Columbia University Athletics

2023-24 (Senior): (ITF) Placed 3rd at YDC Challenge in SP with throw of 13.34m, placed 2nd at Fastrack National Invite in SP at 13.16m, made it to SP finals and placed in the top 8 competitors at Ivy League Heps Indoor T&F Championships with throw of 13.68m. (OTF) Discus throw PR of 41.81m at Hurricane Alumni Invitational, made it to SP finals at Ivy League Heps Outdoor T&F Championships with throw of 12.55m.

2022-23 (Junior): (ITF) Clocked 2nd in shot put at Dartmouth v. Columbia v. Yale with a mark of 42-3.25/12.88m (Jan. 21) … (OTF): Earned a college best discus throw of 134-4/40.95m at the Ivy League Outdoor TF Championships, placing 13th (May 6-7)

High School: Three-time letterwinner in Track & Field at Crossroads College Prep in St. Louis, Missouri ... Two-time Missouri State Champion (Shot Put; 2018, 2019) ... Named Class 2A Top Shot Putter of the Decade by the St. Louis Post Dispatch ... Team captain junior and senior years ... Ran club for the St. Louis Blues Track Club.

Personal: Born, McKinlee Brooke Morris, on Oct. 24, 2001 in St. Louis, Missouri ... Daughter of Heidi and Sean Morris ... Has one sibling, Hailee (24) ... Father, Sean, played Football at Iowa Wesleyan College (1990-92) ... Spent the summer of 2019 interning with IMEG Engineering ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League programs, Princeton, Yale, Harvard and Brown, along with Duke, Norther Illinois, Liberty, Morgan State and Pittsburg State ... Went with Barnard "because I can continue my Track & Field career while also meeting and being inspired by new people" ... Will attend Barnard College ... Plans on majoring in Industrial Engineering.

High School Personal Bests:
Discus Throw - 43-3.25
Shot Put - 128-7.00