2018-19 Track & Field Roster
Forrest, Makenli
Makenli Forrest
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Woodward Academy
- Hometown:
- Ellenwood, Ga.
Bio
NCAA Honors
• 2021 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw Champion
• 2019 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw Runner-Up
• 2021, 2019 NCAA Indoor All-American, First Team (Weight Throw)
• 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American* (Weight Throw) *no team designation
• 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American, Second Team (Hammer Throw)
• 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Honorable Mention (Discus Throw)
• 2018 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American, Second Team (Weight Throw)
ACC Honors
• Two-time ACC Indoor Weight Throw Champion, (2021, 2018)
• 2021 ACC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
• 2021 ACC Indoor Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year
• 2021 All-ACC Indoor First Team (Weight Throw)
• 2021 ACC Indoor Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year
• 2021 ACC Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
• 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee
• 2020 ACC Indoor Second Team (Weight Throw)
• 2018 ACC Indoor First Team (Weight Throw)
• 2018 ACC Outdoor Discus Silver Medalist
• 2018 ACC Outdoor First Team (Discus)
• 2018 All-ACC Outdoor Second Team (Hammer Throw)
• Member of Louisville’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee – ACC Representative
2020-21 Indoor: Nominee for 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year... Tallied six wins in the weight throw during the indoor season, including the ACC and NCAA Indoor titles… Won the 2021 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw championship with a collegiate-best mark of 23.26m (76-3.75)– she set school records with her third and sixth attempts… Earned NCAA Indoor All-America first team honors… Won the ACC Indoor Weight Throw title with a mark of 22.46m (73-8.25)… ACC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year…ACC Indoor Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year... All-ACC first team performer… Named ACC Co-Indoor Performer of the Week on February 3… Posted wins in the McCravy Green Invitational, Hokie Invitational, Notre Dame Invitational, Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite and posted a runner-up finish at the Lenny Lyles Invitational… Helped the Cardinals finish tied for 20th in the final USTFCCCA Indoor Track & Field standings… Owns four of Louisville’s top 10 indoor weight throw marks… ACC Postgraduate Scholarship recipient… Named to the All-ACC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Academic Team.
2020-21 Outdoor: Qualified for NCAA East Region Preliminary Round in the hammer throw… All-ACC second team performer with a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw… Competed in three meets in the regular season with two top-four finishes in the hammer throw… Named to the All-ACC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Academic Team… ACC Academic Honor Roll member… USTFCCCA All-Academic Team selection… NCAA Woman of the Year nominee… Member of Louisville’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee – ACC Representative.
2020: Competed at five meets during the indoor season… Threw a team and season-high 22.11m / 72’06 at the Tyson Invitational, winning the event… Finished in fourth in the weight throw at the ACC Indoor Championships with a mark of 21.71m/71’2.7… Won the shot put at the Gene Edmonds Open … Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the weight throw, but competition was suspended due to Covid-19 … Headed into the NCAA Indoor Championship, her season best mark ranked 11th in the nation, earning All-American honors … Was a member of the 2020 All-ACC Academic Indoor Track and Field team.
2018-19: NCAA runner-up and All-American in the weight throw with a then-personal best toss of 22.54m … Picked up four wins in the weight throw … Earned Second Team All-ACC honors for a fourth place weight throw of 20.71m … Finished 10th in the shot put at the ACC Indoor Championship … Earned Second Team All-American honors with a 62.50m 15th place finish in the hammer throw the NCAA Championship … Earned honorable mention honors with a 22nd place finish in the discus at the NCAA Championship … Threw a personal best of 55.76m to win the discus at the Victor Lopez Classic.
2017-18: Competed in eight outdoor events and eight indoor events … competed in shot put, discus and hammer throw … qualified for NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships … received Second Team Indoor All-American honors in weight throw, finishing 15th … finished ninth in hammer and 25th in discus at NCAA East Preliminary Round … runner-up in discus at ACC Outdoor Championships, also placed third in hammer and ninth in shot put … took first in weight throw at ACC Indoor Championships with season-best throw of 21:58m/70-9.75 … earned win in discus at California Collegiate Open and weight throw at Illini Classic.
