Mary Kenney-Season-Career Results
2024: INDOOR: Competed in five meets, recording two wins … competed at the MIAC Indoor Championships, setting career-bests in the 3000 (10:40.31) and the 5000 (18:26.88) ... won the 3000 at the CSB/SJU Alumni Meet with a time of 10:54.15 … set a career-best of 5:28.27 in the mile at the Gopher Classic … won the 3000 at the St. Olaf Tostrud Classic with a time of 10:43.17.
2023: OUTDOOR: Competed in seven meets, recording five top-8 finishes … competed in the MIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, taking 7th place in the 3000 steeplechase and setting a career-best time of 11:46.65 … took 4th place in the 3000 steeplechase at the Wartburg Outdoor Select with a time of 12:14.98 … recorded a 1500-meter career-best of 5:08.00 at the St. Thomas Tomcat Invitational … finished in 3rd place at the Norse Invite with a 3000 steeplechase time of 12:12.73 … took 3rd at the Running on Hope Invitational with a 5000-meter time of 19:03.83 … recorded a 2nd place finish in the 3000 steeplechase at the St. Thomas Joe Sweeney Invitational with a time of 12:07.26 … INDOOR: Competed in six meets, recording four top-8 finishes … competed in the MIAC Indoor Multi Championships, setting career-bests in both the 3000-meter (11:03.96) and the 5000-meter (19:00.84) ... set a career-best in the mile at the CSB/SJU Alumni Meet with a 3rd place time of 5:36.77 … took 6th place at the Gopher Classic with a 3000-meter time of 11:11.24 … finished in 2nd place in the 5000-meter race at the CSB/SJU Invitational with a time of 19:06.37 … took fourth in the 3000-meter at the St. Olaf Tostrud Classic with a time of 11:08.97.
High School: A 2022 graduate from East Ridge High School in Minnesota, Kenney was on the cross country and Nordic skiing teams for seven seasons and on the track and field team for four seasons. Her awards for cross country include, Rookie of the Year Award (2016), Most Improved Award (2017), Most Team Spirit Award (2019,2020,2021). Her awards for Nordic Skiing include, Most Improved (2019), MVP Award (2020,2021,2022), and track and field, Young Raptor Award (2019). The proudest moment of her career so far was getting second place and a new PR at the Nike Cross Regional Meet during her sophomore year of high school.
Personal: The daughter of Anne and Ray Kenney, both alumni from CSB/SJU, Mary has three siblings; Maggie, Michael, and Erin, who also attended CSB. In her free time, Mary enjoys reading, knitting, and being outside. She is a nursing major, and she likes being a collegiate student-athlete because she enjoys being a part of a welcoming team.
