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2020-21 Track & Field / XC Roster

Profile

  • Jumps/Multis
    Position
  • Redshirt Junior
    Class
  • Memphis, Tenn.
    Hometown
  • Whitehaven
    High School
KNOXVILLE, TN - JANUARY 07, 2021 - Kiara Rhodes of the Tennessee Volunteers headshot taken in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Caleb Jones/Tennessee Athletics
Kiara Rhodes
Jumps/Multis
Position
Redshirt Junior
Class
Memphis, Tenn.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

SEC Graduate Patch

Personal Records

Indoor Track

  • 800m: 2:24.94 (2020)
  • 60mH: 8.24 (2020)
  • High Jump: 1.71m (2020)
  • Long Jump: 5.90m (2020)
  • Shot Put: 10.40m (2021)
  • Pentathlon: 3,975 points (2020)

Outdoor Track

  • 200m: 24.41 (2019)
  • 800m: 2:23.45 (2019)
  • 100mH: 13.44 (2021)
  • High Jump: 1.68m (2019)
  • Long Jump: 5.84m (2019)
  • Shot Put: 10.21m (2021)
  • Javelin: 32.79m (2021)
  • Heptathlon: 5,405 points (2021)

SEC Scoring

Indoor Track

  • 2021 - Pentathlon - 8th - 3,770 points

Outdoor Track

  • 2021 - Heptathlon - 8th - 5,405 points

2021 TRACK & FIELD

Indoor
  • Had three top-10 performances in the pentathlon at the SEC Championships (2/25), finishing fourth in the 800-meter (2:25.21), fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.46) and ninth in the long jump (5.49m / 18-0.25)
  • Scored at a conference meet for the first time in her career with 3,770 points in the pentathlon, placing eighth at the SEC Championships (2/25)
  • Placed third overall with 3,765 points in the pentathlon at the Hokie Invitational (1/22)
  • Opened her senior season with a win in the 60m hurdles, running a time of 8.47 in the final at the Commodore Indoor (1/16)
Outdoor 
  • Ceased a win in the 4x400-meter relay at the Tennessee Challenge (5/1), combining with teammates Vanessa Watson, Britton Wilson and Allison Rand for a season-best time of 3:38.18
  • Finished third in the 100-meter hurdles with a new personal-record of 13.51 at the Tennessee Challenge (5/1), moving her up to No. 7 on the program's all-time list
  • Earned a personal-best in the women's long jump at the Clark Wood Open (4/23), logging a mark of 5.85m (19-2.5)
  • Recorded a new personal-best in the women's javelin throw, placing third with a mark of 30.61m (100-5) at the Tennessee Relays (4/9)
  • Finished second in the heptathlon at the Tennessee Relays (4/9) with a total of 5.223 points
  • Opened her outdoor season with second and third place finishes in the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays at the Tiger Track Classic (3/20), combining with teammates to run times of 45.20 and 3:38.86 that both ranked fourth nationally 

2020 TRACK & FIELD

Indoor
  • Ran a time of 8.30 in the 60-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships (2/28), placing 15th overall
  • Added a centimeter to her personal-best in the long jump with a leap of 5.90m (19-4.25) at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/14)
  • Helped the Lady Vols run a season-best 3:36.71 in the 4x400-meter relay, placing 8th at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/15)
  • Finished her first pentathlon of the year with a personal-best 3,975 points, the No. 4 total in program history, at the Texas Tech Invitational (1/30)
  • Posted PRs in the 800m (2:25.35), high jump (1.71m) and shot put (10.05m) at the Texas Tech Invite (1/30)
  • Clocked a time of 8.24 in the 60m hurdles at Virginia Tech (1/17), the No. 6 mark in Tennessee history
  • Recorded a new PR in the long jump (5.89m) and tied her PR in the high jump (1.67m) at the Virginia Tech Invite (1/18)

Outdoor

  • Did not compete, as the 2020 outdoor track & field season was canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis

2019 TRACK & FIELD

Indoor
  • Finished ninth in the pentathlon with 3,690 points at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/22)
  • Recorded a personal-best in the pentathlon with 3,726 points and a first-place finish at the Carolina Challenge (2/2) 
  • Competed in three events at the Hokie Invitational (1/19), including a sixth-place finish in the 60m (8.50), 12th in the 4x400 relay (4:07.77) and 19th in the shot put (9.93m/32-7)
  • Finished fourth in the long jump with a leap of 5.72m (18-9.25) at the Indiana vs. Tennessee Duals (1/5) 
Outdoor
  • Ran a personal-best in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.68 at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11) along with a ninth-place finish in the heptathlon with 5,034 points 
  • Competed in the shot put at the War Eagle Invitational (4/20) and finished 25th with a throw of 9.02m (29-7.25)
  • Finished fifth in the heptathlon with a personal-best of 5,271 points at the Tennessee Relays (4/12) 
  • Competed in four events at the Stanford Invitational (3/30), including a personal-best leap in the long jump with a mark of 5.84m (19-2), along with seventh in the 100m hurdles (13.88), 17th in the 200m (24.58), and 15th in the javelin (24.27m/79-7)
  • Recorded a personal-best in the shot put with a throw of 9.99m (32-9.5), along with a fourth-place finish in the 100m hurdles (13.92) and sixth in the 4x100 relay (46.56), at the Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge (3/23)

2018 TRACK & FIELD

Indoor
  • Competing at Tiger Paw Invite (2/9), placed 22nd in the 60m hurdles (8.48), 39th in the 200m (25.18) and 39th in the long jump (4.67m)
  • Took 22nd in the 200m with a PR of 25.04 at Clemson's Bob Pollock Invitational (1/27)
  • Finished eighth in the pentathlon at the Clemson Invitational (1/19), compiling 3199 points
  • Took fifth place in the 60m hurdles with time of 8.56 at the UAB Vulcan Invite (1/13)
  • At Indiana-Tennessee Dual (1/6), took third in the 60m hurdles (8.65) and sixth in the 200m (25.49)
  • Made indoor season debut at Hoosier Open (12/8), placing fourth in the 60m hurdles in 8.47
Outdoor
  • Set a personal best score of 4,754 points in the heptathlon at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11), finishing in ninth place
  • Placed eighth at the Tennessee Relays (4/12) in the heptathlon with a total score of 4,613 points

PERSONAL

  • Majoring in Kinesiology
  • Recipient of the Gordon J. Wilder Scholarship