Makenzy Mizera

Liberty Track & Field Media Day on September 26th, 2023. (Photo by Cassidy Paxton)

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Jumps
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Maryville, Mo.
Prev School:
Warrensburg High School

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CUSA Individual Titles (2)
2024 Indoor Long Jump
2024 Indoor Triple Jump

All-CUSA Honors (3)
2024 Indoor Long Jump - 1st
2024 Indoor Triple Jump - 1st
2024 Outdoor Triple Jump - 2nd

ASUN Individual Titles (2)
2020 Indoor Long Jump
2023 Indoor Triple Jump

All-ASUN Honors (10)
2019 Indoor Long Jump - 3rd
2019 Indoor Triple Jump - 2nd
2019 Outdoor Triple Jump - 2nd
2020 Indoor Long Jump - 1st
2020 Indoor Triple Jump - 2nd
2021 Outdoor Long Jump - 2nd
2021 Outdoor Triple Jump - 2nd
2023 Indoor Triple Jump - 1st
2023 Outdoor Long Jump - 2nd
2023 Outdoor Triple Jump - 3rd

2023 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Earned All-ASUN honors in both events, placing second in the long jump (season-best 19-5.5) and third in the triple jump
• Won three triple jump competitions (Dr. Jack M. Toms Alumni Invitational, WildCat Track Festival and Liberty Twilight Qualifier)
• Triple jumped a season-best 40-9 (wind-aided) at the Virginia Challenge
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2022-23 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• ASUN triple jump champion with a season-best mark of 41-5.25
• Placed fourth in the triple jump at the USATF Indoor Championship
• Best long jump effort of the campaign (19-0.75) came at the Bob Pollock Invitational
• Two-time ASUN Women’s Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 1 and Feb. 22)
• VaSID Second Team All-State (throws)
• ASUN All-Academic Team

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Did not compete in any meets and was redshirted
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Did not compete in any meets and was redshirted

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Triple jumped at the U.S. Olympic Trials
• Qualified for the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet in the triple jump
• ASUN long jump (season-best 19-4.75) and triple jump (program-record 42-6) runner-up
• Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational long jump champion
• VaSID First Team All-State (jumps)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Improved the Liberty indoor triple jump record to 42-8 at the Bob Pollock Invitational, earning ASUN Women’s Field Athlete of the Week distinction on Feb. 3. It turned out to be the longest triple jump mark in the ASUN by two feet and ranks No. 2 in conference history.
• Won the long jump invitational section at the Liberty Elite Invitational
• Top collegiate finisher (second overall) in the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational triple jump
• ASUN All-Academic Team

2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus

2020 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• ASUN long jump champion and triple jump runner-up
• Broke the Liberty indoor triple jump record twice (41-3.75 at the season-opening Virginia Tech Invitational and 41-10.75 at the USATF Indoor Championships)
• Eclipsed her own program indoor long jump record with a winning 19-4.75 effort at the Liberty Flames Invite
• Top collegiate performer at the USATF Indoor Championships in both the triple jump (seventh place) and long jump (12^th place)
• Two-time ASUN Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 22 and Feb. 19)
• VaSID first team all-state (jumps)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• ASUN triple jump runner-up
• Came in seventh in the USATF U20 triple jump (Liberty freshman-record 41-2.25) and 10^th in the long jump
• Swept the Liberty Twilight Qualifier long jump (personal-best and Liberty freshman-record 19-9.5) and triple jump titles. Her 19-9.5 long jump ranks No. 2 in program history.
• Exceeded the 40-foot mark in all six of her outdoor triple jump competitions
• Named ASUN Women's Field Athlete of the Week on May 8 and Women's Freshman of the Week on April 17 & 24
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Reached the ASUN podium in both events, placing second in the triple jump (season-best 39-10) and third in the long jump (school-record 19-1.5)
• Mizera's 19-1.5 long jump at the ASUN meet took down a school record which had stood for 34 years
• Came in sixth in the ECAC long jump (first among freshmen) and ninth in the triple jump

Prep
• Graduated from Warrensburg High School
• 2017 Missouri state champion in the long jump
• Qualified for the state meet in the 100 hurdles, long jump and triple jump for four consecutive years, earning five runner-up finishes
• Named the Daily Star-Journal's inaugural female track & field athlete of the year in 2017
• High school personal bests included 5-2 (high jump), 19-3 (long jump) and 39-11.25 (triple jump)

Personal
• Daughter of Damian and Mary Mizera
• Brother Peyton competed in track & field at Northwest Missouri State
• Birthday is May 30
• Graduated in 2022 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science
• Working toward a master's degree in human performance