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2023-24 Women's Track and Field Roster

McKenzie Gruner

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Baraboo
  • Hometown Merrimac, Wis.

Biography

2023-24
Indoor:
  • At the Titan Challenge, she placed 6th in the 800m
  • Took 23rd in the 800m at the Jet’s Pizza Invite
Outdoor:
  • Did not participate
2022-23
Indoor:
  • Participated in six indoor meets including the GLIAC Indoor Championships where she took 6th in the DMR, 12th in the high jump, and 7th in the Pentathlon
  • Took her first collegiate 1st place finish in the high jump at the UW-Oshkosh Early Bird Invite with a PR mark of 1.54m
  • Helped the 4x400m relay team take 2nd at UW-Oshkosh
Outdoor:
  • Did not participate
Before NMU
  • Track & Field team captain and MVP her senior year
  • Won the conference title in the 800m as a junior in 2021 and made appearances in the state championship as a junior and senior
  • First Team All-Conference as a sophomore and senior in volleyball
  • Second Team All-Conference as a freshman
  • Team captain and team MVP three years in a row
  • Reached 1000 kills her senior year 
Personal
  • Also a member of the NMU Track & Field team
  • Daughter of Paul and Lisa Gruner 
  • From Merrimac, Wisconsin
  • Father Paul played football semi-professionally for the Racine Raiders and won two national championships
  • Hobbies include going to coffee shops, running, hanging out with friends

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Mid-Distance
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Mid-Distance