Max McKhann Season 2023-24
PositionTHROWS
ClassFifth Year
HometownDana Point, Calif.
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
| Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
| 2023 | Outdoors (9) | HT | 221-10 (67.62) | 5 (221-10) | 14 (219-4) | -- |
| DT | 152-10 (46.59) | 17 (142-9) | -- | -- | ||
| SP | 42-2 1/4 (12.86) | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (6) | WT | 73-9 (22.48) | -- | -- | 15 (68-1 3/4) | |
| 2022 | Outdoors (6) | HT | 212-0 (64.62) | 7 (212-0) | 22 (206-4) | -- |
| DT | 155-8 (47.45) | 20 (155-8) | -- | -- | ||
| JT | 138-7 (42.24) | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (5) | WT | 71-10 3/4 (21.91) | -- | -- | 12 (69-2 1/2) | |
| 2021 | Outdoors (6) | HT | 194-0 (59.14) | 12 (194-0) | -- | -- |
| DT | 158-4 (48.27) | 14 (158-4) | -- | -- | ||
| JT | 142-4 (43.38) | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2020 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (4) | WT | 65-10 1/4 (20.07) | 3 (65-10 1/4) | -- | -- | |
| 2019 | Outdoors (7) | Hammer | 203-0 (61.87) | 10 (185-1) | -- | -- |
| Discus | 149-2 (45.46) | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |