Ole Miss' McKenzie Long After Winning Three NCAA Titles, Running In Memory Of Her Mother
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🗓️ 17 June 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
"This particular conversation, I did cry more. It was the most pivotal moment of my life. I was just telling her, ‘This is my breakthrough moment.’ I told her that before this even happened… I told her, ‘Just let me feel you, let me know that you're here.’ And she did in the blocks."
McKenzie Long of Ole Miss swept the sprint titles with victories in the 100 meters, 200 meters and anchoring the 4x100 meters. All of that happened in a span of about 90 minutes. Her winning time in the 200 meters of 21.83 seconds is the fastest in the world as we head into the U.S. Olympic Trials. She has a very strong chance of qualifying for Team USA and making the Olympic team, if she finishes in the top three of either individual event.
After one of the races in Eugene, McKenzie got emotional on-air on ESPN while dedicating her win to her mother, who died during this past indoor season. In this episode, McKenzie opens up about how she grieved and coped with the loss while in the middle of a season. She shares how she sees and feels her mother’s presence with her daily.
A beautiful photo captured by photographer Kane Nguyen went viral where she’s sitting in the bleachers at Hayward Field with her head down, reflecting and connecting with her mother. She tells us about that photo and a surprise she had when she got into the blocks before the 100 meters.
Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Guest: McKenzie Long | @kenzielong21 on Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | After an awesome weekend with New Balance at the 2024 New Balance Nationals outdoor |
| 0:06.3 | we will be bringing tons of excitement to Eugene from Friday June 21st to |
| 0:11.8 | Sunday June 30th. |
| 0:13.6 | That's right, Sidious Mag at the trials. |
| 0:16.7 | For starters, where are we gonna be? |
| 0:18.6 | Sidious Mag will be coming to you live |
| 0:20.9 | from Prince Puckler's Ice Cream Shop at 19th Avenue and Aga Street. |
| 0:25.4 | Just a two minute walk from Hayward Field. |
| 0:27.8 | The whole crew is coming out. |
| 0:29.4 | We've got a daily morning show called Good Morning Track and Field hosted by Eric Jenkins |
| 0:34.0 | Mitch Dyer and Karen Lesowitz expect that to start at 830 a.m. Pacific time on the |
| 0:39.1 | City of MAG YouTube channel. We know how much you guys loved our interviews and sit-downs with athletes, coaches, |
| 0:45.3 | and any notable folks in town for the World Championships. So we're doing it again. |
| 0:50.0 | Citius Mag, live from Eugene, will be streaming on our YouTube channel from 12 p.m. |
| 0:54.3 | Pacific Time. We'll have all of those interviews broken out as a podcast as well. |
| 0:59.6 | While the show is happening, we may be also offering up a free ice cream hour come on |
| 1:05.2 | by watch the show see your favorite athletes up close and indulge in a scoop or two of |
| 1:10.3 | your favorite ice cream I believe Prince Pucklers will also be highlighting some of |
| 1:14.8 | New Balance's favorite flavors. Once the meat starts, we're bringing you live updates across |
| 1:20.5 | social media with those epic photos captured by our two |
| 1:23.8 | photographers Johnny Zang and Justin Britain. We've got boots on the ground in the |
| 1:27.3 | mixed zone to gather those post-race interviews. Once it's all wrapped we're |
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