2009 Cross Country Roster
Roster

Mackenzie Abernathy
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
- High School:
- Plano West
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2009)
Returned to cross country after taking a redshirt season in 2008…Competed in two meets for the Jayhawks…Posted her best finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 5), where she placed 19th with a 5K time of 20:01.49…Finished 26th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a 5K time of 20:29.30 (Sept. 12).
FRESHMAN (RS) (2008)
Utilized her redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in cross country and track (1,600 meters and 3,200 meters)…Regional qualifier as a senior in 2007…Selected to receive the Plano West Cross Country/Track Scholarship as a senior…Named first team all-district cross country in 2007…Also Lettered in soccer as a freshman…Member of the F.C. Dallas Soccer Club from 2000-2006…Was the team captain of her club soccer team as a sophomore and junior, where she earned the player[apos]s choice award both years and MVP as a junior…Honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society all four years.
PERSONAL
Daughter of University of Kansas graduates Gary and Kellye Abernathy…Majoring in exercise science…Grandparents Charles and Marie McCarthy, uncle Kent McCarthy and brother Brendan Abernathy all attended KU…Brother, Ian, played rugby at Stanford University.