Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor
400 Meters: 48.79 (2010 Penn State National)
Outdoor
200 Meters: 21.24 (2012 NSU Relays)
400 Meters: 48.42 (2010 MEAC OD)

2011-12: Indoor: Ran a season-best 400-meter time of 49.55 seconds to place eighth at the Hokie Invitational … also a staple of NSU’s 4x400 relay team … helped the Spartans clock a season-best relay time of 3:10.66 for a second-place finish at the Tyson Invitational … helped NSU win the 4x400 relay at Penn State (3:11.84) … ran the third leg on the MEAC Indoor Championship meet-record setting team that captured a gold medal (3:14.24). Outdoor: Ran a 200-meter PR of 21.24 seconds to take sixth place at the NSU relays … also placed fourth in the 400 meters at the same event (49.31) … clocked a 21.34 at the MEAC Outdoor Championships, good for 14th place out of 22 competitors … part of NSU’s 4x400 relay team which ran a Division I school record of 3:06.87 to place fifth at the Florida Relays and qualified for the East Preliminary Round.

2010-11: Indoor: Season-best 400 time was 48.97 at Kent State’s Doug Raymond Invitational, where he finished in fourth place … ran the 400m leg on NSU’s first-place MEAC Indoor Championship distance medley relay team (10:17.17) … also helped the DMR place eighth at Penn State in a season-best time of 10:02.52 … also ran a leg on NSU’s fourth-place 4x400 relay team which placed fourth at the Tyson Invitational. Outdoor: Helped the 4x400 relay team to a season-best time of 3:10.06, good for 13th at the Florida Relays … best 400m time was 49.49 at Sea Ray Relays.

2009-10: Indoor: Won the 400 at Maryland (50.43)…ran in indoor season-best of 48.79 at Penn State, placing sixth…also the Spartans anchor on the 4x400 relay, Smith helped the team finish third at Penn State in a season-best time of 3:10.86…also ran on the fourth place 4x400 team at the MEAC Championship (3:18.71)…placed eighth in the individual 400m at the MEAC indoor meet (49.41). Outdoor: Helped the Spartans to a second-place finish in the 4x400 at the Sea Ray Relays (season-best 3:08.99)…Smith also ran a time of 48.46 in the 400 to take 12th place at the same meet...ran a season-best time of 48.42 to place 11th at the MEAC Outdoor Championship…ran the anchor on both the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams at the conference outdoor meet.

High School: Played two years of football and one of soccer…did not run track until his senior season…was a first-team Daily Press All-Star in the 4x400 relay during indoor and outdoor seasons…second-team Daily Press All-Star in the 300 (indoor) and 400 (outdoor)…finished second in the district and was a state qualifier in the 400 meters.

Personal: Kenneth Dewayne Smith was born on April 24, 1991…son of Kenneth and Camilla Smith…majoring in mass communications.