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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

McKinley Novacek

  • Position High Jump / Multis
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Joshua, Texas
  • High School Joshua HS
  • Instagram butterfly.pancake

Biography

Collegiate PRs | Indoor: Pentathlon: 2951, 800m: 2:52.33, 60mH: 9.46, HJ: 1.72m, LJ: 5.56m, SP: 7.65m, 600y: 1:39.84;
Outdoor: Heptathlon: 4391, 200m: 27.12m, 800m: 2:42.65, 100mH: 15.10, HJ: 1.75m, LJ: 5.76m, SP: 8.48m, Javelin: 23.33m

TFRRS Profile
 
Medals at UTA
  • 2025 Indoor Bronze - High Jump
  • 2025 Outdoor Bronze - High Jump

2024-25 SEASON AT UTA
2025 Indoor: Competed in four regular season meets … Took home the bronze medal in the high jump at the WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a season’s best mark of 1.71m … Finished second overall in the high jump at the Jarvis Scott Invite with a mark of 1.70m.
2025 Outdoor: Competed in six regular season meets … Took home the bronze medal in the high jump at the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a mark of 1.74m … Posted a personal best of 1.75m in the high jump where she finished second overall at the TCU Alumni Invitational … Finished second overall in the high jump at the Joe Gillespie Invitational.
 
2023-24 SEASON AT UTA
2024 Indoor: Competed in three regular season meets … Competed in the high jump and long jump at the WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, finishing seventh in the high jump and 12th in the long jump … Posted season’s best in the high jump (1.72m) and long jump (5.56m) at the Jarvis Scott Open.
2024 Outdoor: Competed in six regular season meets … Competed in the high jump and long jump at the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, finishing fourth overall in the high jump with a mark of 1.73m … Placed third in both the high jump and long jump at the UTA Invitational.
 
2022-23 SEASON AT UTA
2023 Indoor: Competed in three regular season meets … Competed in the high jump at the WAC Championships … At the JD Martin Invitational, posted a personal best of 1:39.84 in the 600y and finished fourth in the high jump … Finished fourth in the high jump with a mark of 1.65m at the Howie Ryan Invitational.
2023 Outdoor: Competed in seven regular season meets … Participated in the high jump and heptathlon at the WAC Championships … At the Carl Kight Invitational & Multis, set a personal best in the heptathlon with 4391 points and finished sixth, also set PR’s in the 100m hurdles (15.10), the shot put (8.48m), the 200m (27.12) and the javelin (23.33m) … At the Oliver Jackson Twilight, posted a season’s best in the high jump with a mark of 1.68m and a third place finish and also set a PR in the long jump with a mark of 5.76m and a fourth place finish … Placed second in the high jump at the UTA Invitational.
 
2021-22 SEASON AT UTA
2022 Indoor: Set a personal record of 1:44.25 in the 600 yards at JD Martin … At the conference championships she placed 11th in the Pentathlon with a personal best of 2,951 … Posted a season’s best in the high jump with a mark of 1.64m. 
2022 Outdoor: Placed first in the high jump with a mark of 1.58m at the UTA vs. UNT Dual … Ran a season’s best in the 100m hurdles at the Baylor Invitational (16.15) … Competed in the heptathlon at the Carl Knight Invitational & Multis where she posted outdoor season’s best in the 200 meters, long jump, and the javelin throw for a total personal best score of 3,865 … Competed in the heptathlon at the SBC Championships.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
2021 graduate of Joshua High School in Joshua, Texas.
 
PERSONAL
Born January 11, 2003 … Daughter of five-time NFL Pro Bowler, two-time All-Pro and three-time Super Bowl Champion with the Dallas Cowboys, Jay Novacek … Gaming and animation major.
 
UPDATED: 9/29/25