Madison Kennedy
Madison Kennedy
Madison Kennedy
Madison Kennedy
A five-event All-American in high school while competing as a part of the boys swimming program, Madison has represented the United States at three world championship meets, winning seven world championship medals in her career, including four golds. She swam four times at the U.S. Olympic Trials, finishing as high as third in the 50-meter freestyle in 2016. At Avon High, Madison was recognized by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association as an All-American five times in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle in 2003 and the 50 free, 100 free and 200 individual medley (IM) in 2004. She set school records in five events (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly) while at Avon and as of her induction, she still holds the record in four of these events. As a freshman in 2002 and again in 2003, she earned points for the Falcons at the CIAC Class S championship meet. In her college career, Madison swam two years at Rutgers before going to Cal-Berkley for two seasons, where she earned All-American honors in nine events. She set school records in the 50 freestyle at both schools, with her Rutgers record finally falling in 2021. She graduated from Cal-Berkley in 2010. After college, Madison continued to compete on the national and international stage. She won the national championship in the 50 freestyle in 2015 and was second in the 50 free at the 2018 Winter Nationals. Madison won a gold medal at the 2014 world championships in Qatar on the U.S. 200 meter (4x50) mixed freestyle relay team that set a new world record that stood for three years. She also finished fourth in the 50 free. At the 2016 world championships in Canada, Madison was part of the American team that won a gold medal in the women’s 400-meter (4x100) freestyle relay team and brought home a bronze medal in the 50 freestyle. At the 2018 world championships in China where she was captain of the U.S. women’s team, Madison won gold medals swimming on the 200-meter (4x50) women’s freestyle relay and the 200 (4x50) mixed freestyle relay. She also represented the United States in the Pan-American Games three times (2011, 2015, 2019). She won a gold medal in the 400-meter mixed relay in 2019 along with two bronze medals in the 50 freestyle in 2011 and 2019. For the past three seasons (2019, 2020, 2021), Madison has competed for D.C. Trident in the International Swimming League (ISL). Madison and her husband, Eric, live in Charleston, South Carolina.