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Back to 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships Team

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: Wesley Felix
  • Sponsor: New Balance

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World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 World Outdoor Championships, SF3-third (400m)
  • 2017 World Outdoor Championships, H6-sixth (400m)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, fourth (400m)
  • 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (400m)
  • 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (400m)
  • 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (4x400m), silver (400m), bronze (4x100m)
  • 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships, gold (400m)
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, bronze (400m)
  • 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships, bronze (400m), silver (4x400m relay)
  • 2016 USATF Junior (U20) Championships, gold (400m)
  • 2016 Pan American Junior (U20) Championships, gold (4x400m), bronze (400m)
  • 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (4x400m)

Personal

Kendall was born on March 8, 1996 to Wanda and Samuel Ellis...She has two siblings: Courtney and Kimberly Ellis...She received a high school GPA of 4.7 while participating in clubs such as Delta GEMS and Think BIG and volunteering at the West Pembroke Pines Optimist Track Club...She also works with children as a volunteer for Coaching Corps...Her sports hero is Allyson Felix because "she is great at everything she does"...Graduated in May of 2017 with a degree in Business Administration...Lists her favorite color as gold, favorite musician as Childish Gambino, favorite movie as “Avatar” and favorite book as “Diary of An Oxygen Thief”...Says her favorite foods are pizza and chicken wings... Someday would like to travel to Dubai.

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