Completed Event: Women's Track and Field at NCAA West First Round on May 28, 2025 , , No Team Score
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FINAL
Women's Track and Field
(No Team Score)
at NCAA West First Round
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Women's Track and Field Roster
Schell, Mackenzie
Mackenzie Schell
- Hometown:
- Burnsville, Minn.
- Prev School:
- Prior Lake H.S.
- Indoor:
- Sr.
- Position:
- Distance
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Major:
- Advertising
- Class:
- Senior
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL-BEST MARKS: (updated after 2018 TF)
800M IN: 2:22.21 (2015 - FR, Bison Classic - 1/17)
800M OUT: 2:25.27 (2016 - SO, Lyle Hokanson - 4/22-23)
1,000M IN: 3:07.71 (2016 - SO, Bison Classic - 1/16)
1,500M OUT: 4:38.97 (2018 - SR, Howard Wood - 5/4-5)
MILE IN: 5:14.00 (2017 - JR, Mark Messersmith - 1/28)
3,000M IN: 10:11.10 (2018 - SR, Husker Invite - 2/2-3)
3,000M OUT: 10:24.80 (2016 - FR, Arkansas Invite - 3/25-26)
5,000M OUT: 17:47.83 (2018 - JR, Jip Janvrin - 4/26-27)
4x400M IN: 4:17.57 (2016 - SO, Bison Classic - 1/16)
4x800M IN: 9:18.99 (2015 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/13-14)
DMR IN: 12:10.57 (2015 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/12-13)
CROSS COUNTRY
4K XC: 14:52.6 (2017 - JR, Bison Open - 9/1)
5K XC: 18:47.12 (2017 - JR, SDSU Classic - 9/29)
6K XC: 22:19.0 (2017 - JR, NCAA Midwest - 11/10)
HONORS & AWARDS:
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (‘15XC, ‘16TF, ‘17TF, '17XC, '18TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘14F, ‘15S*, ‘15F*, ‘16S, ‘17S, '17F, '18S)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in seven events ... finished eighth (4:39.96) in the 1,500m and 16th (19:17.05) in the 5,000m at The Summit League Championships (5/10-12) - her best place-finish and mark in the 1,500m at the league championships and first 5,000m mark at the championships ... added a PR in the 1,500m at the Howard Wood (5/4-5), placing seventh (4:38.97) and beating her previous-best 2016 mark by 6.54 seconds ... at the Kip Janvrin (4/26-27), recorded a PR in the 5,000m with a fourth-place finish (17:47.83) - beating her previous-best 2016 Kip Janvrin mark by 20.48 seconds ... notched her first career individual win (4:50.42) in the 1,500m at the NSU Twilight (4/20) ... had the team’s fourth-best 1,500m mark (13th in the league) and third-best 5,000m (15th) on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in nine events ... finished 15th (10:32.57) in 3,000m at The Summit League Championships (2/23-24) ... also competed in her lone 5,000m of the season at the league championships but did not finish ... recorded a PR in 3,000m at the Husker Invite (2/3), placing 11th (10:11.10) - her second reset of the season (nearly had a third reset at the SDSU Classic, 2/9-10 - 10th place - 10:11.16) ... trimmed off 13.75 seconds off her 2017 PR ... was within 0.42 seconds from her PR in the mile at the Bison Classic (1/13), finishing 13th with a season-best mark (5:14.42) ... had the team’s fifth-best mile mark (ranked 22nd in the league) and third-best 3,000m (14th) on the season performance list.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in seven meets, adding personal-bests in the 4k, 5k, and 6k races ... finished sixth on the team, 156th overall (22:19.0) in a career-best performance at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (11/10) ... competed in her second Summit League (10/28) 6k-race, placing fourth on the team, 19th overall (22:21.16) ... the time was her best performance at the league championships ... ran her best 5k of her career at the SDSU Classic (9/29), posting second among Jackrabbits, fourth overall (18:47.12) ... posted her best 6k-race at the Oz Memorial (9/8), placing fifth on the team, 24th overall (23:46.3) ... in her lone 4k race at the beginning of the year, recorded a personal-best 14:52.6 and finished third on the team, eighth overall at the NDSU Open (9/1).
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in one event at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/5-6) ... ran 5:12.80 in the 1,500m, finishing 23rd.
INDOOR: Competed in five events ... ran a career-best 5:14.00 in the mile at the Mark Messersmith Invite (1/28), finishing fourth ... posted 5:18.73 in the mile at The Summit League Championships (2/24-25), placing 17th ... ran a season-best 10:24.85 in the 3,000m at the Jim Emmerich (1/21), completing seventh.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in the SDSU Classic (10/1) unattached ... ran the 5k in 19:27.4.
2015-16:
OUTDOOR: Ran a SDSU season-best in the 3,000-meter run, posting a time of 10:24.80 at the Arkansas Spring Invitational … placed eighth in the 5,000-meters at the Kip Janvrin Open, running a personal-best time of 18:08.31 … recorded a personal-best 1,500-meters (4:45.51) at the USD Twilight, placing third … placed fourth in the 1,500-meters at the Lyle Hokanson Classic, posting a 4:50.24.
INDOOR: Member of first place distance medley relay team at the SDSU Indoor Classic, finishing in 12:10.57 … ran a personal-best in the 1,000-meters (3:07.71), placing fifth at the Bison Classic … placed eighth in the mile at the SDSU Tune Up, finishing in a personal-best 5:22.54.
CROSS COUNTRY: Posted a season-best 6k finish at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (10/16), finishing in 24:00.5 … finished 37th in the 5k at the SDSU Classic (10/3) in 19:56.53 … ran a 15:30.9 at the Bison Open (9/4), placing 21st.
2014-15:
OUTDOOR: Redshirted … did not compete.
INDOOR: Placed sixth in the 800-meter run with a season-best 2:22.21 at the Bison Classic ... clocked fastest mile (5:42.01) at the Jim Emmerich/Alumni Invitational.
CROSS COUNTRY: Placed 21st at the Bison Open (8/29) in 20:18.54 ... finished 59th at the Oz Memorial (9/5) in 25:57.2 ... ran a 20:26.64 to place 65th at the SDSU Classic (10/4)... finished third in the open division at the Bradley Pink Classic (10/17) in 23:29.0 ... placed 27th (23:34.1) at The Summit League Championships (11/1).
BEFORE SDSU: Ran at state cross country meet four times and helped team to a second-place finish in 2009 ... three-time all-conference honoree and six-time letterwinner in cross country ... voted a team captain as a senior ... earned all-state and all-academic honors six times ... was a five-year letterwinner in track … ran at state track and field meet twice, placing fifth in the 4x800m relay in 2011 and second in 2012 ... earned all-state in track twice and all-conference three times ... owns third-best times in school history for 3,200-meters and 1,600-meters.
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