Makenna Anderson
2023 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Opened her outdoor season off at the Wichita State Shocker Spring Invitational where she placed sixth in the 3,000 with a time of 10:23.81 … Placed third at the LSU Invitational for running the 3,000 in 1:22.53 … Achieved a personal best in the 5,000 for finishing in 17:59.98, finished fifth at the Kansas Relays … Finished 15th at the Rock Chalk Classic for finishing the 5k in 18:54.13.
2023 INDOOR (Jr.)
Ran in the 3,000 at the Washburn Rust Buster, finished fourth with a time of 10:32.45 … Finished seventh in the 3,000 at the Husker Invitational for finishing in 10:23.80 … Achieved a personal best in the 3,000 at the Ichabod Invitational for finishing in 10:15.35 and winning the event.
2022 OUTDOOR (So.)
Won the 5,000 meters at the ORU Invite in her outdoor debut, finishing in 18:28.90 … Ran a season best 18:03.21 in the 5,000 meters at the KT Woodman Classic … Placed seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Michael Johnson Invitational, finishing in 18:49.82 … Finished off the season at the Rock Chalk Classic, placing eighth in the 5,000 meters in 18:06.7.
2020 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
In her first outing as a Jayhawk, ran a 19:58.3 5K in the Bob Timmons Classic (9/19) at Rim Rock Farm to finish in 22nd place overall … Completed the 6K course at the Cowboy Jamboree (10/3) in 24:44.7, which put her in 94th place overall.
2020 INDOOR (Fr.)
Placed fourth in the 3,000 meters at the Bob Timmons Challenge, finishing in 11:11.98.
HIGH SCHOOL
Cross country and track & field letterwinner each of her four prep years at Mountain Vista High School, for a total of eight letters won … Continental League Champions from 2015-18 … Regional Champions those same four years … Cross country team was the 5A State Champion in both the 2017 and 2018 seasons … Also the Nike Cross Regionals Southwest Champions … Individually placed 21st at the state cross country meet … A four-year academic award winner.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jeremy and Cherise Anderson, both of whom attended the University of Kansas … Has two siblings, Caden and Kyla … Plans to major in elementary education … In addition to her parents, also had two grandparents, two uncles, two aunts and cousins attend KU.