Mackenzie Laughlin
Mackenzie Laughlin
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Johnston, Iowa
  • High School:
    Johnston

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Three-time American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team (2019-21)
  • Team Most Improved (2021)
  • Four-time letterwinner (2018-21)
2021 | Senior
  • Named to American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team
  • Tabbed team's Most Improved Runner
  • Competed in all six meets
  • Produced her best 6K mark of the season at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational, 23:50.1, while finishing third on the team
2020 | Junior
  • Named to American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team
  • Appeared in two races during junior slate for Simpson
  • Finished eighth on the team and 55th overall at the American Rivers Conference Championships
  • Ran to a 15th-place finish in the Coe Triangular
2019 | Sophomore
  • Named American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team
  • Ran in five events as a sophomore
  • Finished fifth on the team and 71st overall at the A-R-C Championships
  • Tallied second on the squad at the NCAA Central Regional meet
2018 | Freshman
  • Competed in five races during rookie season
  • Clocked her fastest 6k time of the year at the Drews/Neubauer Invite with a time of 25:02.4
  • Finished in 124th at the NCAA Central Region Championships and was the fourth Simpson runner to cross the finish
High School
  • A 2018 graduate of Johnston High School
  • Coached by Patrick Hennes
  • A member of the 2017 state championship team
  • A three-time varsity letter winner
  • A three-time all academic winner
  • Also a four-year letter winner and two-time state qualifier in track
  • A member of Student Council, National Honors Society, Silver Cord, and FCA
Personal
  • Parents are Doug and Michelle
  • Has one brother, Collin
  • Majoring in health and exercise science with minors in psychology and biology
  • Also a member of the Storm track and field team

News Mentions

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Simpson earns ninth place at NCAA Midwest Regional

The Simpson College women’s cross country team wrapped up the 2021 season with a ninth place finish at the NCAA Division III Midwest...

November 13, 2021

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Women’s cross country places fourth at A-R-C Championships

The Simpson College women’s cross country team collected a fourth-place finish at the American Rivers Conference Championships on Saturday,...

October 30, 2021

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Kallem, Angus pace Storm in final tune-up before conference

In their final tune-up before the American Rivers Conference Championships, Lara Kallem and Emma Angus paced the Simpson College women’s...

October 15, 2021

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Cross country squads battle in Brissman-Lundeen Invite

For the first time since Sept. 11, the Simpson College men's and women's cross country teams were in action. The Storm competed in the Brissman/Lu...

October 1, 2021

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Storm men finish second, women fifth at Les Duke Invite

The Simpson College cross country teams competed in the 59th running of the Les Duke Invitational on Saturday, hosted by Grinnell College. The men...

September 11, 2021

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Storm women capture first at home invite

The Simpson College men's and women's cross country teams both won their own event during the Bill Buxton Invitational on Friday. The men scored a...

September 3, 2021