2005 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kedar Inico
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Queens, NY
- High School:
- Campus Magnet
Returns for second and final season for Ducks in 2005 as league scoring threat in 200 and 400 and All-American on 4x400 relay outdoors in '04. Among collegiate returnees, stands eighth in Pac-10 and region and 39th nationally in 400 based on '04 season bests. Jumped to ninth all-time for the Ducks in the 200 with his junior season best (21.17). Is only .09 seconds shy of Oregon's all-time top-10 list in 400 with 10th at 46.83. Needs to run outdoor times of 21.19 and 47.26 in 200 and 400, respectively, to earn regional invites as a senior. Was a teammate of fellow transfer and first-year Duck middle distance runner Roderick Dotts at Barton Community College in 2001-02 and 2002-03.
2003-2004: All-American (4x400). Joined team in early weeks of outdoor season, and quickly cemented himself as one of the top members of an already heavily talented sprint corps. Helped Ducks to fourth All-America honor in 4x400 (fifth, 3:03.88) and passed three competitors early in his third leg and held position rest of way. Two days before in the prelims, the Ducks ran their second-fastest time ever to advance to NCAA final (second-heat / sixth-overall, 3:03.73) - and matched their pre-meet seeding. The squad earned their NCAA invite in the West Regional with one of four automatic invites as Inico ran an unofficial 45.4-second third-leg split (third, 3:03.93). In the first championship stop - the Pac-10 Conference finale - the unit took second (3:03.49) in a 2.51-second school record. Altogether at outdoor season’s end, the relay unit ranked seventh overall nationally at 3:03.49. Individually, he ended season with appearance in the West Regional 400 (14th-prelims, 47.28). Two weeks before in Pac-10 Championships, ran a personal best in the 200 preliminary round (second-heat, sixth-overall, 21.17, w:0.0), and ran his second-fastest 200 ever the next night in the final (sixth, 21.19, w:0.0) - four places better than his pre-meet seed. Scored for Ducks in the Pepsi Invite in mid-April both the 200 (third, 21.47) and 400 (fourth, 47.43) and ran on second-place 4x400 (3:11.38). In other home races, ran a windy then-personal best in the Oregon Invitational (third, 21.20w w:2.9), notched personal best in Oregon Twilight 400 win (46.92) and ran unattached in mid-March’s Oregon Preview (second, 47.33). Debuted with Ducks officially in 4x400 in early April’s Texas Relays (eighth, 3:08.51) with an unofficial 45.9 anchor split. In second stop as an individual, finished second in Mt. SAC Relays university section (47.15) behind teammate Travis Anderson (47.08). At season's end, honored with fellow 4x400 relay members with team’s Perry Holloman Most Improved Award with Travis Anderson, Brandon Holliday, and Matt Scherer.
Before Oregon: Competed for Barton CC in Kansas for the 2002 and 2003 track seasons, and was coached by Coach Smith. Won junior college national title indoors in 400 in 2003 (47.4) and was second outdoors (46.61, 47.20-p (second-fastest in prelims, too). Also ran on 4x400 that won indoor JC national crown in 2003 and was second outdoors (3:08.12, 3:13-10-p and third-fastest in prelims). As a freshman, he ran in the 400 prelims in the 2002 U.S. Junior National Championships (fourth-heat, -47.58) and was the first person shy of the final and missed by .03 seconds.
Prep: Owned high school indoor bests of 21.66 (200), 33.71 (300) and 47.44 (400) - the latter two led the nation his senior season, and the 200 ranked sixth nationally. He won the 2001 National Scholastic Championships national indoor title as a senior in the 400 (47.44, 47.56-p). That summer outdoors, he finished fourth in the Junior Olympics 400 (47.35, 47.13-p). He owns the New York state indoor records for juniors in the 200 (21.68) and 300 (33.98), for all classes in the 400 (47.44) from his senior season in 2001, and also led off a then-record in the indoor 4x200 (1:28.03, 21.4 split, and the fastest of the group even from a dead stop) that won the same National Scholastic final and ranked first in the nation. As a junior, he ranked top five nationally indoors in the 200 (fifth, 21.68), 300 (fourth, 33.98), 4x200 (fourth, 1:28.99) and 4x400 (third, 3:18.98), and also owned an early season 60 best of 6.62. High School (Coach): Campus Magnet (Taylor).
Personal: Sociology major.
Personal Bests
400 - 46.30-outdoors, 2003; 47.20-indoors, 2004
200 - 21.17, Pac-10 Championships, May 15, 2004
NCAA Championships Performances
2004 - 4x400-meter Relay, 5th, 3:03.88 (6th-prelim, 3:03.73)
West Regional Championships Performances
2004 - 400 meters, 14th-prelims, 47.28
Pac-10 Championship Performances
2004 - 200 meters, 6th, 21.19/21.17-p
Inico's Top Oregon Performances
200 meters
21.17 w:0.0, 2nd-heat, 6th-overall prelims, Pac-10 Championships, 5/14/04
21.19 w:0.0, 6th-final, Pac-10 Championships, 5/15/04
21.20w w:2.9, 3rd, Oregon Invitational - Twilight Session, 4/24/04
21.47 w:1.9, 3rd, Pepsi Invite, 4/10/04
400 meters
46.92, 1st, Oregon Twilight, 5/1/04
47.15, 2nd, Mt. SAC Relays University Section, 4/17/04
47.28, 14th-prelims, West Regional Championships, 5/28/04
47.33, 2nd-unattached, Oregon Preview, 3/20/04
47.43, 4th, Pepsi Invite, 4/10/04
