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Mahkaia Lee

Jumps
Position
Senior
Class
Redonodo Beach, Calif.
Hometown
San Jose State
Previous School
Mahkaia Lee - Track & Field - Virginia Cavaliers

TFRRS Profile  (for PRs and full results)

2024 Outdoor
• Took home the silver in the 4x100m at the VertKlasse Meeting, also placing fourth in the LJ and hitting a personal best in the 100m
• Won the long jump at the Virginia Opener with a personal best of 6.09m (19′ 11.75″)

2024 Indoor
• Doubled in the long and triple jump at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Advanced to finals and hit a personal bets in the 60m sprint at the Virginia Tech Challenge
• Cleared a personal best of 12.16m (39′ 10.75″) in the triple jump at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational
• Made her UVA debut at the VT Invite placing ninth in the long jump
• Placed eighth in the long jump at the Hokie Invitational
• Had two new PBs in the TJ (12.11m) and LJ (5.87m) at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet

At SJSU (2020-2022)

2022
• Registered personal records of 6.26m in the long jump (placed second), 12.4m in the triple jump (placed fourth) and 7.51 in the 60m (placed fifth) at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/24-2/26)
• Placed seventh in the long jump at Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/11-5/14) and advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds (5/11-5/14) where she finished 20th
• Finished second in the long jump at the Stanford Invitational (4/1-4/2)

2021
• Finished first in the triple jump and second in the long jump at the Central California Invitational (3/6)
• Captured first place in the long jump at the Sac State Invite (4/17)
• Finished fourth in the long jump and eighth in the triple jump at the Mountain West Championship (5/13-5/15)

2020
• Opened the season with a mark of 12.31m in the triple jump and a 5.77m in the long jump at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Collegiate Invitational (1/24-1/25)
• Hit 12.04m in the triple jump and 5.65m in the long jump at the Don Kirby Elite Indoor Invitational (2/13-2/14)
• Closed the season with a mark of 12.46m in the triple jump (placed second) and a 5.85m (finished fourth) in the long jump at the Mountain West Championships (2/27-2/29)

Background
• Lettered in track & field at Redondo Union High School…was ranked third in the state for the 2019 outdoor high school season
• Team MVP
• Posted a best mark of 19’9.5.

Personal
• Pursuing a master’s degree in educational psychology