Prep: Lettered four years in track & field and basketball at Woodward Academy … competed in shot put, discus and hammer throw … two-time New Balance All-American … won two state championships in both shot put and discus … holds personal records of 169’8” in discus, 46’9” in shot put and 188’ in hammer throw
Personal: Born on Dec. 2, 1998 in Newnan, Ga. … daughter of Anthony and Dwetha Forrest … majoring in exercise science
• 2021 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw Champion
• 2019 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw Runner-Up
• 2021, 2019 NCAA Indoor All-American, First Team (Weight Throw)
• 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American* (Weight Throw) *no team designation
• 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American, Second Team (Hammer Throw)
• 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Honorable Mention (Discus Throw)
• 2018 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American, Second Team (Weight Throw)
ACC Honors
• Two-time ACC Indoor Weight Throw Champion, (2021, 2018)
• 2021 ACC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
• 2021 ACC Indoor Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year
• 2021 All-ACC Indoor First Team (Weight Throw)
• 2021 ACC Indoor Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year
• 2021 ACC Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
• 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee
• 2020 ACC Indoor Second Team (Weight Throw)
• 2018 ACC Indoor First Team (Weight Throw)
• 2018 ACC Outdoor Discus Silver Medalist
• 2018 ACC Outdoor First Team (Discus)
• 2018 All-ACC Outdoor Second Team (Hammer Throw)
• Member of Louisville’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee – ACC Representative
2020-21 Indoor: Nominee for 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year... Tallied six wins in the weight throw during the indoor season, including the ACC and NCAA Indoor titles… Won the 2021 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw championship with a collegiate-best mark of 23.26m (76-3.75)– she set school records with her third and sixth attempts… Earned NCAA Indoor All-America first team honors… Won the ACC Indoor Weight Throw title with a mark of 22.46m (73-8.25)… ACC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year…ACC Indoor Track & Field Scholar Athlete of the Year... All-ACC first team performer… Named ACC Co-Indoor Performer of the Week on February 3… Posted wins in the McCravy Green Invitational, Hokie Invitational, Notre Dame Invitational, Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite and posted a runner-up finish at the Lenny Lyles Invitational… Helped the Cardinals finish tied for 20th in the final USTFCCCA Indoor Track & Field standings… Owns four of Louisville’s top 10 indoor weight throw marks… ACC Postgraduate Scholarship recipient… Named to the All-ACC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Academic Team.
2020-21 Outdoor: Qualified for NCAA East Region Preliminary Round in the hammer throw… All-ACC second team performer with a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw… Competed in three meets in the regular season with two top-four finishes in the hammer throw… Named to the All-ACC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Academic Team… ACC Academic Honor Roll member… USTFCCCA All-Academic Team selection… NCAA Woman of the Year nominee… Member of Louisville’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee – ACC Representative.
2020: Competed at five meets during the indoor season… Threw a team and season-high 22.11m / 72’06 at the Tyson Invitational, winning the event… Finished in fourth in the weight throw at the ACC Indoor Championships with a mark of 21.71m/71’2.7… Won the shot put at the Gene Edmonds Open … Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the weight throw, but competition was suspended due to Covid-19 … Headed into the NCAA Indoor Championship, her season best mark ranked 11th in the nation, earning All-American honors … Was a member of the 2020 All-ACC Academic Indoor Track and Field team.
2018-19: NCAA runner-up and All-American in the weight throw with a then-personal best toss of 22.54m … Picked up four wins in the weight throw … Earned Second Team All-ACC honors for a fourth place weight throw of 20.71m … Finished 10th in the shot put at the ACC Indoor Championship … Earned Second Team All-American honors with a 62.50m 15th place finish in the hammer throw the NCAA Championship … Earned honorable mention honors with a 22nd place finish in the discus at the NCAA Championship … Threw a personal best of 55.76m to win the discus at the Victor Lopez Classic.
2017-18: Competed in eight outdoor events and eight indoor events … competed in shot put, discus and hammer throw … qualified for NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships … received Second Team Indoor All-American honors in weight throw, finishing 15th … finished ninth in hammer and 25th in discus at NCAA East Preliminary Round … runner-up in discus at ACC Outdoor Championships, also placed third in hammer and ninth in shot put … took first in weight throw at ACC Indoor Championships with season-best throw of 21:58m/70-9.75 … earned win in discus at California Collegiate Open and weight throw at Illini Classic.
Prep: Lettered four years in track & field and basketball at Woodward Academy … competed in shot put, discus and hammer throw … two-time New Balance All-American … won two state championships in both shot put and discus … holds personal records of 169’8” in discus, 46’9” in shot put and 188’ in hammer throw
Personal: Born on Dec. 2, 1998 in Newnan, Ga. … daughter of Anthony and Dwetha Forrest … majoring in exercise science
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