University of Tennessee Athletics
2024-25 Track & Field Roster
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Sweeney, Kayla
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Kayla Sweeney
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- McDonough, Ga.
- High School:
- Howard
- Previous School:
- Coastal Carolina
Bio
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- 60m: 7.46 (2023)
- 200m: 23.92 (2023)
Outdoor Track
- 100m: 11.42 (2023)
- 200m: 23.41 (2023)
HONORS
- 2023-24 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
- 2023 Outdoor Sun Belt Silver Medalist - 4x100m Relay
- 2022 Outdoor USTFCCCA First Team All-American - 4x100m Relay
- 2022 Outdoor Sun Belt Champion - 4x100m Relay
- 2021 Outdoor Sun Belt Champion - 4x100m Relay
2024 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Competed at the Desert Heat Classic (4/27), running times of 11.78 and 24.89 in the 100 and 200-meter dashes, respectively
- Ran a time of 11.60 in the 100-meter dash at the USC Outdoor Open (4/20)
- Helped lead the Lady Vols 4x400 relay to a first place finish with a time of 3:39.22 at the Tennessee Invite (4/6)
- Ran a season-best time of 23.85 in the 200-meter dash at the Tennessee Invite (4/5), earning a first place finish
- Competed at the LSU Battle on the Bayou with a time of 24.36 in the 200-meter dash (3/30) and 11.68 in the 100-meter dash (3/30)
- Collected a second place finish in the 200-meter dash at the Music City Challenge (2/10) with a time of 24.07
- Competed at the Bob Pollock Invitational (1/27) with a time of 24.28 in the 200-meter dash
- Ran a time of 7.68 in the 60-meter dash at the Ted Nelson Invite (1/20)
- Made her Tennessee debut in the Gamecock Opener (1/13) where she collected a first place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.61 as well as running a time of 24.74 in the 200-meter dash
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Spent the first three years of her collegiate career at Coastal Carolina before transferring to Tennessee in the fall of 2023
- Member of three consecutive medal-winning 4x100-meter relay teams at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships, including back-to-back conference titles in 2021 and 2022
- Earned First Team All-America status in the 4x100-meter relay in 2022, running the leadoff leg as CCU finished eighth in the NCAA final with a time of 43.78
- Scored 10 points individually at the 2023 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships, placing fourth in both the 100-meter (11.42, PR) and 200-meter (23.41w) finals
- Logged her 200-meter PR at the 2023 UNF East Coast Relays with a wind-legal clocking of 23.41
- Placed second and third in the 200- and 100-meter dashes, respectively, at the 2023 Weems Baskin Relays with times of 23.79 and 11.69
- Tallied four points for Coastal Carolina at the 2023 Sun Belt Indoor Championships, placing eighth in the 60m (7.49) and sixth in the 200m (23.92, indoor PR)
- Posted her indoor 60-meter PR at the 2023 Carolina Challenge with time of 7.46 to finish second overall
- Claimed a fifth-place finish as a freshman at the 2021 Sun Belt Indoor Championships with a time of 24.64 in the 200-meter final
HIGH SCHOOL
- Competed for Howard High School in Macon, Georgia
- Finished second and third, respectively, in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes as a junior at the 2019 GHSA 4A State Championships
- Ranked seventh in the state of Georgia and 103rd nationally with her high school 100-meter best of 11.75 during the 2019 outdoor season
- Earned All-State honors as a sophomore with a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter dash at the 2018 GHSA 4A State Championships
Everything Orange S2 | Sarah Schmitt (Track & Field)
Thursday, April 17
Track & Field | 400m Hurdles Feature
Wednesday, May 22
Track & Field | Tennessee Invite Recap
Wednesday, April 10
Track & Field | Battle on the Bayou Recap
Saturday, March 30
