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2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster

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McKenna Molder

  • Height 5-10
  • Events Hurdles/Sprints
  • Hometown Katy, Texas
  • High School Cinco Ranch
  • Indoor Yr. Redshirt Junior
  • Outdoor Yr. R-Jr.

Biography

TFRRS Career Results Page

Career Honors
  • 2021 NCAA Division II National Champion (Indoor - 4x400m Relay)
  • First Team USTFCCCA All-American (2021 Indoor - 4x400m Relay)
  • 2x RMAC Champion (2021 Indoor - 400m, 4x400m Relay)
  • 6x USTFCCCA All-South Central Region
    • 2021 Indoor - 400m, 4x400m Relay
    • 2021 Outdoor - 400m Hurdles
    • 2022 Outdoor - 400m Hurdles
    • 2023 Outdoor - 400m, 4x400m Relay
  • 4x All-RMAC
    • First Team (2021 Indoor - 400m, 4x400m Relay)
    • Second Team (2019 Indoor, 400m)
    • Second Team (2021 Indoor, 60m Hurdles)
  • Indoor School-Record Holder (4x400m Relay - 3:47.09)
  • Outdoor School-Record Holder (400m Hurdles - 59.84)
  • 3x RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
2023 Outdoor (Redshirt Junior): Ran the 200 meters in two meets as injuries continued to hamper her availability… Finished second at the Maverick Invite with a time of 25.03 seconds to qualify for the RMAC Championships… Finished 11th at the conference meet in 25.28… Was ranked tenth on the conference’s season-long performance list with an altitude-adjusted mark of 25.10… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23 Indoor (Redshirt Junior): Had a strong season, competing in four meets before injuries prevented her from competing at the RMAC and NCAA Division II National Championships… Earned a pair of USTFCCCA All-South Central Region honors… Ran to a season-best time of 56.27 seconds in the 400 meters at the Minnesota State Massive Meet #1… Ranked third in program history with that mark… Was second on the RMAC performance list behind teammate Jordan Burnett and 19th on the NCAA qualifying list with the track-size converted time of 55.54… Was fifth on the South Central Regional performance list… Also helped the Mavs qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 4x400-meter relay a day later during the second “Massive Meet” in Mankato, Minnesota to earn another all-region honor… Led-off the Maverick quartet that posted a time of 3:47.84, second fastest in program history… Had posted a season-best 200-meter time of 25.60 at the Wes Lavong Open to rank in a tie for tenth on the conference performance list with the converted mark of 25.35… Won the 400 at the Mountaineer Open & Multi in 56.82 seconds to begin the season… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2022 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Ran in three meets, including the RMAC Championships… Posted a career-best time of 55.97, third fastest in program history and just 0.01 seconds off the Maverick school record at the Colorado Invitational… Also helped the Mavs win the 4x400-meter relay in a time of 3:51.25 at that meet… That time was the second fastest in CMU history… Won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:02.00 at the Maverick Invite #2 in her lone attempt at that discipline that season… Finished ninth in the 400-meter dash at the RMAC Championships in 58.72 seconds after winning her preliminary round heat in 57.31… Was ranked third in the RMAC in both the open 400 and 400-meter hurdles with her altitude-adjusted times of 56.08 and 1:02.11… Earned USTFCCCA All-South Central Region honors in the hurdles as one of the region’s top five performers… The Mavs were ranked fourth in the conference in the 4x400-meter relay… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22 Indoor (Redshirt Junior): Redshirt season.

2021 Outdoor (Redshirt Freshman): Competed in all three home meets before suffering an injury that ended her season and prevented her from competing in the championships meets… Won all four of her races… Set a school-record time (1:00.82) in the 400-meter hurdles as the Maverick Open before breaking it with a mark of 59.84 at the Maverick Multi & Open… Led the RMAC’s season-long performance list while ranking ninth nationally with her altitude-adjusted time of 59.95… Earned USTFCCCA All-South Central Region honors and would have easily qualified for the national championships… Also won the 100-meter hurdles at the Maverick Open with a time of 14.63 seconds to rank second in program history… Won the 200 meters at the Maverick Sun Classic in 24.90 seconds to rank sixth in program history… Was ranked fourth on the RMAC list in the hurdles and ninth in the 200 with converted times of 14.67 and 24.97 seconds.  

