Garrett Kennedy

Events:
Back/IM
Height:
6-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Athens, GA
High School:
Athens Academy
Squadron:
02 / Deuce

TOP TIMES:
50 Free: 20.62 (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships, Feb. 26, 2026)
100 Free: 45.48 (SMU Invite, Nov. 22, 2025)
500 Free: 4:36.35 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Feb. 29, 2024)
1650 Free: 16:09.17 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Mar. 02, 2024)
50 Back: 22.83 (Western Athletic Conference Championships, Feb. 26, 2025)
100 Back: 48.90 (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships, Feb. 27, 2026)
200 Back: 1:45.22 (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships, Feb. 28, 2026)
100 Fly: 54.99 (Art Adamson Invitational, Nov. 21, 2024)
200 IM: 1:56.59 (Art Adamson Invitational, Nov 15, 2023)
400 IM: 4:04.93 (2024 Denver First Chance, Feb 09, 2024)

JUNIOR | 2025-26: Competed in 10 meets…Helped the Falcons clinch the 2026 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title…Placed seventh in the 200 back at the MPSF Championships…Notched four personal bests on the season…Totaled 26 top five placements with 17 on the podium…Highest finish was second in the 50 back at the Colorado Sprint Championship (Jan. 31)…Ranks top ten all-time in the 200 back…All-MPSF Second Team (200 back)…Named to the Superintendent’s List…During the summer of 2026, he served as the OPS AF/SF Squadron Commander and fulfilled a support role in the Cadet Warfighter Advanced Course…Will serve as Squadron Chief of Staff and team captain during his senior year.

SOPHOMORE | 2024-25: Competed in 13 meets for Air Force…Totaled 14 top five finishes with eight on the podium…Won the 200 back against Wyoming (1:52.29)…Placed 9^th in the 200 back at the WAC Championships with a new personal best (1:46.10)…Took 13^th in the 200 back (1:47.65) at the Art Adamson Invitational…Recorded the Falcons’ top 50 backstroke time of the season (22.83)…Made the B finals at the WAC Championships in the 100 and 200 backstrokes…Named to the Superintendent’s List…Will serve as a squadron Group 1 standardization and evaluations NCOIC during his junior year…Was a CIC during Operation Air Force at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, TX and served on support during the summer of 2025.

FRESHMAN | 2023-24: Competed in 11 meets on the season…Made his collegiate debut at the Intermountain Shootout…Marked personal bests in 10 events on the season…Finished as high as third place in the 400 IM at the Denver First Chance Invite…Competed at the WAC Championships, finishing 11^th in the 200 back and 12^th in the 1650 free…Made finals in the 200 backstroke and 400 IM.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Lettered four years…Competed for Adam Sasso at Athens Academy and North Oconee…Also swam for the Athens Bulldogs Swim Club under Harvey Humphries…Named Team MVP as well as team captain…100 Backstroke State Champion…200 Backstroke State Champion…Runner up in the 500 freestyle at state…Placed third in the 200 freestyle at the state championship…GHSA Freshman Athlete of the Year winner…Finalist for All-Area Boys Swimming and Diving Player of the Year…Received Daughters of the American Revolution Youth Citizenship Award, given for honor, service, leadership, courage, and patriotism…Member of National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 02…Major is management…Hopes to become a pilot…Son of David and Paige…Has a brother and a sister...His brother serves in the Navy…Grandfather was an Air Force pilot who flew F-4s during the Vietnam War…Sister swims for Emory University in Atlanta.