2023-24 Women's Track & Field Roster

Carol Chen

Mackenzie Heyroth

  • Position Multi Events
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Lodi, Wis.
  • Highschool Lodi
  • Instagram mackenzieheyroth

Biography

Honors: Ranks ninth in the heptathlon on the UW all-time performance list with 5,248 points ... 2021 Academic All-Big Ten
 
  Personal Bests
 Indoor  Outdoor
 60-meter hurdles  8.60  2/25/23  100-meter hurdles  14.03  4/1/23
 High Jump  5-5 3/4 (1.67m)  1/28/22  High Jump  5-5 (1.65m)  5/13/22
 Shot Put    39-7 3/4 (12.08m)  2/24/23  Shot Put  42-8 1/4 (13.01m)  5/12/23
 Long Jump  18-5 (5.61m)  2/25/23  200 Meters  26.07  5/12/23
 800 meters  2:18.36  2/25/23  Long Jump  18-1 1/2 (5.52m)  3/31/23
 Pentathlon  3974 pts  2/24/23  Javelin  130-6 (39.78m)  5/14/22
 200 Meters  27.44  1/23/21  800 meters  2:23.82  5/14/22
 Pentathlon  3974 pts  2/25/23  Heptathlon  5248 pts  5/13-14/22

TFRRS Profile

2024 Outdoor Track: Competed in two events of the heptathlon, finishing 11th in the high jump at 5-1 ¾ (1.57m) and fourth of the shot put with a mark of 39-10 (12.14m) at the 2024 Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 10)… finished 19th in the javelin throw with a distance of 115-5 (35.18m) at the Battle of the Bayou (March 29)... finished 12th in the javelin throw with a distance of 106-8 (32.51m) at the Keyth Talley Invitational (March 23)

2024 Indoor Track: Did not compete

2023 Outdoor Track: Placed sixth in the javelin throw with a distance of 127-4 at the USF Bulls Invitational (March 17)... finished fourth in the 100 meter hurdles with a personal best time of 14.03 and ran a personal best of 26.29 in the 200 meters, finished ninth in the long jump with a distance of 18-1 ½  at the Stanford invitational (March 31)... finished 11th in the heptathlon with 4,438 points, winning the shot put with a personal best distance of 42-8 1/4 and ran a personal best timef 26.07 in the 200 meters finishing 11 at the 2023 Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 12-14)

2023 Indoor Track: Finished eighth in the 4x400 relay crossing in 4:11.20 at the Wisconsin Badgers Midwest Invite (Jan. 14)... placed fourth in the 60 meter hurdles finishing in 8.80 seconds and seventh in the 600 meters crossing in 1:41.86 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 20)... finished fourth in the pentathlon with 3764 points at the Illini Challenge and Multi (Jan 27-28)... placed 14th in the long jump with a distance of 18-5 at the Wisconsin Badgers Windy City Invite (Feb. 10)... finished second in the 60 meter hurdles in 8.64 at the Valentines Day Invitational (Feb. 17)... placed fourth in the pentathlon with a personal best 3974 points, finished eighth in the 800 meters with a personal best 2:18.36, and third place in the 60 meter hurdles with a personal best 8.60 at the Big ten Indoor Championships

2022 Outdoor: Finished fifth in the javelin (127-9), 27th in the 100-meter hurdles (14.82) and 79th in the 200 meters (27.61) at the Texas State Bobcat Invite (Mar. 24-26) ... placed seventh in the heptathlon with 4,971 points at the Jim Click Shootout (April 8-9) ... finished eighth in the long jump with a leap of 18-0 1/4 at the Oregon Relays (April; 22-23) ... scored a personal best 5,248 points in the heptathlon at the Big Ten Championships (May 13-14), finishing third ... recorded personal bests in the 100 hurdles (14.22), shot put (40-4), 200 meters (26.50), javelin (130-6) and 800 meters (2:23.82)

2022 Indoor: Finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.01 at the Badgers B1G Midwest Invite (Jan. 15) ...  placed 12th in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.85 and finished eighth in the long jump at 17-6 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan. 21-22) ... placed third in the pentathlon with a personal best of 3,755 points at the Indiana University Relays (Jan. 28-29) ... recorded personal bests in the pentathlon high jump (5-5 3/4), pentathlon long jump (17-10 3/4) and pentathlon 800 meters (2:26.09)...placed a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.72 ( Feb.18)... finished third in the pentathlon with 3,825 points at the Big Ten Championships ( Feb.25-26)... finished fifth with a personal best in the javelin throw with a throw of 127-9 at the Texas State Bobcat Invite (Mar. 24-26)

2021 Outdoor: Placed 12th in the heptathlon at the Big Ten Championships, scoring 4,844 points and recording personal bests in four events ... placed third in the heptathlon shot put at 39-7 and finished eighth in the heptathlon javelin throw (115-10) and eighth in the 800 meters (2:26.87)

2021 Indoor: Finished eighth in the pentathlon with a personal best 3,564 points at the Big Ten Championship (Feb.25) ... record personal best marks in the pentathlon shot put (39-5 3/4) and pentathlon 800 meters (2:26.33) ... placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles(8.99) and second in the high jump with a height of 5-3 at the Badger Icebreaker (Jan.16)... finished ninth in the 200 meters (27.44) and 14th in the long jump with a distance of 17-8 1/4 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan.22)

2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19

2020 Indoor: Competed in the long jump with a mark of 17-3 1/4 and the 60-meter hurdles in 9.08 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/17-18)... placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdle in 9.01 and finished third in the 600 meters in 1:41.11 at the Jack Jennett Open (1/24) ... placed 10th in the pentathlon at the Jack Johnson Classic (1/31-2/1) with 3,341 points

High School: 2019 WISTCA Girls' Track Athlete of the Year ... 2019 D2 state champion in the 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay ... set state records in the 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles

Personal: Parents are Tom and Tracy Heyroth ... has three siblings - Jacob, Lucas and Olivia ... major is retailing and consumer behavior

Why Wisconsin?

"I chose Wisconsin because of the strong tradition of academics and athletics. Growing up in Wisconsin, I’ve been a Badger fan my whole life and it has always been my dream to run as a Badger."

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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  • 2023-24Graduate Student

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