Kevin Snead
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- Hometown:
- Richmond, Va.
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- Year:
- Senior
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- Events:
- Sprinter
Bio
2015-2016 (Junior): Kevin Snead inked his name in the Carson-Newman record book on a number of occasions during his first season at Mossy Creek. The dual-sport athlete was named the fastest man in college football by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association after breaking program records in the 60, 100 and 200 meter dashes over the course of both the indoor and outdoor campaigns. The sprinter reeled in All-American honors in each event during the seasons and was named C-N’s Male Newcomer of the Year at the annual Frosty Awards Ceremony to cap of the year in May of 2016.
The junior college transfer competed in the 60 meter dash during the indoor campaign for the Eagles and did so by running a program-best 6.77 seconds in the event at the UCS Invitational on Feb. 20. Snead was C-N’s first-ever automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships and finished the event with a 10th-place showing of 6.81 seconds. The successful indoor season also resulted in an All-Southeast Region selection for Snead in the 60 meter dash.
Snead carried over the good fortunes into the outdoor campaign in the spring of 2016 with two more school records in the 100 and 200 meter dashes to conclude the most successful season a Carson-Newman sprinter has ever had. The speedster stole the record in the 100 meter dash on May 15 with a 10.21 second time at the North Carolina A&T Aggie Last Chance Meet and took home the record in the 200 meter dash on April 22 with a 20.75 second time at the Jesse Owens Track & Field Classic. Snead was a Southeast Region and South Atlantic Conference champion in both events and was also named the Southeast region Track Athlete of the Year.
In the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Snead placed third in the 200 meter dash and fifth in the 100 meter sprint.
60 meter dash: 6.77 seconds
100 meter dash: 10.21 seconds
200 meter dash: 20.75 seconds
60 meter dash: 10th-place (6.81 seconds)
100 meter dash: 5th-place (20.37 seconds)
200 meter dash: 3rd-place (20.87 seconds)
EMU: 2014-15: Indoor: Ran in six meets in his first season as an Eagle…Finished seventh in the 60m dash at the MAC Championships, Feb. 27-28, in 7.06 seconds…Set a personal record of 6.91 seconds in his debut donning the Green and White at the Harvey Invitational, Jan. 21, finishing sixth…Had a season-best fifth-place finish in the 60m dash in 6.99 seconds at the Notre Dame Invitational, Jan. 24, where he also took ninth in the 200m in 22.30 seconds…
Previous School: Transferred from Pima Community College, where he played football and ran track as an Aztec…Previously played football for Mesa Community College…
High School: A football player for George Wythe High School under head coach H.S. Ingo…
Personal: Also plays football for Carson-Newman...
News mentions
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Former Carson-Newman football wide receiver and kick returner and track All-American Kevin Snead has joined the New York Giants’ minicamp for a rookie tryout.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--- For the first time in his career, Carson-Newman high jumper Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.) comes home empty handed as the junior failed to surpass the 2.02 meter opening-height bar in the event to wrap up the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships for the Eagles.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— For the second year in-a-row, Carson-Newman sprinter Kevin Snead (Richmond, Va.) nets All-American honors in the men’s 60 meter dash following an 11th-place time of 6.81 seconds in the event to begin day one of the 2017 NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships for the Eagles.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—For the third consecutive season, the Carson-Newman track and field team will have representatives at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships as sprinter Kevin Snead (Richmond, Va.) and high jumper Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.) prepare to make the voyage to Birmingham, Ala. for competition beginning Thursday morning.
NEW ORLEANS—Tyler Stepp was named the Southeast Region’s Indoor Track & Field Assistant Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season when the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the awards Tuesday afternoon.
INDIANAPOLIS—Carson-Newman received word Tuesday evening that sprinter Kevin Snead (Richmond, Va.) and high jumper Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.) will be representing the Eagles at the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, Ala. throughout the weekend of March 9-11.
NEW ORLEANS—The Carson-Newman indoor track and field team bolstered eight athletes who appeared on the 2017 Southeast Regional Indoor team when the United Stated Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the sections Monday morning.
FAIRFAX, Va.— With the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships approaching in the coming weeks, Carson-Newman sent six athletes to the George Mason Last Chance Meet Sunday afternoon with the hope that they could improve their national rankings.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—Carson-Newman will send six athletes to the George Mason Last Chance Meet Sunday afternoon in the nation’s capital with the hopes of improving their national rankings in the last week of competition before the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships kickoff on the weekend of March 2-5 in Birmingham, Ala.
WINSTON SALEM, N.C.— The Carson-Newman indoor track and field team concluded competition on the weekend at the JDL Fast track’s UCS Invitational Saturday afternoon with two top-five finishes on the men’s side on a day that sits just two weeks away from the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships.
CLEMSON, S.C.—Kevin Snead kicked off the weekend in impressive fashion with a sixth-place finish in the men’s 60 meter dash against a strong field of completion at the Tiger Paw Invitational Friday afternoon in Clemson, S.C.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—With two weeks remaining to qualify for the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, Carson-Newman coach David Needs will send sprinter Kevin Snead (Richmond, Va.) to Clemson for the Tiger Paw Invitational and the distance runners and pole vaulters to Winston Salem, N.C. for the JDL Team Challenge for a weekend pack of action.
SALEM, Va.— The Carson-Newman indoor track and field team wrapped up competition at the Roanoke College Finn Pincus Invitational Saturday afternoon claiming four first-place finishes and 11 top-10 tallies across a large of competition at one of the nation’s better track and field facilities.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.— The Carson-Newman track and field team will begin to ramp up individual efforts with hopes of improving national rankings and picking up more provisional qualifications as the Eagles send sprinter Kevin Snead (Richmond, Va.) to Clemson for the Tiger Paw Invitational and 10 more athletes to Roanoke College for the Finn Pincus Invitational for competition Friday and Saturday.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.— The Carson-Newman track and field team wrapped up a busy week of competition Saturday afternoon as five Eagles competed in the 200 meter dash at the Camel City Invitational in Winston Salem, N.C. while the rest took part in events at the David E. Walker Kickoff Classic in the Tri-Cities.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.— In day one of a split-squad weekend, the Carson-Newman track and field team sent representatives to both the ETSU David E Walker Invitational and the JDL Camel City Classic with hopes of garnering more national qualifiers.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.— Following a two-week layoff, the Carson-Newman indoor track and field team will be in action Friday as the Eagles split their squad between both the JDL Camel City Invitational and the East Tennessee State Invitational for competition over the weekend.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.— Carson-Newman track and field coach David Needs released his team’s 2016-17 indoor season slate earlier Monday morning which featured five treks to the Tar Heel State with three more to The Old Dominion.
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