2020-21 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Makala Keefe

Makala Keefe

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    White Bear Lake, Minn.
  • Major:
    Social Science
  • Highschool:
    White Bear Lake HS

Summary

Biography

2020-21
Outdoor (Senior): Threw in all seven meets … Hurled a career-best 158-2 in the discus at the NDSU Spring Classic to finish fourth and move up to No. 6 in UND’s top-10 … Closed the season fourth all-time in the hammer throw with her sixth-place finishing toss of 188-6 at The Summit League Championship (May 14-15).

2019-20
Indoor (Senior):
Competed six times in the weight throw ... Finished sixth at The Summit League Championship at Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb, 28-29) ... Closed the regular season with a personal-best toss of 18.23m (61-10.25), shattering her previous by over a foot and a half, to win the weight throw at the UND Tune-Up (Feb. 22) ... Named Summit League Thrower of the Week on Feb. 24 for the effort, moving her into No. 2 all-time at UND ... Finished second at the UND Indoor Open in the weight (Feb. 1).

Outdoor (Senior): Threw the discus and the hammer at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (March 13-14) ... Finished third in both competitions ... Hurled a PR throw of 46.05m (151-1) in the discus to improve her ninth-best throw in program history.

2018-19
Indoor (Junior): Hurled the weight in seven events ... Placed in the top-four twice ... Finished 12th at The Summit League Indoor Championship in the weight throw ... Tossed a personal-best 18.37m (60-3.25) in the regular season finale at the SDSU Indoor Classic (Feb. 9).

Outdoor (Junior): Ended the season in the top-10 in UND's Record Book in the hammer throw (seventh) and discus (ninth) ... Found consistency in the hammer throw with marks over 170-feet five times in seven meets ... Threw a personal-best 150-11 (46.00m) in the discus in the spring opener at Incarnate Word to finish third (March 14) ... Set a new PR in the in hammer at Long Beach State's Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, tossing 179-10 (54.82m) to finish 16th (April 18).

2017-18
Indoor (Sophomore):
Hit a weight throw PR of 52-09.25 (16.08m) at the Thundering Herd Classic … Later topped that mark with a throw of 56-4.25 (17.19m) that was the seventh-best in UND history.

Outdoor (Sophomore): Placed fourth in the discus and fifth in the hammer at the Big Sky Conference Championship … Established a hammer PR of 176 feet, 10 inches (53.89 meters) at the Beach Invitational … Hit the ninth-best discus throw in school history with a mark of 149-4 (45.51m) at Sacramento State … Earned second letter.

2016-17
Indoor (Freshman):
Earned a personal record weight throw at the UND Indoor Tune-Up with a toss of 48-09 (14.91).

Outdoor (Freshman): Earned a personal record in the discus with a throw of 148-01 (45.13) at the Mary Al Bortke Open … Mark was the 10th-best in UND history ... Earned first collegiate letter.

Before UND
A 2016 graduate of White Bear Lake High School … Voted Most Valuable Player as both a junior and senior … Earned all-conference honors in both the shot put and discus … Lettered four times in track and basketball.

Personal
Majoring in social science ... Daughter of Dan Keefe and Deb Hedman.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Throws
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Throws
  • 2018-19Junior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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  • 2020-21Redshirt Senior

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