Gatorade 2018 - 2019: Player of the Year

Boys Track & Field - District Of Columbia

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BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Kendel Hammock

Hurdles
ARCHBISHOP CARROLL HS
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

14.16

110 meter high hurdles
“Kendel has been a changed athlete over the past year and a half. You could see it in his drive at practice. He would go through practices like he was competing at the track meets. I think the best is yet to come from Kendel.”
Malcolm Drewery
Assistant Coach Assistant coach at DeMatha High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-2, 185-pound senior won the 110-meter high hurdles at the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Championships this past season, leading the Lions to a fifth-place finish as a team. Hammock’s wind-legal, personal-best 110 hurdles time of 14.16 at New Balance Nationals Outdoor ranked No. 76 in the nation among prep competitors in 2019 at the time of his selection. Hammock also ranked in the Top 50 nationally in the 300-meter and 400-meter intermediate hurdles.

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Academic Achievement

Hammock has maintained a B average in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to compete on an athletic scholarship at Michigan State University beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Hammock has volunteered locally as a youth track coach.