collected a third-place finish with an outdoor season-best 1.88m (6’ 2”) at the USC Open (4/21/18) … Matched that mark to finish second at the Charleston Southern Tune-Up (5/2/18) … Posted a mark of 1.83m (6’ 0”) at the 2018 SoCon Outdoor Championships (5/10-11/18).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four first-place finishes in the high jump during the 2017 outdoor season … Earned a personal-best jump of 6’ 4” at the FIS … Finished ninth in the 110-meter high hurdles at the Europe Track and Field Championships with a personal-best time of 18.14.

PERSONAL: Full name is Kenya Durant Pinckney ... Major is biology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

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  • 2018-19Sophomore

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  • 2019-20Junior

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