The University of Akron Athletics
2019 Akron Cross Country Roster

Mackenzie Andrews
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Fairholme College
- Hometown:
- Toowoomba, Australia
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2019 Outdoor Accolades: Honorable Mention All-America honoree (Outdoor 3,000-Meter Steeplechase)...NCAA Championship qualifier (Outdoor 3,000-Meter Steeplechase)...NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (Outdoor 3,000-Meter Steeplechase)...MAC Champion (Outdoor 1,500 meters, 3,000-Meter Steeplechase)...first-team All-MAC (Outdoor 1,500 meters, 3,000-Meter Steeplechase)...MAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 9)...Academic All-MAC honoree.
2019 Indoor: Garnered second-team All-America honors in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships placing 14th in a time of 4:45.88...entered the NCAA Championships seeded 12th in the women's mile on the strength of running a career-best time of 4:35.63 in the event at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Feb. 8...garnered a trio of Mid-American Conference (Feb. 22-23) titles earning victories in the mile (4:43.42) and 3,000 meters (9:41.03) as well as running the anchor leg on the winning distance medley relay squad that crossed the line in a school-record time of 11:37.61...twice broke her own school-record time in the mile registering times of 4:40.13 and 4:35.63, respectively, at the Hokie Invitational (Jan. 18) and David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 8)...set a school-record time of 9:28.39 in the 3,000 meters at the Jim Green Invitational (Jan. 12)....recorded a career-best time of 2:08.13 en route to winning the 800 meters at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2), while also running a time of 2:10.09 to capture the event at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 25).
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2019 Indoor Accolades: Second-team All-America honoree (Indoor Mile)...NCAA Qualifier (mile)...MAC Champion (Indoor Mile, 3,000 Meters, DMR)...first-team All-MAC (Indoor Mile, 3,000 Meters, DMR)...named Mid-American Conference Women's Most Valuable Performer...MAC Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 14, Jan. 22, Feb. 5, Feb. 12).
2018 Cross Country: Directed the efforts of the Zips' women's squad at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Oct. 27) crossing the line in a team-best 21:33.30 to earn a career-best 15th-place performance...was Akron’s top finisher in each of the Zips’ six races on the campaign...registered a team-best time of 21:40.16 to place 50th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 9) and led Akron to its best team finish since 2011...posted top-five finishes at the Tommy Evans Invitational (17:34.3/2nd) and All-Ohio Championships (21:40.9/4th) to lead the Zips to team championships...also competed at John McNichols Invitational (18:24.1/10th) and Penn State National (21:24/44th)...named an academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honoree.
2018 Cross Country Accolades: Named an academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honoree.
2018 Outdoor: Appeared in five meets for the Zips and returned from injury to run a school-record time of 4:20.19 in the 1,500 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/20)...an NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier in the 1,500 meters placing 26th with a time of 4:21.46 at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (5/24)...earned a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:21.40 at the Mid-American Conference Championships (5/12), while crossing the line in 2:09.93 to place fourth in the 800 meters...won the 1,500 meters in 4:24.08 at the Gina Relays (4/27) and crossed the line first in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 2:08.52 at the Campbell/Wright Invitational.
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2018 Outdoor Accolades: NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (Outdoor 1,500 meters)...earned Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar accolades.
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2018 Indoor: Competed in four meets for the Zips...ran a school-record time of 4:40.75 in the mile at the Husky Classic (Feb. 10) after breaking the same record with a time of 4:42.42 to place second at the Penn State National (Jan. 27)...won the 800 meters at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3) crossing the line in 2:08.34, the fourth-fastest time in indoor program history...member of winning distance medley relay and runner-up 4x400 relay at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 3)...placed second in the 3,000 meters in a time of 9:44.17 at the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. 13), the third-fastest time in indoor program history.
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2018 Indoor Accolades: Earned Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honors.
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2017 Cross Country: Registered Akron’s top finish in all six races for the Zips, including finishing 33rd in a time of 22:06.7 at the Mid-American Conference Championship (Oct. 28)...crossed the line first for Akron at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 10) in a time of 22:11 (83rd)...won the Tommy Evans Invitational (Sept. 7) with a time of 18:00.3...recorded a season-best time of 21:26 to place 47th at the Penn State National (Oct. 13)...added times of 21:32.7 (5th) and 21:54.7 (8th) to record top-10 efforts at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 29) and Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (Sept. 15)...garnered Academic All-MAC accolades.
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2016-17: Outdoor: Earned third- and sixth-places finishes in the 1,500 and 800 meters at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 13)...registered a season-best time of 4:25.05 in the 1,500 meters en route to placing eighth at the Raleigh Relays (March 24)...finished second in the 800 meters with a time of 2:12.75 at the Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15)...member of 4x400 relay at Northeast Ohio Quad (April 15) and 4x800 relay team at the Raleigh Relays (March 25)...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honoree...Indoor: Garnered a pair of runner-up finishes at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 24/25) placing second in the 800 meters (2:11.56) and as a member of the distance medley relay team...ran fifth-fastest time (4:51.37) in program history in the mile en route to placing fifth at the MAC Championships (Feb. 25)...registered a trio of top-10 efforts in the mile and four in the 800 meters on the campaign...finished second in the 3,000 meters at the Kentucky Invitational crossing the line in 9:56.19...won mile in 4:58.43 at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 20)...placed third in 800 meters at Akron Invitational (Feb. 4) with a time of 2:12.02...tabbed as an Academic All-MAC and MAC Distinguished Scholar honoree...Cross Country: Ran in four of six races for the Zips, including a team-best 34th-place finish at the All-Ohio Championships with a time of 22:54.7...posted a time of 20:01.80 (44th) at the Tommy Evans Invitational...finished the MAC Championships with Akron’s second-best effort crossing the line in 22:57.6 (50th)...ran Penn State National in 22:05 (94th)…named an Academic All-MAC selection.
2015-16: Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 800 and 1,500 meters at the Mid-American Conference Championships crossing the line in 2:12.38 and 4:30.23, respectively...registered five top-five efforts in the 1,500 meters, including posting a season-best time of 4:26.65 to finish fifth at the Hillsdale College Gina Relays (April 29)...captured 1,500-meter titles at the Texas Relays (March 31) and All-Ohio Championships coming across the line in 4:31.16 and 4:42.70, respectively...recorded a season-best time of 2:10.33 to finish 10th in the 800 meters at the LSU Alumni Invitational (April 23)...won 3,000 meters at Northeast Ohio Quad (April 16) in 10:30.94...competed in the 4x400 relay at Northeast Ohio Quad (April 16) and LSU Alumni Invitational (April 23) and as a member of the 4x800 relay at the Raleigh Relays (March 26)...Indoor: Recorded a trio of top-10 efforts in the 800 meters, including placing fourth at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 27) in a season-best time of 2:10.46...anchored distance medley relay at MAC Championships en route to finishing fifth in a school-record time of 11:40.02...member of second-place DM Relay at Spire Invitational (Feb. 12), while also placing seventh in the mile (4:54.67).
Personal: Majoring in exercise physiology...daughter of Evan and Annette Andrews.
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