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Makenna Anderson - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Makenna Anderson

Position Distance
Class Junior
Hometown Highlands Ranch, Colo.
High School Mountain Vista

CAREER RESULTS

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.

Cross Country 16 Jayhawks Receive Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award

Sixteen University of Kansas student-athletes have been honored with the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic achievement, the 2023 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, it was announced Friday.