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2018 Women's Track and Field Roster

Tessa McKenna

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Geneva, Ill.
  • High School Wheaton-St. Francis

Biography

2018 (Track & Field): Notched 21st place in the one mile run at the CCIW Indoor Championship with a time of 5:46.81... Registered a 26th-place time of 2:34.60 in the 800 meter run preliminaries at the CCIW Outdoor Championship. 

2017 (Cross Country): Named to the Fall CCIW Academic All-Conference... Competed in five events... Notched a career-best 989626:52.7 at the Benedictine Eagle Invitational... Pulled down a 27:03.6 at the CCIW Championship Open Race. 

2017 (Track & Field): Registered a 5:44.54 in the one mile run at the CCIW Indoor Championship...  Tallied a 5:16.34 in the 1500 meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Championship. 

2016 (Cross Country):  Participated in five events... Registered a season-best 26:55.4 at the UW-Parkside Lucian Rosa Invitational on October 8. 

2016 (Track & Field):  Finished 21st in the one mile run at the CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 5:45.82... Took 23rd in the 1500 meter run at the CCIW Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 5:18.77.

2015 (Cross Country):  Crossed the finish line at 27:36.6 at the Augustana Brissman-Lundeen Invitational... Registered a time of 23:15.0 at the UW-Parkside Rosa Invitational. 

2015 (Track & Field):  Did not compete.

2014 (Cross Country): Named to the Fall CCIW All-Academic. Ran a season-best time of 26:35.41 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship.

High School:  Four-year member of the track and field team and coached by Scott Nelson…in cross country, a state qualifier her sophomore and junior years…National Honor Society member.

Personal:  Athletic training major…

Cross Country 6K Career Best (Thru 2018)
26:52.7, Benedictine Eagle Invitational, 10/6/17

Indoor Track & Field Career Bests (Thru 2018)
800 Meter Run: 2:36.85, Carthage Final Qualifier, 3/2/18
1000 Meter Run: 3:28.93, Olivet Nazarene Qualifier, 2/20/16
Mile Run: 5:44.54, CCIW Indoor Championship, 2/24-2/25/17
3000 Meter Run: 11:44.43, Carthage Final Qualifier, 3/3/17

Outdoor Track & Field Career Bests (Thru 2018)
800 Meter Run: 2:34.60, CCIW Outdoor Championship, 5/4-5/5/18
1500 Meter Run: 5:16.34, CCIW Championship, 5/5-5/6/17
3000 Meter Run: 11:37.57, Benedictine Eagle Relay, 4/14-4/15/17

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

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  • 2016Sophomore

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  • 2017Junior

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  • 2018Senior

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