COLLEGIATE BESTS
60m | 8.25 | Feb. 11, 2022 | Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
200m | 25.12 | March 22, 2024 | Phoenix Invitational
300m | 39.48 | Feb. 10, 2024 | Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
400m | 55.35 | April 27, 2024 | East Coast Relays
2024-25 (Fifth Year): Indoor: Part of all four 4x400-meter relay program top 10 finishes, Member of 4x400 relay team that won the Brant Tolsma Invitational (Jan. 25, 2025) ... Member of the 4x400 that produce the third-fastest indoor time in program history (3:46.60) to finish fifth at CAA Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 27, 2025). Outdoor: Did not compete
2023-24 (Senior): Indoor: Finished fourth with a time of 56.44 in the 400-meter dash at the VMI Invitational (Jan. 27, 2024) ... Member of the 4x400-meter relay that ran 3:44.94, the second fastest time in program history, to finish second at the Doc Hale Invitational (Feb. 3, 2024) ... Set a personal best and the second-fastest time in program history with a time of 39.48 in the 300-meter dash at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 10, 2024) ... Member of the 4x400 that set the fastest time (3:43.37) in program history to finish second at the CAA Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 23, 2024) ... Set the programs second-fastest 400 time of 56.13 in the prelims and finished eighth in the finals at the CAA Indoor Track Field Championships (Feb. 23, 2024). Outdoor: Won the 400 at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational (March 2, 2024) ... Finished second in the 400 and set a personal best of 25.12 to finish sixth in the 200-meter dash at the Phoenix Invitational (March 22, 2024) ... Finished second in the 400 at the Bill Carson Invitational (April 6, 2024) ... Set program record of 55.35 to finish 16th in the 400 at the East Coast Relays (April 27, 2024) ... Member of the 4x400 that ran 3:40.86 to set the program record to win the CAA Outdoor Championship (May 11, 2024).
2022-23 (Junior): Lettered in third season with the team.
2021-22 (Sophomore): Had the team's second-best season time and eighth-best all-time in 400-meter dash (56.70) at UNCW Invitational (March 5, 2022) ... Also clocked 25.60 in 200-meter dash at Bill Carson Invitational (April 2, 2022) for fifth-fastest time.
2020-21 (Freshman): Won 400-meter dash at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational with 59.79 time ... Personal best of 25.78 in the 200-meter dash at Trojan Relays (April 10, 2021) ... Paced the team with 58.27 time in 400-meter dash at USC Open (April 17, 2021) ...
High School: Four-time letter winner at Cuthbertson HS in Waxhaw, N.C. ... Competed four years for Coach Dustin Allen ... Earned NCHSAA Sportsmanship Award in 2020 ... West Regional MVP ... Two-year team captain ... Member of 3A state indoor champions for four years ... Indoor state champion in 4x200 and 4x400 in 2020.
Personal: Full Name: Mackenzie Grace Anne Townsend ... Born in Danbury, Conn. ... Daughter of James and Kimberly Townsend ... Majoring in communication studies.
