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TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades

  • First-team Academic All-American
  • Two-time second-team indoor All-American (weight throw)
  • School-record holder (indoor weight throw)
  • Three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (2020, 2022, 2023)
  • Academic All-District
  • MPSF All-Academic (2020)
  • Four-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020; winter 2022, 2023; spring 2022)

Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)

  • Hammer: 221-10 (67.62m)
  • Weight throw: 73-9 (22.48m)
  • Discus: 158-4 (48.27m)

As a Fifth-Year Senior (2023)
Outdoors

  • First-team Academic All-American
  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the hammer
  • Reached season-best of 221-10 (67.62) to place fifth at Pac-12 Championships
  • The mark placed him No. 7 in school history
  • Academic All-District
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

Indoors

  • Second-team All-American in the weight throw
  • Placed 15th at the NCAA Championships
  • Broke or tied the Stanford weight throw record five times in 2023
  • Established final record with throw of 73-9 (22.48) at Ken Shannon Invitational and matched it in the same competition
  • Won the Spokane Invitational, Spokane Challenge, and Ken Shannon Invitational
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

As a Senior (2022)
Outdoors

  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the hammer
  • Personal hammer best of 212-0 (64.62m) was good for seventh at Pac-12 Championships
  • The mark placed him at No. 10 on Stanford's all-time list
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • Broke school record in the weight throw with a toss of 71-10 3/4 (21.91m) to win the Don Kirby Invite
  • Earned second-team All-America honors by placing 12th in the weight throw at the NCAA Championships
  • Won the Scarlet and White Invite at Boston University at 68-0 1/4 (20.73m)
  • Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll

As a Junior (2021)
Outdoors

  • Threw season best in hammer of 194-0 (59.14m) at Pac-12 Championships
  • Lifetime best discus of 158-4 (48.27m) was at Pac-12 Championships

Indoors

  • Did not compete

As a Sophomore (2020)
Outdoors

  • Season canceled
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic 
  • No. 5 Stanford all-time indoors (weight throw)
  • Exceeded personal best in the weight throw three times in the season
  • Season best was 65 10 1/4 (20.07m)for third at the MPSF Championships
  • MPSF All-Academic

As a Freshman (2019)
Outdoors

  • Set personal best of 203-0 (61.87m) at the U.S. Under-20 Championships, placing third
  • The distance was No. 3 all-time among Stanford freshmen
  • Made collegiate debut at the Hornet Invitational, throwing the hammer 181-0 (55.16m)

Indoors

  • Did not compete

Prior to Stanford

  • Second at New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the hammer at 210-5 (64.13m)
  • Advanced to the California State Meet in the discus, while at Dana Hills High School
  • Improved in the hammer from 189-7 (57.78m) to 211-7 (64.49m) as a senior
  • The 211-7 placed him No. 4 on the annual national high school list
  • The throw came while winning the USATF Region 15 Junior Olympic 17-18 division
  • Won the Orange County Championships in the discus, with lifetime best of 179-9 (54.78m)
  • Third at the California state hammer championships in 2017 (hammer is not a sanctioned event by the California Interscholastic Federation)
  • Third in 2017 CIF-Southern Section Division I in the discus
  • Valedictorian at Dana Hills High

Personal

  • Parents are Scott and Holly McKhann
  • Siblings are Michael, Milana, and Stanford teammate Mason

Career Results

YearSeason (Meets)EventSeason BestConf.RegionNCAA
2023Outdoors (9)HT221-10 (67.62)5 (221-10)14 (219-4)--
DT152-10 (46.59)17 (142-9)----
SP42-2 1/4 (12.86)------
Indoors (6)WT73-9 (22.48)----15 (68-1 3/4)
2022 Outdoors (6)HT212-0 (64.62)7 (212-0)22 (206-4)--
DT155-8 (47.45)20 (155-8)----
JT138-7 (42.24)------
Indoors (5)WT71-10 3/4 (21.91)----12 (69-2 1/2)
2021Outdoors (6)HT194-0 (59.14)12 (194-0)----
DT158-4 (48.27)14 (158-4)----
JT142-4 (43.38)------
Indoors (0)----------
2020Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (4)WT65-10 1/4 (20.07)3 (65-10 1/4)----
2019Outdoors (7)Hammer203-0 (61.87)10 (185-1)----
Discus149-2 (45.46)------
Indoors (0)----------
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2019-20
Throws
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2020-21
Throws
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2021-22
Throws
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2022-23
Throws