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Kendall Ellis

Basic Information

  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 3/8/1996
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Pembroke Pines, FL
  • High School: St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
  • College: University of Southern California

Athlete Info

  • Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Quincy Watts
  • Agent: Mark Wetmore
  • Sponsor: New Balance

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Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, bronze (Mixed 4x400m Relay)
  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, gold (4x400m Relay, heats)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 World Athletics Championships Doha, 13th (400m)
  • 2019 World Athletics Championships Doha, gold (4x400m Relay, prelim)
  • 2017 World Athletics Championships London, 24th (400m)
  • 2017 World Athletics Championships London, gold (4x400m Relay, prelim)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2021 US Olympic Trials, fourth (400m)
  • 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (400m)
  • 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (400m)
  • 2018 NCAA Division-I Outdoor Championships, silver (400m)
  • 2018 NCAA Division-I Outdoor Championships, gold (4x400m Relay)
  • 2018 NCAA Division-I Outdoor Championships, bronze (4x100m Relay)
  • 2018 NCAA Division-I Indoor Championships, gold (400m, 4x400m Relay)
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (400m)
  • 2017 NCAA Division-I Outdoor Championships, bronze (400m)
  • 2017 NCAA Division-I Outdoor Championships, silver (4x400m)
  • 2015 Pan American U20 Championships, bronze (400m)
  • 2015 Pan American U20 Championships, gold (4x400m Relay)
  • 2015 USATF Junior (U20) Championships, gold (400m)
  • 2015 NCAA Division-I Outdoor Championships, silver (4x400m)
  • 2015 NCAA Division-I Indoor Championships, bronze (4x400m)

Personal

Kendall Ellis is the daughter of Wanda and Samuel Ellis. She’s always been a star student: She maintained a 4.7 GPA in high school, she graduated from USC in three years, and she earned her MBA from DeVry University while training as a professional athlete. She logs all the books she reads on GoodReads. In addition to competing for New Balance, she also models for them. Ellis also executed a legendary comeback victory in the 4x4 to earn the Division I team title for her team in 2018; it captured the attention of mainstream sports fans and was widely circulated online.

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