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2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Jaden McKenzie

Jaden McKenzie

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Garden City, Mich.
  • High School:
    Garden City

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times

2025 Outdoor:
  • Claimed third in the 400m (50.02) and was on the runner-up 4x100 and 4x400
  • Placed second in the 400m (48.32), won the 4x400, and was on the third place 4x100 at the Chippewa Challenge
  • Won the 400m at the CUAA Alumni Legacy in 49.11
  • Scored by securing a silver in the 400m with a career-best 47.87, fifth in school history, and was on the third-place 4x100 and seventh-place 4x400

2024-25 Indoor: 
  • Began the campaign with a career-best 35.10 in the 300m for sixth at Notre Dame's Blue & Gold Invite
  • Was second in the 400m and the 4x400 at the SVSU Classic
  • Placed fourth in the 400m (48.90), seventh in the 200m (22.09) and ran a leg on the second place 4x400 at the Akron Invite
  • Scored at the Horizon League Championships by taking fifth in the 400m (50.14), sixth in the 200m (23.52) and third on the 4x400

2024 Outdoor:
  • Claimed third in the 400m (49.29), eighth in the 200m (21.99) and was part of the fourth-place 4x100 at Eastern Illinois' Big Blue Invite
  • Runner-up in the 400m in 49.45, fifth in the 200m in 22.34, and ran a leg on the third-place 4x400 and fourth-place 4x100 at Oakland's Golden Grizzly Invite
  • Had a huge day at the CMU Chippewa Challenge, earning gold in the 200m and 400m in 22.54 and 48.87, respectively, and was a part of the first-place 4x100 and 4x400
  • Earned second in the 100m in a career-best 11.10 and was also on the runner-up 4x100 at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
  • Tallied 21 points between individual and relays at the Horizon League Championships, taking fourth in the 400m in 47.93, fifth in school history,  clocked 21.94 for fourth in the 200m and the seventh fastest ever by a Titan and ran a leg on the third-place 4x100 and fourth-place 4x400

2023-24 Indoor:
  • Started the year at Notre Dame's Blue & Gold Invitational with a career-best 36.03 for 10th in the 300m
  • Ran a PR of 7.17 in the 60m and was fifth in the 200m (22.81) and sixth in the 400m (52.61) at the SVSU Classic
  • Clocked a time of 36.49 for fourth in the 300m and was part of the third-place 4x400 at Eastern Michigan's Bob Parks Memorial
  • Earned seventh in the 400m in 50.36 at Michigan's Silverston Invitational
  • Scored for the Titans at the Horizon League Championships on the fifth-place 4x400 and the sixth-place distance medley relay

2023 Outdoor:
  • Personal record in the 200m at the Don Kleinow 
  • Personal record in the 400m at the Horizon League Championships

2022-23 Indoor:
  • Eighth in the 400m at his first collegiate meet at the SVSU Classic

Prior To Detroit Mercy:
  • Participated in Track and Field (four years) and Cross Country (three years) at Garden City HS
  • Holds the record in the 400m at Garden City
  • Also a member of the band
Personal:
  • Son of Alishia Lane and Brandon McKenzie
  • Has four siblings 
  • A mechanical engineering major

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2024-25Junior

    Sprints
  • 2025-26Senior

    Sprints