Delano Kennedy
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| Born | 3 February 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 44.91 (Kingston, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Delano Kennedy (born 3 February 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter.[1]
Early life
He was educated in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica at the Edwin Allen High School where he was coached by Leon Powell.[2][3]
Career
He won a silver medal for Jamaica in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[4][5] He was the fastest qualifier with a personal best 45.49 seconds in the individual 400 metres race at the championships, but was disqualified from the final after a false start.[6]
In March 2023, he ran a 45.27 personal best in the 400m finals at Jamaica’s High School Championships, held at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.[7] Competing at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in Costa Rica, he won a gold medal in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay.[8]
He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[9][10] On 7 June 2025, he ran a 400 metres personal best of 45.22 seconds at the Racers Grand Prix, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting, in Kingston, Jamaica.[11] He reached the final of the 400 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in June 2025 with a personal best of 44.97 seconds, before going faster in the final to finish second in 44.91 seconds.[12][13]
References
- ^ "Delano Kennedy". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Jacks, Bradley (30 March 2023). "Edwin Allen's Delano Kennedy (45.27), Holmwood Technical's Rickiann Russell (51.26) run personal bests to win 400m titles at ISSA Boys and Girls Championships". Sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Lawrence, Hubert (30 March 2023). "No false-start concerns for 400 favourite Kennedy". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "U20s face setbacks, speedsters in the mood". Jamaica Gleaner. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Men's 4x400m relay final". World Athletics. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Lawrence, Hubert (16 January 2023). "Kennedy – Not looking back at Cali calamity". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (8 March 2023). "Record-Breaking Performances by Kennedy and Russell at Champs". Track Alerts. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "NACAC U23 Championships". World Athletics. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (24 April 2025). "Blake Is Back! Thompson, Fraser-Pryce, and Jackson Headline Jamaica's World Relays Team". Track Alerts. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Thompson and Broadbell shine at Racers Grand Prix". World Athletics. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Cowan, Sherdon (27 June 2025). "Pryce, Powell lead charge into 400m finals at National Champs". Sportamax. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ Levy, Leighton (30 June 2025). "Rusheen McDonald Silences Doubters With First National 400m Title, Eyes Record Run". Sportamax. Retrieved 30 June 2025.