2022-23 Track & Field Roster

Peter-Gay McKenzie
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Clarendon, Jamaica
- High School:
- Edwin Allen
2021-22 (Jr.)
Indoor Season- Notched a long jump of 5.92 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
- Set a longest jump personal best in the long jump at the Virginia Challenge with a jump of 6.09m
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2020-21 (COVID)
Indoor Season
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Finished in the second place in the long jump competition at the Marshall Classic with a distance of 5.49 meters
- Placed ninth in long jump at the Thundering Herd Invitational with a distance of 3.89 meter
Outdoor Season
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Completed the 100-meter dash in 12.28 at the Mountaineer Open, good for third place
- Finished in second place (6.02 meters) in the long jump competition at the Mason Spring Invitational
- Placed 16th (5.96 meters) in the Big 12 Championship long jump competition
- Recorded a 5.88-meter distance in the long jump competition at the NCAA Preliminaries
2019-20 (So.)
Indoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Finished the season ranked No. 5 in the long jump on the all-time indoor program top-5 list
- Registered a 20th-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 5.73 meters at the Big 12 Championship
- Placed third in the long jump with a mark of 5.80 meters at the Penn State Tune-Up
- Competed in the long jump at the Penn State National Open and finished in third place (5.93m)
- Earned a first-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 5.88 meters at the YSU Collegiate Invitational
- Claimed sixth place in the shot put with a distance of 10.12 meters at the Marty Pushkin Open
2018-19 (Fr.)
Outdoor Season- Finished 19th in the long jump after earning a mark of 5.56 meters at the Big 12 Championship
- Tallied a victory in the long jump with a mark of 5.68 meters at the Mountaineer Open; also finished third in the 100-meter dash (12.28)
- Won the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.75 and jumped 5.35 meters (judge’s decision) to take fifth place at the Mountaineer Showcase
- Placed ninth in the long jump after registering a jump of 5.65 meters at the Virginia Challenge
- Finished in third place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.82 at the Bison Outdoor Classic
- Tallied a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters (25.29) and a sixth-place finish in the 200-meter hurdles (14.60) at the Virginia Quad
- Competed in the women’s 100 meters at the Raleigh Relays and finished in 12.75 to take 49th
- Grabbed a victory in the 100-meter dash in 12.46 and second place in the long jump with a 5.55-meter jump at the West Virginia Open
- Notched a 12th-place finish in the long jump with a 5.25-meter jump at the 49er Classic
- Competed in the women’s long jump preliminaries, earning 10th overall with a jump of 5.94 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championship
- Took ninth in the long jump with a 5.25-meter jump at the SPIRE Division I Classic
- Earned a second-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 5.48 meters and took sixth in the 60-meter dash (blue division) with a time of 7.78 at the Akron Invitational
- Competed in the first round of the 60-meter dash, clocking in with a time of 7.73 for 20th place at the Penn State National Open; also helped the 4x400-meter relay team finish 14th in 3:55.69 and placed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 5.73 meters
- Placed second in the women’s 60-meter dash after crossing the line in 7.73 at the YSU College Invite; also helped the 4x400-meter relay team to a ninth-place finish (4:06.28)
- Helped the 4x400-meter relay team to a victory in 4:06.56 at the Marty Pushkin Classic; also collected a victory in the 60-meter dash (7.78)
High School
- Attended Edwin Allen School and competed for coach Michael Dyke
- Helped Edwin Allen win its fifth consecutive 4x100 Championship of America title at the Penn Relays
- Won heptathlon at the 2018 Nassau CARIFTA Games in the Bahamas
- Also competed at the 2018 Kingston ISSA Championships, winning the heptathlon
Personal
- Daughter of Kevin McKenzie and Anastacia Edwards
- One of five children
- Birthday is August 23
- Majoring in nursing
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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