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2026 Track & Field Roster

Mackenzie Okonta

  • Position Jumps
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Marietta, Georgia
  • Prev School UNLV

Biography

2024-25 (JUNIOR): Indoors - Competed in four meets during her first indoor season with the Roadrunners..Set a personal best in the long jump (17'0.5"/5.19m) at the Silver State Invitational...Ran a lifetime best of 8.59 in the 60m at the Spokane Indoor Challenge. Outdoors - Represented Bakersfield at six meets during the Spring...Best finish was at the Titan Friday Night Lights where she placed third overall in the triple jump with a mark of 34'9" (10.59m). 

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: 2023-24 (SOPHOMORE): Jumped in seven events throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Rebels...Picked up personal-best marks in all three events competed in during the season for the long jump (5.13m), triple jump (11.76m) and the pentathlon (2317 points). 2022-23 (FRESHMAN): Secured a top 30 spot in the long jump at the 2023 Triton Invite, marking 4.63m.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2022 graduate from Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia...Lettered two years in track & field...Competed in jumps and relays...Helped the Trojans to two regional championships...Senior year, set personal bests in the triple jump with a distance of (36-7) and long jump (17-1.50)... Given the Most Valuable Field Excellence Award.

Personal: Mackenzie Okonta was born in Atlanta, Georgia...Her father played professional soccer for Nigeria’s national soccer team for six years.

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