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Utah State University Athletics

2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Profile

  • Throws
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • Highland, Mich.
    Hometown
  • Milford HS
    High School
  • Valparaiso
    Previous School
Patten, Mackenzie
Mackenzie Patten
Throws
Position
Graduate Student
Class
Highland, Mich.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2025); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2025); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2025); SEC All-Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024); Missouri Valley Conference All-Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022).

2025 (GR)
Indoor: Set a season best in the weight throw with a mark of 15.72 meters (51-7) as she placed sixth at the Idaho State-hosted Snake River Open.
Outdoor: Set a personal best in the hammer with a throw of 46.11 meters (151-3.25) as she placed third in her section at the Stanford Invitational… Posted a season-best mark of 38.41 meters (126-0) in the discus at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational, placing 11th.

AUBURN: Member of Auburn’s track and field program from 2023-24… Threw a season-best 42.07 meters (138-0) to finish eighth in the hammer at the FSU Relays in 2023… Posted a personal-best weight throw of 17.48 meters (57-4.25) at the 2024 LSU Twilight indoor meet as an unattached thrower on Feb. 16… Redshirted in the spring of 2024.

VALPARAISO: Competed for Valparaiso from 2020-22… Achieved the team’s top mark of the season in the weight throw at 16.53 meters (54-2.75), which ranked fifth all-time in Valparaiso history… Competed in the indoor weight throw with a season-best 12.99 meters (42-7.5) at the 2021 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships… Was second on the team in the outdoor discus with her season-best mark of 36.29 meters (119-1) at the 2021 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships… Uncorked a hammer throw of 45.72 meters (150-0), her top mark of the season, at the 2021 MVC Championships… Earned the Valparaiso Student Athlete Award for Female Performance of the Year in 2022.

HIGH SCHOOL: Had four years of track and field experience while also serving as a team captain at Milford High School in Highland, Michigan… Was the Freshman Oakland County Champion… 2019 AAU District and Regional Discus Champion and 2019-2020 weight throw state runner-up (Michigan)… Top 15 in Junior Olympics (Discus) and top 10 in weight throwers list… Played volleyball the majority of her life including four years in high school… Discovered track and field her freshman year and started throwing year-round.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Keith and Debra Patten… Has a younger brother, Eli… Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from Auburn University in August 2024… Pursuing a master’s degree in business administration.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:
Event Indoor Outdoor
Discus   38.41 meters (126-0)
Weight Throw 15.72 meters (51-7)  
Hammer   46.11 meters (151-3)
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