McKenzie Long (born July 11, 2000) is an American sprinter.
Early life She attended Ironton High School in southern Ohio, as well as Hamilton Township High School and Pickerington High School Central in Ohio. She became Ohio indoor state champion over 60 metres and committed to North Carolina State University in October 2017. In 2023, Long would transfer to the University of Mississippi.
Career Long spent four years at the North Carolina State University, where she suffered a severe hip injury which took 12 months to recover from causing her to miss the 2021 outdoor and 2022 indoors seasons. In May 2022, she set a North Carolina State record of 23.00 in the 200 metres. She placed fifth in the 60 meters and second in the 200m in the 2023 SEC indoors championships, and then seventh in the 60m and fourth in the 200m at the 2023 NCAA indoors championships.
Running for the University of Mississippi, Long won the SEC Championship 200 metres in 2023, running 22.39 seconds to beat Jacious Sears, Kaila Jackson and Talitha Diggs. She retained her title in Gainesville, Florida in May 2024 at the 2024 SEC Outdoor Championships. In doing so, she set a world-leading and SEC meet record wind-legal personal best time of 22.03 (+0.6), which placed her fifth in collegiate history and No. 22 all-time in the United States.
At the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, she won the 100m title with a wind-assisted time of 10.82 (+2.2), she then won the 200m title, clocking a time of 21.83, the second fastest time run by a collegiate athlete. She would add a third championship victory when Ole Miss went on to win the 4x100 relay. Long's efforts would help Ole Miss to become just the fourth team in women's NCAA Outdoor history to sweep all three events after Florida State (1984), LSU (1989, 1990, 1996), and Texas (1991, 2023).
Long made her first Olympic team by finishing third in the 200m at the 2024 Olympic Trials with a time of 21.91. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres, reaching the final and placing seventh overall.
She placed fourth in the 200 metres at the 2025 Diamond League event at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025. Later that month, she finished third at the 2025 Meeting de Paris. On 12 July 2025, she ran 21.93 seconds for the 200 metres at the Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, in Memphis, Tennessee. She placed fifth in the 200 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 22.20 seconds, given the same time as third placed Gabby Thomas. She placed eighth over 200 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.
In September 2025, she was a finalist in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing eighth overall with a time of 22.78 seconds in the final.
In May 2026, Long had top-five finishes in both the 100 metres and 200 metres in the 2026 Diamond League meeting in Rabat.
Athletics achievements Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted. Personal bests TypeDistanceTime (s)Wind (m/s)VenueDateNotesIndividual eventsIndoor60 metres7.10Albuquerque, United States10 March 2023200 metres 22.48Albuquerque, United States10 March 2023300 metres 39.48Clemson, United States11 January 2019Outdoor100 metres10.91+0.0Eugene, United States6 June 2024200 metres21.83+1.0Eugene, United States8 June 2024400 metres57.36Raleigh, United States25 March 2022Individual eventsOutdoor4 × 100 metres relay42.22Eugene, United States6 June 2024Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay41.96Gainesville, United States4 April 20244 × 400 metres relay3:44.51Baton Rouge, United States13 May 2023 International competitions 2024Olympic GamesParis, France7th200 m22.422025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan8th200 m22.78 National championships and competitions 2019USA U20 ChampionshipsMiramar, Florida6th100 m11.485th200 m23.312023NCAA Division I Indoor ChampionshipsAlbuquerque, New Mexico7th60 m7.194th200 m 22.54NCAA Division I ChampionshipsAustin, Texas9th100 m11.132nd200 m21.8813th (sf)4 × 100 m relay43.49USA ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon11th (sf)200 m22.612024NCAA Division I Indoor ChampionshipsBoston, Massachusetts2nd200 m 22.51NCAA Division I Indoor ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon1st100 m10.821st200 m21.83 1st4 × 100 m relay42.34U.S. Olympic TrialsEugene, Oregon12th (sf)100 m11.153rd200 m21.912025USA ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon5th200 m22.202026USA Indoor ChampionshipsNew York, United States4th (h)60 m7.20USA ChampionshipsNew York, United States5th200 m22.74 Personal life Long has completed voluntary work in projects supporting food sustainability and security.
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