Track & Field
Mackay Wilson - Track & Field - University of Kentucky Athletics

MackayWilson

  • class Senior
  • High school Stratford Central

Collegiate Bests
1,500M
: 3:58.28 | Mile: 4:10.13 | 3,000M: 8:15.98| 5,000M: 15:43.02 | Steeplechase: 8:58.79

2013 SEC All-Freshman Team – 3,000m Steeplechase

2014-15
Cross Country – Season-best 8K time of 25:07.5 came in a 22nd-place performance at SEC Championships .. Ran the 10K at NCAA Southeast Regionals with a time of 31:30.7.

2013-14
Outdoor – NCAA East Preliminary Championships qualifier in the steeplechase … Placed fourth in the SEC Steeplechase … Ran a season-best 8:59.23 at the Stanford Invitational.
Indoor
– Ran mostly the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, with a 3K PR of 8:15.98 having come at home in the McCravy Memorial … Ran in the 3K and 5K at SECs.
Cross Country (Junior)
Kentucky’s No. 3 finisher at both the SEC Championships and NCAA Southeast Regional Championships … Improved his 10k best at the NCAA Regional by nearly two minutes, posting a time of 30:43.0 … Season-best 8k time, 25:04.4, came at the SEC Championships, helping UK to a fifth-place team finish.

2012-13
Outdoor
(Freshman) – NCAA East Regional Qualifier in the 3,000-meter steeplechase … SEC All-Freshman team selection in the steeplechase after placing sixth at the Conference Championships … No. 6 Wildcat all-time in 3,000-meter steeplechase after running 8:58.79 at Penn Relays, which was one of the fastest times ever posted by a UK freshman in the event … Placed third in steeplechase at Kentuckiana Border Battle to help UK (Commonwealth team) defeat Notre Dame and Indiana in team standings … Collegiate-best 1,500-meter time 3:58.28 came at Cincinnatti Oliver Nikoloff Inivtational.

Indoor (Freshman) – Competed in mile, 3,000 and 5,000 meters … PR mile time 4:14.93 came at Rod McCravy Invitational … Finished fifth at Tyson Invitational 3,000-meter race with a PR time of 8:19.60 … Ran 5K best 15:11.80 at SEC Championships … Competed at 3K at SECs.

Cross Country (Sophomore) – Top 8K time 25:17.9 came at Greater Louisville Classic … Finished 62nd at SEC Championships … Ran 32:18.1 over 10K at NCAA Southeast Regional Championship … Season 5K best 16:00.4 came at Belmont Opener … UK’s No. 2 finisher at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational and Greater Louisville Classic.

2011
Cross Country
(Freshman)Placed 14th in his first collegiate meet, running the 5K Belmont-VU Opener in 15:58.08 … Finished seventh at the Tennessee Invitational … Ran the 8K at the Tennessee Invitational in 26:06.29 … Ran the 8K Greater Louisville Classic in 25:36.52 … Competed in the SEC Championships, running the 8K event in 26:14.62 … Competed in the NCAA Southeast Region Championships.

High School
Finished in fifth place in the 1,500m run and the 3,000m run at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations meet in 2011, running a personal best time of 8:27 in the 3,000m … Ran a personal best time in the 1,500m and 800m at the London Distance Series … Finished in 10th place at the OFSAA Cross Country Championship in 2010 … Won the invitational Nike boys 1,500m at the Toronto International Track and Field games.

Personal
Son of John and Linda Wilson … Has one brother, Darcy, who runs track at Harvard … Born Nov. 26, 1993.

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