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2021 Women's Track & Field Roster

Mackenzie Kurtz

  • Position Distance
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Pottstown, Pa.
  • Major Communication/Journalism (Public Relations)
  • Highschool Owen J. Roberts

Biography

PSAC Championships Competition:
1-Time PSAC Placewinner (1x – Relay)
2020 Indoor – 4x8 (5th)
 
Cross Country Accolades:
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
 
2020 Indoor: Contributed to a fifth-place finish with the 4x800-meter relay at the PSAC Championships in her debut season…ran a season best in the 800 meters at Bucknell and in the mile at VMI…competed in four meets.
 
2019 Cross Country: Competed in the final three races in her debut season, serving as the No. 3 runner each time…posted a 55th-place finish at the PSAC Championships and a Top 70 finish at the Atlantic Region Championships…made her season debut with a Top 30 finish at Bloomsburg…received a USTFCCCA All-Academic designation.
 
Owen J. Roberts High School: Totaled six varsity letters spanning cross country & track & field for the Wildcats under head coach Tim Marcoe…won the Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship in the 800 meters and the 4x800-meter relay as a senior…achieved a PIAA Championships state medal with a fourth-place finish with her school’s 4x800-meter relay…named to the All-Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC) First Team honors as a senior in cross country and the Second Team as a junior…recognized as Team MVP as a senior in track & field after receiving Most Improved Award as a junior…was an honor-roll student…also played lacrosse as a freshman.
 
About Kurtz: Full name is Mackenzie Christian Kurtz…is the daughter of David and Tammy Kurtz...majoring in communication/journalism, concentrating in public relations…has four sisters: Alyssa, Maddy, Sydney and Shelby.