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2025-26 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster

AJ McKay Jr.

  • Class Senior
  • Event Jumps
  • Hometown Flanders, N.J.
  • High School Mt. Olive

Biography

    CCU Personal Bests     
 Outdoor
 Long Jump     7.13m (+1.3)    
 Triple Jump    15.08m (-1.4)


AJ MCKAY JR. TFRRS PAGE


2025 (Junior)
Outdoor Season
  • Participated in five meets 
  • Finished 10th in the triple jump at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship (14.25 meters)
  • Fifth-place finish in the triple jump at the Charlotte Invitational (14.53 meters)
  • Finished third in the triple jump at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge (14.50 meters)
2024 (Sophomore)
Outdoor Season
  • Fifth-place finish in the triple jump at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship (14.88 meters)
  • Finished third in the triple jump at the USC Outdoor Open (15.18 meters)
  • Recorded personal-best mark of 7.13 meters in the long jump at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
  • Won the triple jump at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge (14.32 meters)

2023 (Freshman)
Outdoor Season
  • Competed in three meets during the outdoor season
  • Won the triple jump event with a personal-best mark of 15.08 meters (-1.4) at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge
  • His mark of 15.08 meters was the second-best in CCU history for the triple jump and ranked fourth overall in the Sun Belt for the season
  • Finished fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 14.80 (-1.3) meters at the Weems Baskin Relays
  • Also posted a personal-best mark of 6.75 (-2.4) meters in the long jump event at the Weems Baskin Relays, finishing 13th overall
  • Finished 11th overall in the long jump event with a distance of 6.75 (2.3) meters at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational

High School
  • A multi-sport letterwinner at Mt. Olive High School in New Jersey
  • Lettered in track & field and football
  • Ranked in the top 40 nationally in the triple jump in the state of New Jersey
  • Was the MVP for the track & field team in 2021
  • Was an all-state, all-district, and all-county selection in track & field in 2021
  • Broke the school record in the triple jump event multiple times with his final record being 48'7" at the Morris Hills High School meet
  • Broke the Group IV Sectional Championship meet record in the triple jump with a mark of 48'1"
  • Completed the triple crown with wins in the long jump, triple jump, and high jump events at the Sectional Championships
  • Was nominated to play in the East-West All-Star Game in football, but the game was canceled due to COVID-19
  • Was named the team MVP for the football team in 2021 while playing wide receiver and free safety
  • Was an all-state, all-district, and all-county selection in football in 2021
  • Broke the school record for the most receiving yards in a game with 206 versus Morris Knolls High School in October 2021
  • Helped lead his football team to a tie for the conference championship in 2021
  • As an older sister named Veronica
  • Born in Ridgewood, N.J.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Jumps
    6'1" 165 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Jumps
    6'1" 165 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    Jumps
    6'1" 165 lbs
  • 2025-26Senior

    Jumps
    6'1" 165 lbs