2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Mackenzie Duck

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Cinco Ranch
  • Hometown Fulshear, Texas
  • Major Civil Engineering (B.S.) / Engineering Technology & Management (M.S.)

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2022-23: Received a M.S. in engineering & technology management in May 2023 … College Sports Communicators Third-Team Academic All-America ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (DMR) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships in both the 800m and DMR, but concentrated on helping the DMR reach the podium in fourth place in a school-record 11:30.38 … Finished 10th in the 800m at RMAC Indoors Championships and was part of Mines’ fourth-place DMR … Ran a season-best 800m of 2:10.01 at the Gorilla Classic.  Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (800m) … RMAC champion and First-Team All-RMAC (4x400) … Second-Team All-RMAC (800m) …RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Finished sixth in the 800m at NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2:10.52 to stand on the podium … Ran an all-conditions career-best 800m of 2:09.05 in the RMAC Outdoor Championships final to finish fourth … Also part of Mines’ winning 4x400 relay … The 4x400 relay broke the program record at 3:44.45 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

2021-22: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Focused mainly on the 800-meter run and on the 4x400-meter relay ... Finished 11th in the conference by running the 800 meters in 2:20.93 at the RMAC Championships ... Top 800-meter outing of the season was 2:12.56 at the Ichabod Invite in Kansas which ranked her 27th on the NCAA-qualifying list and moved her to second in the program record book ... Best relay of the season also came at the Ichabod Invite where the Oredigger quartet broke its own program record with a time of 3:53.15. Outdoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Ran the 800 meters, the 400-meter dash and as part of the 4x400-meter relay team ... Best outdoor 800 meters was 2:13.13 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, ranking her fifth in the program record book ... Top 400-meter dash was 58.04 at the Maverick Invite in Grand Junction which put her 10th in the program record book.

2020-21: Indoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Thew the shot put 4.71 meters (15-5.5) at the Mines Front Range #4 in order to earn the COVID-19 eligibility waiver ... It was her only appearance in competition during the season ... Outdoor Track & Field - Redshirted.

2019-20: Indoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (800m) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... D2ADA Academic Achievement Award ... Competed in multiple events for Mines, focusing mostly on the 800 meters and the distance-medley relay ... Part of the DMR team that provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships with a converted time of 11:46.34 at the RMAC Championships where they finished 4th ... Also finished 4th in the 800 meters at the conference meet, running 2:17.67 which was her top time of the year and her career ranking 7th in the program record book ... Added the mile to her resume at the Texas Tech Shootout, posting a time of 5:21.57 ... Ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay at the Texas Tech Shootout as well and posted a time of 3:57.08 to rank 2nd in the program record book. Outdoor Track & Field - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19: Indoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (800m, DMR) ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (1/29) ... Middle-distance specialist for the Orediggers, running the 400 meters, 800 meters and legs in the distance-medley relay and 4x400-meter relay ... Placed 6th in the 800 meters at the RMAC Indoor Championships, running 2:20.68 ... Also helped Mines take silver in the DMR and 6th in the 4x400 at the conference meet ... Top 800-meter time of the indoor season was 2:19.34 at the Colorado Invite ... Fastest 400 meters of the indoor season was 1:01.42 at the Mines DII Invite & Multi. Outdoor Track & Field - Started the season running the 800 meters and transitioned to the 400 meters while also helping on the 4x400-meter relay team ... Placed 7th in the 400 meters at the RMAC Outdoor Championships ... Also helped Mines place 6th in the 4x400-meter relay at the conference meet ... Top outdoor 400-meter time of the season was 58.41 at the Mines Nature's Bakery Invite ... Best out 800-meter time was 2:18.86 at the Colorado Invite.

HIGH SCHOOL: A middle-distance specialist at Cinco Ranch HS in Katy, Texas ... Post times of 2:15.90 in the 800 meters, 5:13.86 in the 1,600 meters and 7:39.38 in the 2,000-meter steeplechase ... Placed 59th at the state cross country meet.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Mid-Distance
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
  • 2020-21Junior

    Mid-Distance
  • 2021-22Redshirt Junior

    Mid-Distance
  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    Mid-Distance