2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster

Parker Kinney

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Leicester, N.C.
  • High School A.C. Reynolds

Biography

PR's
Outdoor: 200m - 21.49 ... 400m - 47.17

2025
Outdoor
  • Rounded out the top-five in competition and in the program all-time list with a personal best of 47.17 in the 400 meters and was part of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed sixth with a time of 3:17.15 at the SBC Outdoor Championships (May 8-10)
  • Placed first in the 400 meters with a time of 47.54 and posted a personal best of 21.49 to round out the top-five in the 200 meters at the App State Open (Apr. 18-19)
  • Took first in the 400 meters with a time of 47.93 and third in the 200 meters with a time of 21.61 at the LR Open (Apr. 26) 
  • Clocked a time of 47.65 in the 400 meters and was part of the 4x400-meter relay team that took eighth with a time of 3:16.97 at the Duke Invitational (Apr. 10-12)
  • Stopped the clock at 21.87 to place seventh in the 200 meters at the Mountaineer First Chance (Mar. 21)
2024
Outdoor
  • Took fifth in the 400 meters (47.38) and fifth in the 4x400-meter relay (3:12.42) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 9-11)
  • Placed first in the 400 meters (47.89) and 4x400-meter relay (3:16.02) at the App State Open (Apr. 26-27)
  • Clocked a season best of 47.23 in the 400 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 19-20)
  • Placed second in the 400 meters with a time of 48.58 at the Lenoir-Rhyne Open (Mar. 16)
  • Totaled 10 top-10 finishes on the season
2023
Outdoor 
  • Helped set the facility record in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:19.70 at the App State Open (Apr. 28-29)
  • Took sixth in the 4x400-meters with a time of 3:16.29 at the Sun Belt Championships (May 11-13)
  • Placed seventh in the 200 meters with a season best of 22.19 as well as the 400 meters with a time of 49.74 at the Bill Carson Invitational (Mar. 31-Apr. 1)
  • Recorded a season best of 48.24 in the 400 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr. 21-22)
  • Finished fifth with a time of 48.85 in the 400 meters at the Southside Power & Fitness Invitational (Apr. 14-16)
High School
  • Broke and reset the program’s 400-meter record twice 
  • Member of the record-setting 4x200-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams
  • Made appearances at the 2021-22 indoor and outdoor state championship meets
Personal
  • Son of Kelly and Chuck Kinney
  • Has one sibling: Karlie
  • Enjoys lacrosse, gaming, basketball, swimming and working out

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2024-25Junior

    Sprints
  • 2025-26Senior

    Sprints