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Kendell Wiles

Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Blacksburg, Va.
Position:
Sprints/Middle Distance

2016-17 (R-SOPHOMORE): Indoor: claimed a top-5 spot in the 500m dash with a time of 1:14.20 in the Hoosier Open… runner-up finisher in the 400m dash against Tennessee… won the 600m dash against Purdue… member of the winning 4x400m relay team against Purdue, the Gladstein Invite, the IU Relays and the Hoosier Hills Invite… secured fourth in the Invitational section of the 400m dash at the Gladstein Invite… took first in the 600m dash at the IU Relays and the 400m dash at the Hoosier Hills Invite… crossed ninth at the Meyo Invite in the 800m run… took bronze in the 600m dash at the Big Ten Championships with a season-best time of 1:28.81… was an alternate for the DMR at the NCAA Championships. Outdoor: started the season with a victory in the 800m run at the Pac-12 v Big Ten Challenge… placed 16^th at the Tennessee Relays in the 800m run… second leg of the winning DMR team at the Tennessee Relays… added another top-5 finish in the 800m at the Louisville Invite with a time of 2:09.21… leadoff leg for the school record 4x800m relay team at the Penn Relays… crossed third at the ISU Twilight in the 800m… claimed 16^th at the Big Ten Championships in the 800m run.

2015-16 (R-FRESHMAN): Indoor: Finished third in the 800m run at the Tennessee Duals… closed strong to earn a victory against Purdue in the 600m run… victorious in the 400m dash at the Gladstein Invitational… captured her second win in the 600m run at the Indiana Relays… finished second to Molly Ludlow at the Hoosier Hills in the 600m run… point scorer at the Big Ten Championships in the 600m run. Outdoor: ran the seventh best 400m dash time at the PAC-12 v. Big Ten Challenge… finished 12^th in the 800m run at the Tiger Track Classic… member of winning 4x400m relay team at the Big Ten vs. ACC Challenge, fifth place finish in the individual 400m dash… ran a season best time of 2:07.90 in a fourth place finish in the 800m against Purdue… took 21^st at the Big Ten Championships in the 800m run.

2014-15 (FRESHMAN): Cross Country: Redshirted. Indoor: Ran a season-best of 1:33.90 in the 600m run to finish in 11^th place at the Meyo Invitational. Outdoor: ran a season-best in the 800m run to finish in fifth-place at the Billy Hayes Invitational…ran a season-best of 55.90 in the 400m dash to finish in seventh-place at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

PREP: Lettered all four years in indoor and outdoor track and field at Blacksburg High School in Blacksburg, Va...Three time state champion including the 2014 400 and 2013 & 2014 indoor 500...Part of relay team to win indoor state championship in the 4X400-meter relay and state championship in 4X800-meter relay...was a state runner-up in the 300m...New Balance Nationals freshman champion and record setter...Holds school record for 200m, 300m, 400m and 500m...team indoor state champion in 2011, 2012, 2014, outdoor state champions in 2014 and cross country state champions in 2014...state records for 500m in 2013, 500m in 2014, 4X400-meter relay in 2014, 400m in 2014 and 4X800-meter relay in 2014...First team Timesland from 2011-14 and national sprint medley relay runner-up in 2011...holds personal records of 1:14.20 (500), 56.31 (400) and 40.63 (300)...also played two years of volleyball in high school.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Charley and Andrea Wiles...born February 17, 1996...father is a football coach at Virginia Tech... has one brother Eric, who is a freshman in high school.