Kenrick Smith grew up in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia, where he tried just about every sport. He competed in everything from swimming to rugby. At North Penn High School, he concentrated on football and track and field. He was an All-League Wide Receiver in football. All-League in javelin and also Honorable Mention All-State for the 4x400m relay team on the track - all in his senior year.
Upon graduating from North Penn, Kenrick attended Widener University from 1998-2002, graduating in 2002 with a degree in Civil Engineering. In his spare time, he played Varsity football and ran indoor and outdoor track for his freshman and sophomore years. He also had a love for power lifting and staying in the best shape he could. While at Widener, he was recruited to swim but he decided to concentrate more on his new sport, rugby. Kenrick played rugby for Widener University during his junior and senior years and led the Pioneers to their first appearance in the National Collegiate Playoffs for Division II. He also played for the Regional Collegiate Rugby All-Star Team in 2000-2002 during which time he received an invitation to try out for the National Collegiate All Star Team for two consecutive years.
After graduating from Widener, he partnered with his father's construction company and started working in the field. During this time, Kenrick put all his athletic aspirations on hold. During his sporting hiatus, Kenrick married his college sweetheart and started a family. In 2009 he became a project engineer/project estimator with the company. With this new opportunity at work, he found more time and energy to try something new. He decided to dabble in triathlons. Kenrick held his own at the first race (even with a flat about 2 1/2 miles from T2) but progressively got better as the summer went on. Kenrick was instantly hooked and completed two sprint races and one Olympic distance race in his first season.
He quickly realized that he wanted to change directions from a profession standpoint and wanted to do something with in the sport of triathlon. Over the years of racing, competing on the sports biggest stages and traveling all over the world he decided he wanted to coach athletes so they could also experience the great things that endurance sports had provided for him. With an approach of coaching from his experiences and taking what he learned from all the coaches he had through out his life he put a collective coaching philosophy together from all the great coaches that had impacted his life and athletic career. He coaches with the goal to make his athletes faster and stronger but sometimes even more important than that is to bring balance into their lives, make them stronger individuals and make them even better people.
Kenrick has been a certified USA Triathlon Certified Coach since 2013, a Certified USA Track Field Coach since 2016 and a Certified USA Weightlifting Coach since 2020. He enjoys working with athletes of different ability levels and has been fortunate enough to work with athletes from all over the country. He is constantly learning as a coach and trying to make himself a better coach. He is a student of coaching and all athletics.
Upon graduating from North Penn, Kenrick attended Widener University from 1998-2002, graduating in 2002 with a degree in Civil Engineering. In his spare time, he played Varsity football and ran indoor and outdoor track for his freshman and sophomore years. He also had a love for power lifting and staying in the best shape he could. While at Widener, he was recruited to swim but he decided to concentrate more on his new sport, rugby. Kenrick played rugby for Widener University during his junior and senior years and led the Pioneers to their first appearance in the National Collegiate Playoffs for Division II. He also played for the Regional Collegiate Rugby All-Star Team in 2000-2002 during which time he received an invitation to try out for the National Collegiate All Star Team for two consecutive years.
After graduating from Widener, he partnered with his father's construction company and started working in the field. During this time, Kenrick put all his athletic aspirations on hold. During his sporting hiatus, Kenrick married his college sweetheart and started a family. In 2009 he became a project engineer/project estimator with the company. With this new opportunity at work, he found more time and energy to try something new. He decided to dabble in triathlons. Kenrick held his own at the first race (even with a flat about 2 1/2 miles from T2) but progressively got better as the summer went on. Kenrick was instantly hooked and completed two sprint races and one Olympic distance race in his first season.
He quickly realized that he wanted to change directions from a profession standpoint and wanted to do something with in the sport of triathlon. Over the years of racing, competing on the sports biggest stages and traveling all over the world he decided he wanted to coach athletes so they could also experience the great things that endurance sports had provided for him. With an approach of coaching from his experiences and taking what he learned from all the coaches he had through out his life he put a collective coaching philosophy together from all the great coaches that had impacted his life and athletic career. He coaches with the goal to make his athletes faster and stronger but sometimes even more important than that is to bring balance into their lives, make them stronger individuals and make them even better people.
Kenrick has been a certified USA Triathlon Certified Coach since 2013, a Certified USA Track Field Coach since 2016 and a Certified USA Weightlifting Coach since 2020. He enjoys working with athletes of different ability levels and has been fortunate enough to work with athletes from all over the country. He is constantly learning as a coach and trying to make himself a better coach. He is a student of coaching and all athletics.