2022-2023 Track and Field Roster
Kennedy Sauder
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Lauderhill, Fla.
- Prev School:
- Calvary Christian Academy
NCAA Division I All-America Honors (3)
2022 Indoor High Jump - T-13th (Second Team)
2022 Outdoor High Jump - T-15th (Second Team)
2023 Indoor High Jump - 15th (Second Team)
ASUN Individual Titles (3)
2022 Indoor High Jump
2022 Outdoor High Jump
2023 Indoor High Jump
All-ASUN Honors (3)
2022 Indoor High Jump - 1st
2022 Outdoor High Jump - 1st
2023 Indoor High Jump - 1st
2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Tied for 15th in the NCAA high jump final to become a second team All-American. He became the first Liberty freshman ever to earn All-America honors at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships and the only freshman men's high jumper to collect indoor and outdoor All-America accolades in 2022.
• ASUN Men's Most Outstanding Freshman after winning the ASUN men's high jump title
• Won the high jump at his first outdoor collegiate meet (Virginia Challenge) while tying the Liberty record of 7-1
• Claimed back-to-back ASUN Men's Freshman of the Week honors on April 27 and May 4
• VaSID Men's Field Rookie of the Year
• VaSID First Team All-State (jumps)
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Earned second team All-America honors after clearing 7-0.5 to tie for 13th place at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships
• ASUN Men's Most Outstanding Freshman thanks to his winning high jump clearance of 7-4.25 which set Liberty, ASUN, meet and facility records
• Cleared a meet-record 7-2.5 to win the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational high jump
• First collegiate high jump competition was a victory at the Virginia Tech Invitational where he matched the existing program record of 7-1.5
• Twice swept the ASUN Men's Field Athlete and Freshman of the Week honors (Jan. 19 & Feb. 16)
• VaSID Men's Field Rookie of the Year
• VaSID First Team All-State (jumps)
Prep
• Graduated from Calvary Christian Academy
• Ranked No. 3 nationally among high schoolers in 2021 with a 7-1.75 high jump clearance
• Florida 2A state high jump champion in 2021 after taking third place in 2019
• Also placed fifth in the triple jump at the 2021 Florida 2A state meet
• Other top marks included 23-6.25 (long jump) and 48-0.75 (triple jump)
Personal
• Son of Douglas and Suzanne Sauder
• Birthday is Sept. 6
• Sport management major
