2023-24 Track & Field Roster
Forest MacKenzie
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Deerfield, N.H.
- Prev School:
- New Hampshire
- High School:
- Concord
Forest MacKenzie TFRRS Profile
CAREER HONORS
• All-ACC Cross Country Academic Team (2022, 2023)
• All-ACC Outdoor Academic Team (2024)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
2024-25
Cross Country:
• Competed in one meet, recording an 8K time of 28:30.9 at the Live in Lou Classic
Indoor:
• Competed at four meets in the mile, 3000m and 5000m
• Set a new personal record in the 5000m at the Music City Challenge with a time of 15:19.52
• Placed seventh in the 3000m at the Eastern Indoors, racing to a personal-best time of 8:43.64
• Made his season debut at the Louisville Opener with a personal-best mile time of 4:24.01
Outdoor:
• Competed at one meet, recording a 5000m time of 15:43.08 at the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Invitational
2023-24
Cross Country:
• Competed in four meets for the Cardinals, finishing within the top three scorers in each of them
• Set a new personal-best mark in the 10K with a time of 31:46.7 at the NCAA Southeast Regionals
• Placed 96th at the ACC Championships with an 8K time of 25:14.3
• Established a new personal-best 8K time of 24:30.7 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational on his way to a 78th-place finish
• Raced to a time of 25:18.1 at the Live in Lou Classic
Indoor:
• Did not compete in any indoor events
Outdoor:
• Competed in one meet, making his season debut at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 3000m steeplechase
2022-23
Cross Country:
• Competed in all six meets
• Finished season with a 33:20.9 10K at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships
• Was third Cardinal through the line at the ACC Championships, placing 96th in a season-best 8K time of 25:01.8
• Recorded 8K times of 25:27.8 at the Bradley Pink Classic and 25:14.7 at the Live in Lou Classic
• Posted a mark of 26:54.7 at the John McNichols Invitational
• Finished 54th at the Covered Bridge Open in his Louisville debut, earning an 8K time of 26:51.9
Indoor:
• Did not compete in any indoor events
Outdoor:
• Competed in five meets in the 3000m, 5000m, and 3000m steeplechase
• Clocked a season-best time of 9:17.24 in the steeplechase at the Joe Walker Invitational, while earning three top-five finishes in the event on the season
New Hampshire Honors:
• Placed 25th at the 2019 America East Cross Country Championships
• Finished ninth overall in the 10000m at the 2020 New England Championships
Prep/High School Honors:
• Two-time New Hampshire Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year
• Two-time New Hampshire Division 1 Cross Country individual champion (2018, 2019)
• Seven-time New Hampshire All-State Honoree (Three-time Cross Country, Two-time Indoor Track, One-time Outdoor Track, One-time Wrestling)
• Captain of the 2017, 2018, and 2019 New Hampshire state champion cross country teams
Personal:
• Full name is Forest MacKenzie
• Birthdate is July 19, 2001
• Major is neuroscience
• Parents are Jim MacKenzie and Kelle Loughlin
• Father, Jim, ran cross country and track at the University of New Hampshire
• Has two older siblings, Calgary and Sage
• Also was a member of the wrestling team in high school
• Proudest moment of his life was seeing members of his high school team finish in the top three spots at the state meet
• Chose UofL because of the coaching staff, the team environment, and the academics