2021 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Anchored the Mavericks 4x400-meter relay team to a NCAA Division II National Championship... Made CMU history with fellow team members Jill Payne, Sierra Arceneaux and Mica Jenrette as the first female student-athletes to win an NCAA Division II crown in any women's sport... The squad smashed their own school-record with a time of 3:47.09 as the Mavericks finished an all-time program-best 12th in the final team standings... Earned First Team USTFCCCA All-America honors... Had won three All-RMAC honors and two RMAC titles at the RMAC Championships... Anchored the relay team to victory with what was then a school-record time of 3:52.62... Has been a part of five of the fastest ten relay units in program history... Had won the RMAC 400-meter crown with a season-best time of 57.20 seconds... Led the RMAC season-long performance list with her converted-time of 56.56, which was 12th fastest nationally... Was a USTFCCCA All-South Central Region honoree in both the 400 and 4x400m Relay... Was the region's top performer in the relay... Also earned Second Team All-RMAC honors in the 60-meter hurdles with a fourth place finish as she personally accounted for 17 1/2 team points, helping CMU to a program-record point total of 110, good for their best-ever finish at an RMAC meet (2nd)... Had posted a season-best time of 9.07 in the hurdles at the Western Slope Challenge (Feb. 5) and ranks seventh (tie) in program-history with that mark... Posted a season-best time of 26.30 in the 200 meters at the Adams State Grizzly Open a day later in her only effort at that discipline... Claimed eight total event wins at five meets throughout the season, including at least one at each meet.

2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Indoor (Sophomore): Redshirt season.

2019 Outdoor (Freshman): Redshirt season.

2018-19 Indoor (Freshman): Ran in six meets, contesting the 400 meters in five of them, including at the RMAC Championships... Placed fourth with a time of 58.15 seconds to earn Second Team All-RMAC honors... Also ran on the Mavs' third place 4x400-meter relay team at the conference meet, which finished in 3:59.72... Had a season-best time of 57.99 seconds in the 400 meters at the Colorado Invitational... Broke the 60-second barrier in the 400 at all five meets and six attempts... Helped the Mavs set a former school-record time of 3:55.75 in the 4x400 at the Colorado Running Company Invite... Also moonlighted in the 60 meters and 200 meters, posting season-best times of 8.17 and 26.50 at the Adams State NCAA Qualifier.

Prep: Ran for Coach Dana Mathis and the Katy Cinco Ranch Cougars... Won the 300-meter hurdle title at the UIL 6A-District 19-20 Area Meet with a PR of 43.34 as a senior in 2018... Went on to place sixth at Region 3-6A meet... Had placed eighth at the Texas Relays that year... Set a 200m PR of 27.10 at the USATF Gulf Association Junior Olympic Championships in 2017... Placed third in the 300-meter hurdles at the area meet as a junior... Had competed for Clinton (Iowa) High School as a freshman and sophomore... Placed tenth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Iowa 4A State Championships as a freshman and 14th as a sophomore.

Personal: Is majoring in biology with plans of attaining prerequisites for pre-med... Hopes to get into medical school and specialize in dermatology or pediatrics.. Daughter of Dana and Brad Molder... Has two older brothers (Tyler and Jarrett Gonzales)... Jarrett plays college baseball at the University of New Mexico... Enjoys track and training... Also enjoys painting and hanging out with friends.

Why I Chose CMU: "I chose CMU because of the biology program and I was able to continue my running career."

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Long Sprint/Hurdles
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Hurdles/Sprints
    5'10"
  • 2020-21Redshirt Sophomore

    Hurdles/Sprints
    5'10"
  • 2021-22Redshirt Junior

    Hurdles/Sprints
    5'10"
  • 2022-23Redshirt Junior

    Hurdles/Sprints
    5'10"