2021 Track & Field Roster

McKenna Brown

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Last School(s) La Costa Canyon
  • Hometown Carlsbad, Calif.

Biography

CROSS COUNTRY
2021: Did not compete.

2020-21: Appeared in one meet… raced to a personal-best 21:46.4 in the 6k at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships.

2019: Did not compete… named to the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2018: Competed in one meet for the Bears… posted a personal-best 5k time of 18:40.8 at the Joe Piane – Notre Dame Invitational.

TRACK & FIELD
2021: Competed in one outdoor meet… finished second in the 1500m run with a personal-best time of 4:35.82 at the Cal-USC Dual… named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2020: Appeared in three indoor meets for Cal… set a new PR in the mile run at the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships, finishing the race in 4:47.42… at the UW Invitational, posted a mile time of 4:49.80.

2019: Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Holds the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) San Diego Section (SDS) record in the 3200m run… also holds La Costa Canyon High School records in the pole vault, mile run, 1600m run and the 3200m run… 2018 San Diego Track Athlete of the Year… 2018 La Costa Canyon Student-Athlete of the Year… as team captain, helped La Costa Canyon win the CIF SDS Division 3 Cross Country Championship each year from 2015-17… placed seventh in the mile run at the 2018 Brooks PR Invitational… competed in the 3200m run at that year’s CIF State Track & Field Championships… 2018 CIF-SDS 1600m Champion and 3200m Runner-Up… 2018 Avocado West League 1600m and 3200m Champion… at the 2018 Arcadia Invitational, took first place in the mile run and the 1600m run while finishing second in the 1500m run… earlier that year, placed 11th in the mile run at the New Balance Nationals Indoor… finished third in the 1500m at the 2018 California State Winter Track & Field Championships… competed in the 2017 Foot Locker West Regionals… that year, she placed second at the CIF State Cross Country Championships after also placing second at the SDS Cross Country Championships and fourth at the North County Conference (NCC) Cross Country Championships… in the 2017 track & field season, finished fifth in the 1600m race at the CIF State Championships… 2017 CIF-SDS 1600m Champion… 2017 Avocado West League Runner-Up in the 800m and 1600m runs… placed second in the distance medley relay at that year’s Arcadia Invitational… in 2016, raced to a seventh-place finish at the CIF State Cross Country Championships… finished second at the SDS Cross Country Championships and third at the NCC Cross Country Championships that year… took first place in the 1600m at the 2016 SDS Track & Field Finals… 2016 Avocado West 1600m and 4x400m Champion… at the 2016 Arcadia Invitational, finished eighth in the mile run and also competed in the 4x1600m relay… entered that year’s California State Winter Championships, where she placed third in the 1500m run… as a sophomore, finished 10th at the CIF State Cross Country Championships after winning the SDS Championships and the NCC Finals… 2015 Avocado West League Pole Vault Champion… also finished second in the 1600m and 3200m competitions at that meet… invited to the 2015 Arcadia Invitational to compete in the 4x1600m relay… as a freshman, reached the CIF State Cross Country Championships after placing 13th out of 119 runners at the SDS Championships… finished second at the 2014 NCC Cross Country Finals… 2018 San Diego Section All-Academic.

PERSONAL: Undeclared major… intends to study sports medicine after graduation… daughter of Angela and Charles Brown… father was an All-American pole vaulter at UCLA… brother Kyle also competed in the pole vault at both Yale and UCLA.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

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  • 2020Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2021Redshirt Sophomore

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