Molly McCartney Season/Career Stats
2021 Outdoor: Posted season-best time of 5:07.85 in the 1,500-meter run at South Dakota Tune-Up (5/7/21)...season-best finish of sixth place in 1,500-meter run (5:25.09) at season-opening Wildcat Classic (3/27/21)...placed eighth in 800-meter run at Central Nebraska UNK Challenge (4/3/21) with time of 2:30.51...took eighth in 1,500-meter run at WSC Challenge (5/1/21) in 5:20.68...earned NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence Award.
2021 Indoor: Ran the one-mile run at two meets during indoor season...finished fourth at WSC Wildcat Invite (1/16/21) with time of 5:51.62 and was 11th at Bison Open at North Dakota State (2/5/21) at 5:49.64...received NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honors.
2020 Outdoor: Received NSIC Spring All-Academic Team honors.
2020 Indoor: Sat out as a redshirt.
2019 Outdoor: Missed outdoor season due to injury...named to the NSIC All-Academic Team.
2019 Indoor: Participated in four meets during indoor season...placed fourth in mile run with season-best time of 5:38.43 at Concordia Invite (2/8/19)...finished eighth in 1,000-meter run at 3:16.60 at SDSU Last Chance Invite (2/15/19)...ran leg on distance medley relay team that was 11th at NSIC Indoor Championships (13:20.25).
2018 Outdoor: Ran the 1,500-meter run in six meets during the outdoor season...ran season-best time of 5:09.37 to place sixth at Jim Dutcher Memorial (4/22/18)...recorded second-place finish at Wildcat Classic (3/22/18) with time of 5:17.40.
2018 Indoor: Competed in one meet during indoor season...was 20th in the mile run at the Graduate Classic with a time of 5.44.74...also ran leg on distance medley relay team that placed 11th.
High School: Graduate of Lawrence / Nelson High School...was a three-year starter in volleyball and basketball and four-year starter in track and field...was a five-time Class D State Track Champion, winning the 1,600-meter run as a sophomore, junior and senior and the 3,200-meter run as a junior and senior...ended track career winning medals in 11 of 12 events...excels in classroom with Academic All-State honors in volleyball, basketball and track and field.
Personal: Parents are Boyd and Sheila McCartney...born April 29, 1999...majoring in pre-physical therapy.