2021 Women's Track and Field Roster

Stephen Spillman
Raymond Stewart
Brendon Gilroy
Michael Wade
Kirk Meche

Grace McKenzie

  • Position Multis
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Cork, Ireland
  • Highschool Crosshaven HS

Biography

2019 NCAA Indoor All-American (Pentathlon)
2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier (Heptathlon)
2018 Southland Conference Outdoor Champion (Heptathlon)
2018 Southland Conference Indoor Champion (Pentathlon)


2019 Outdoor Season:

• Finished 8th in the Heptathlon with 5599 points at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
• Finished 1st in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.02, finished 1st in the 400 meter hurdles with a new PR of 59.97, and finished 2nd in the long jump with a mark of 19-3.5.
• Had two first place finishes at the McNeese State Springtime Classic, one in the 100 meter hurdles (13.65) and the other in the 400 meter hurdles (1:00.92).
• Placed 4th in the Heptathlon with 5609 total points, including two 1st place finishes (long jump & 800m), a 2nd place finish (100H), and two 5th place finishes (200m & high jump) at the 2019 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

2019 Indoor Season:
• Earned 1st Team NCAA All-America honors after finishing 8th at the NCAA Championships in the pentathlon with a school and Southland Conference record 4,230 points.
• That mark also set a new Irish National Pentathlon Record.
• Bypassed on competing in the pentathlon at the SLC Championships to try and garner more points for her team in individual events, and ended up as the team's high scorer with 22 total points.
• At the SLC meet, she placed 3rd in the high jump (5-7.75), 4th as a member of the DMR (12:08.89), 5th in teh long jump (18-11.25), 5th in the 60m hurdles (8.78), and 5th in the 800 meters (2:15.29).
• She set a new school record in the high jump at 5-8.75 at the NCAA Championships.

2018 Outdoor Season:
• Southland Conference heptathlon champion with a school and conference record 5,619 points.
• Finished 4th at the SLC meet in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:00.32, the second-fastest time in school history.
• 1st place finish in the heptathlon at the Skecher's Performance Carl Kight Invitational with 5,406 points.

2018 Indoor Season:
• Southland Conference Pentathlon Champion with a then-school record 4,030 points.
• Scored in four other events at the conference meet, finishing 6th in the long jump (18-6), 7th in the high jump (5-5.75), and 8th in the 60m hurdles (11.76) and the 4x400m relay (3:51.78).
• Finished first at the ASU Invitational in the pentathlon with 3,880 points.
• Had a 6th place finish in the high jump at the Meyo Invitational (5-6.5).

2017 Indoor Season:
• Placed 5th at SLC Championships in the pentathlon with 3,599 points.
• Recorded 3,653 pentathlon points at the Samfor Multi for a 4th place finish.

2016 Indoor and Outdoor Seasons:
• Had a 7th place finish at the SLC Indoor Championships in the pentathlon with 3365 points.
• Placed 1st in the high jump portion of the multis with a PR of 5-6.5.
• 1st place finish in high jump at ASU Indoor with a mark of 5-5.25.
• Collected 4334 points for PR in heptathlon at the SLC outdoor meet.

Pre-McNeese:
• All-Ireland Team championship.
• Attended Crosshaven HS.

Personal:
• Born Dec. 4, 1996 in Ireland.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    Multis
    5'6"
  • 2017Sophomore

    Multis
    5'6"
  • 2018Junior

    Multis
    5'6"
  • 2019Junior

    Multis
    5'6"
  • 2020Redshirt Senior

    Multis
    5'6"
  • 2021Graduate Student

    Multis
    5'6"