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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Nixon McKenzie

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fairfield, Calif.
  • Previous School Armijo
  • College Columbia College

Biography

2022-23 (Senior): (XC) Ran a personal best 8k time of 29:32.3 at the Mets XC Championships (Oct. 7) finishing in 19th place … ((ITF): Finished second in the Rutgers Holiday Classic mile competition at a time of 4:25.26 (Dec. 2) … Earned 1st in 4x800m and 3rd in 800m at the 2023 Dartmouth v. Columbia v. Yale meet (Jan. 21) … Clocked a time of 1:21.79 at the Scarlet Knight Open in the 600m (Feb. 3-4) … Competed in the Ivy League Hep Indoor Championships (Feb. 25-26) in both the 800m and 4x800m … Earned a time of 7:34.17 in the 4x800m, placing 4th and with a time of 1:55.36 in the 800m, placing 15th … (OTF): Ran in the 800m at the 2023 Colonial Relays, finishing 17th overall with a time of 1:56.98 (Mar. 30-Apr. 1)

2021-22 (Junior): (XC) Did not finish any events ... (ITF) Ran the second leg in the 4x800m squad that finished first with a time of 7:42.90 at the Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia (Jan. 22) ... Finished fifth in the 600m at the Rutgers Open (Feb. 11-12) with a time of 1:21.73 ... Posted a PR in the 1,000m with a time of 2:30.30 to finish seventh at the Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia meet ... Clocked a seventh-place finish in the 800m with a time of 1:54.23 at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 26-27) ... Ran a PR in the 800m at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Mar. 4-6) with a time of 1:52.43 ... (OTF) Opened outdoor season with a time of 4:05.89 in first career 1,500m at the Monmouth Track & Field Season Opener (Mar. 25-26) ... Ran the 800m in 1:59.29 at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 7-8).

2020-21 (Sophomore): Season canceled (COVID-19).

2019-20 (First-Year): (XC) Did not start in any races during the season. (Indoor) Opened college campaign running the second leg of the first-place finishing 4x800-Meter Relay squad that clocked a time of 7:47.74 at the Fastrack Season Opener (Dec. 6) ... Finished fifth in the One-Mile run with a time of 4:24.50 at the Fastrack Season Opener ... Took the opening leg of the first-place finishing 4x800m Relay squad that clocked a time of 7:48.35 at the Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale (Jan. 18) meet. (Outdoor) Season canceled.

High School: Two-time letterwinner in cross country and track at Armijo High School in Fairfield, California ... Holds three school records at Armijo, the 800-Meter Run, 4x400-Meter Relay and the Distance Medley Relay ... Helped set the top time nationally in the DMR (10:06) during freshman year ... Ran the 4x400m Relay, 1,600-Meter Run and the 800m in track and the 3-Mile and 5K in cross country while at Armijo ... Team captain of the cross country and track team (2017-19) ... Received All-County honors as a student-athlete.

Career Bests
600m (Indoor) -
1:21.73
Rutgers Open - Feb. 11-12, 2022
800m (Indoor) - 1:52.43
IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships - Mar. 4-6, 2022
1000m (Indoor) - 2:30.30
Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia - Jan. 22, 2022
1500m (Outdoor) - 4:05.89
Monmouth Track & Field Season Opener - Mar. 25-26, 2022
One Mile (Indoor) - 4:24.50
Fastrack Season Opener - Dec. 6, 2019

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Middle Distance
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2021-22Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2022-23Senior

    Middle Distance