Khadeja Kearney

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Churchland High
Hometown:
Portsmouth, Va.

2014 Outdoor: Recorded a PR in the 100m (12.25) at the ACC Championships ... Also notched two personal bests at the Five Team Invitational in the 100m hurdles (16.27) and 400m hurdles (1:05.44) ... Competed in the 200m dash at the Virginia Challenge, posting a time of 25.04.

2013-14 Indoor: Kearney finished sixth in the women's 60m hurdles at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala, finishing with a time of 9.09 ... Ran the 60m in 7.82 at the Hokie Invite, a personal best ... Posted two PRs at the ACC Championships in the 400m (58.46) and 4x400m relay (3:44.44) ... Also raced to a 25.51 in the 200m dash at the Doc Hale VT Elite.

2013 Outdoor: Redshirted for the outdoor season.

2012-2013 Indoor: Started off Pitt career competing at the Nittany Lion Challenge in the women's 600m run, finishing in fourteenth place with a posted time of 1:52.37 ... Competed at the Akron Invitational in the women's 400 meter dash placing ninth with a posted time of 58.88 ... Competed at the SPIRE invitational women's 200 meter dash with a posted time of 25.92.

High School: Was All-State as a freshman in the 4x400m relay ... Earned All-American honors in the sprint medley relay as a sophomore ... Was the state champion in 300-meter hurdles and qualified for states in the 100, 200, 300 and 400 meters as a junior ... Was the state runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior and the district champion in the 100 and 200 meters ... Personal bests of 42.1 in the 300-meter hurdles, 1:02.4 in the 400-meter hurdles and 56.0 in the 400-meter dash.

Personal: Daughter of Delores Wright and Lucius Kearney ... Has two older siblings, Ericka and Dominique, and one younger, Karmin ... Majoring in communications and legal studies.