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2021-22 Women's Indoor Track & Field Roster

Makenna Kemp

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Junior
  • High School Mountain Vista
  • Hometown Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Biography

  • 2022 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2021 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2020-21 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
  • 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2020 All-RMAC second team (cross country)
  • 2020 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
  • 2020 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2020 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2019-20 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
  • 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Award (cross country)
  • 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2019 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
  • 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
College Bests
OUTDOOR INDOOR XC
400 1:07.15 5K 19:17.5
800 2:33.84 800 2:37.99 6K 22:25.6
1500 5:12.02 Mile 5:21.46
5000 19:05.42

2022 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2021-22 Indoor: Did not compete.

2021 Cross Country: Did not compete.

2021 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2020-21 Indoor: Finished fifth in the 5000 with a personal-best time of 19 minutes, 5.42 seconds in a season-opening dual at UCCS on Dec. 11.

2020 Cross Country: Played critical role in MSU Denver's third-place finsh at the RMAC Championships -- the program's best since 2013 -- by earning All-RMAC second team with a 23rd-place showing of 22 minutes 51.6 seconds over six kilometers. ... Ran a 5K personal-best 19:17.5 to finish 24th at the Maverick Invitaitonal on Oct. 10. ... Finished 14th at the season-opening UCCS Open, running 5K in 20:30.8.

2020 Outdoor: No season due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Indoor: At the RMAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 29, placed 13th in the mile in 5 minutes, 30.56 seconds. ... Ran an indoor personal best mile time of 5:21.46 to finish fourth at the Chadron State Open on Jan. 18. Also ran on the third-place 4x400 relay.

2019 Cross Country: Finished third in the MSU Denver lineup in all but two races, placing second and fourth in the lineup in the other two events. ... Ran second among Roadrunners, and 47th overall, at the Division II South Central Regional on Nov. 9 with a 6-kilometer time of 23 minutes, 29.4 seconds. ... Ran a 6K personal best 22:25.6 to finish 42nd at the RMAC Championships on Oct. 26. ... Finished 21st at the Roadrunner Invitational on Oct. 5 with a time of 24:08.2. ... Placed 11th at the Colorado College Invitational on Sept. 14 in 24:32.2. ... Opened the season with a 5K personal-best time of 20:06.3 to finish 27th at the UCCS RustBuster on Sept. 7.


2019 Outdoor: Ran a personal-best 1,500 meters time of 5 minutes, 12.02 seconds at the RMAC Championships on April 28, placing 18th...Ran the 1500 in 5:15.73 for eighth place at the Twilight Meet on April 18...Turned in a 5:15.91 time in the 1500 at the Colorado Invitationals on April 6, shaving 15 seconds off her previous effort...Ran a personal-best 800 time of 2:33.84 at the Fum McGraw on March 23, finishing 13th...Made her MSU Denver outdoor debut March 16 at the CSU-Pueblo Early Bird and ran the 400 in 1:07.15, finishing 13th.

2018-19 Indoor: Finished 14th in the mile (5 minutes, 52.11 seconds) and 16th in the 800 (2:47.70) at the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open on Feb. 9...Ran the mile in 5:43.40 at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 2, placing 41st...Ran a personal-best 800 time of 2:37.99 at the Mines Division II Invite & Multi on Jan. 26. Also ran on the fifth-place 4x400 relay (4:38.69)...Ran a personal-best mile time of 5:39.98 for fifth place Jan. 20 at the CSC Open, where she also ran on the sixth-place 4x400 relay (4:26.74).

2018 Cross Country: At the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships on Dec. 1, ran 6 kilometers in 27 minutes, 38.7 seconds, finishing 257th...At the South Central Regional Championships on Nov. 17, helped MSU Denver return to nationals for the first time since 2014 with a 6K time of 24:54.5, good for 125th place...Ran 6K in 24:42.5 at the RMAC Championships on Nov. 3, finishing 72nd...Ran 5K in 20:37.1 at the Fort Hays State Tiger Open on Oct. 13, good for 81st place...Ran a 6K personal-best time of 24:37.1 at the Roadrunners Invitational on Oct. 6, placing 53rd...Placed 38th at the Mountaineer-Cowboy Open on Sept. 15, running 5K in 20:26.3...In her MSU Denver debut, ran a 5K personal best time of 20:10.2 to finish 28th at the UCCS Rustbuster Invite on Sept. 1. 

High School: Attended Mountain Vista High School..Placed seventh in the 1,600 at the Continental League Championships as a senior...Personal bests of 1:04.14 in the 400, 2:25.82 in the 800 and 5:25.67 in the 1,600...Also lettered in cross country.....Academic all-state in cross country and track & field...Two-time DECA state qualifier.

Personal: Birthday is on Nov. 18..Daughter of Aaron and Dina Kemp...Has one brother, Avery...Majoring in human nutrition and dietetics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Distance
    5'4"