2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
2015 (Sophomore): Southland Conference All-Academic Team ... Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll ... Finished fourth indoors and outdoors in the pole vault at the Southland Conference Championships ... Reached a personal best height of 13-1.75 (4.01m) outdoors and 12-2.75 (3.73m) indoors ... Indoor season best height of 12-9.5 (3.90m) was good for fourth place at Texas A&M ... Went on to place second in PV at Texas Tech Masked Rider Open and third at the school's Red Raider Open ... Began outdoor season with PV victory at McMurry's War Hawk Classic, reaching a height of 12-5.5 (3.80m) ... PV runner-up at ACU's Wes Kittley Invitational ... Third-place in PV at Texas Tech Outdoor Open and Oklahoma's John Jacobs Invitational.
2014 (Freshman): Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll ... Placed sixth in the outdoor pole vault at the Southland Conference Championships with a height of 12-2 (3.71m) ... Winner of the outdoor PV at Oklahoma's John Jacobs Invitational, reaching a season best height of 12-2.5 (3.72m) ... Won indoor PV title at Texas Tech's Red Raider Open (12.75 | 3.85m) and took first outdoors at McMurry's War Hawk Classic (12-0 | 3.66m) ... Placed 10th at the indoor conference championships with a height of 11-5 (3.48m).
High School: Graduated in 2013 from Wylie High School in Abilene ... Four-time state qualifier in track and field (100 hurdles as frosh, vault as soph-jr-sr) ... Three-time regional qualifier in both hurdle events ... Finished sixth three times at state meet with 11’0” as sophomore in 2011, 10’6” as junior in 2012 and 11’0” as senior in 2013 ... Top marks include 14.6 and 45.1 in hurdle events and 11’3” in vault ... Member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Given name is McKenzie Lynn Walker ... Born 08 April 1994 in Tulsa, Okla. ... Daughter of Glynn and Lisa Walker ... Nursing major ... Married in the summer of 2015.
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