Mackenzie Whitaker

Position:
Multis
Class:
Junior
High School:
West Carteret
Hometown:
Morehead City, N.C.
Major:
Marketing

2019-20: Set the school record in the pentathlon at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, securing the league title with a point total of 3,954 … Ranked 30th nationally in the pentathlon following the conclusion of league championship week … Posted program pentathlon event standards in the high jump (1.70 meters), long jump (6.05 meters) and 800-meter run (2:20.92) … Won the pentathlon at the Hokie Invitational … Finished first in the 800-meter run at the Dick Taylor Carolina Challenge … Placed second in the long jump at the Doc Hale Elite Meet, recording the fourth-best indoor mark in program history at 5.98 meters.

2018-19: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the long jump … Earned all-conference accolades in the long jump with a second-place finish at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships … Won the long jump event title at the Bill Carson Invitational by producing a career-best mark of 6.14 meters.

2017-18: Earned all-conference honors with a second-place result in the long jump at the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships … Placed fifth in the pentathlon with a career-best total of 3,483 points at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships … Finished third in the long jump at the Bill Carson Invitational.

High School: Won the 2016 North Carolina 3A indoor state title in the long jump as well as the 500m ... Captured the state title in the outdoor long jump as a senior ... Placed second in the 100m hurdles and third in the triple jump at the state outdoor meet her senior season.