2021-22 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster
Biography
Won a Gold Medal and was crowned a 2022 U20 World Champion as part of Team USA's women's 4x400-meter relay team at the 2022 World Athletics U20 in August 2022 ... Turned in a time of 53.09 in the 400-meters semifinals to finish ninth overall at the 2022 World Athletics U20 in August 2022 ... Crowned the 2022 USA Track & Field U20 Outdoor 400-meters Champion, as she won the Gold Medal with a time of 52.10 at the 2022 USA Track & Field U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2022.
Honors
2022 U20 World Champion (4x400)
2022 U20 U.S. Track & Field National Champion (400-meters)
2022 NCAA Division I USTFCCCA Honorable Mention All-American (Outdoor) (400-meters)
2022 NCAA Championships Qualifier (Outdoor) (400-meters)
2022 NCAA East Preliminary Qualifier (Outdoor) (200-meters, 400-meters)
2022 All-Sun Belt First Team (Outdoor) (400-meters)
2022 Sun Belt Conference Champion (Outdoor) (400-meters)
2022 All-Sun Belt Second Team (Indoor) (200-meters, 400-meters, 4x400)
| CCU Personal Bests |
|
| Indoor |
|
| 200-meters |
24.10 |
| 400-meters |
54.66 |
| 4x400 |
3:43.97 |
| Outdoor |
|
| 100-meters |
11.72 (1.0) |
| 200-meters |
22.78 (1.9) |
| 400-meters |
51.98 |
| 4x100 |
44.20 |
| 4x400 |
3:36.25 |
MEKENZE KELLEY TFRRS PAGE
2022 (Freshman)
Outdoor Season
- A 2022 NCAA Division I USTFCCCA honorable mention All-American in the 400-meters, placing 24th overall with a time of 54.25
- A 2022 NCAA Championships qualifier in the 400-meters
- A 2022 NCAA East Preliminary qualifier in both the 200-meters and 400-meters
- Finished 11th overall in the 400-meters with a finals time of 52.07 at the NCAA East Preliminaries
- Placed 19th overall in the 200-meters with a finals time of 23.32 (0.7) at the NCAA East Preliminaries
- A 2022 All-Sun Belt first-team performer with a first place overall finish in the 400-meters with a personal-best time of 51.98 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships - her time was a CCU school-record for two weeks
- Finished runner-up in the 200-meters with a personal-best time of 22.78 (1.9) at the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships
- Picked up a win in the 100-meters with a time of 11.93 (3.3) at the Weems Baskin Relays
- Recorded a third-place finish in the 200-meters with a time of 24.08 (3.1) at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
- Finished sixth overall in the 200-meters with a time of 23.66 (-0.9) at the North Florida Collegiate Invitational
- Also posted times of 23.75 (-0.3) in the 200-meters and 52.66 in the 400-meters at the UF Tom Jones Memorial
- Turned in a season-best time of 11.72 (1.0) in the 100-meters at the USC Open, placing 15th overall
- A member of the 4x100-meter relay team that took first-place overall at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational with a time of 45.91
- Also part of the 4x100-meter relay team that crossed the finish line second overall with a time of 44.41 at the Weems Baskin Relays
- Ran one leg of the 4x100-relay unit that turned in a time of 44.20 to finish third overall at the USC Open
- Also part of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished third overall at the North Florida Collegiate Invitational (3:36.25) and the USC Open (3:39.20)
- Was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished fifth with a time of 3:49.27 at the Weems Baskin Relays
Indoor Season
- Named to the All-Sun Belt second team
- Posted a pair of runner-up finishes at the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, finishing second overall in the 400-meters with a time of 54.66 and second in the 4x400-meters relay with a time of 3:43.97
- Also finished sixth overall in the 200-meters with a time of 24.57 at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships
- Recorded a sixth-place finish in the 200-meters at the Gamecock Opener (24.54) and the 2022 Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (24.47)
- Raced to an eighth-place finish in the 400-meters at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational with a time of 56.69
- Also recorded a 10th-place finish in the 400-meters at the Doc Hale VT Elite with a time of 57.80
