Mackenna Rife

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Olathe, Kan.
High School:
Olathe Northwest

2015-16 All-BIG EAST Team
2015-16 BIG EAST Championship: 800 Free Relay Bronze Medalist
2014-15 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2014-15 All-BIG EAST Team
2014-15 BIG EAST Championship: 800 Free Relay Bronze Medalist
2014-15 BIG EAST Championship: 400 IM Bronze Medalist
2013-14 All-BIG EAST Team
2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2013-14 BIG EAST Championships: 400 IM Silver Medalist
2013-14 BIG EAST Championships: 1650 Free Bronze Medalist

**SEASON BEST TIMES**
Event	Time	Meet	Date	Place
200 Free	1:56.58	Butler Invite	Jan 24, 2016
500 Free	4:59.30	2016 Big East Conference Championships	Feb 25, 2016	9th
1000 Free	10:36.53	Louisville vs. Xavier	Oct 09, 2015	3rd
1650 Free	17:09.10	2016 Big East Conference Championships	Feb 27, 2016	6th
200 Back	2:06.15	Cleveland State Magnus Cup	Nov 22, 2015	10th
200 IM	2:15.13	Denison vs. Xavier	Nov 07, 2015	3rd
400 IM	4:28.90	2016 Big East Conference Championships	Feb 26, 2016	6th

*– Xavier Career Best

2015-16: Competed in three individual events at the BIG EAST Championship...Qualified for the Championship final in the 400 IM, taking sixth with a time of 4:28.90...Also placed sixth in the mile with a time of 17:09.10...Earned All-BIG EAST honors as part of the bronze medal winning 800 free relay...Competed in the 500 free at the conference championship, taking first in the B Final with a time of 4:59.30...Qualified for the conference championships in the 200 free and 200 IM.

2014-15: Posted a season-best time of 4:58.94 in the 500 free to take sixth at the BIG EAST Championship … Improved her second-best all-time time to 4:26.15 in the 400 IM to take third place at the BIG EAST Championship … Part of school-record setting 800 free relay that posted a time of 7:31.86 that placed third at the BIG EAST Championship.

2013-14: Competed in the 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 200 and 400 individual medley and the 500, 800 and 1000 free relay ... Won the silver medal and notched the second-best time in program history in the 400 IM (4:27.69) ... Won the bronze medal in the 1650 free (17:06.52) and also notched the second best time in Xavier women's swimming history ... Her time in the 1650 free shattered her old personal record by over nine seconds ... Also earned All-BIG EAST honors for her performance at the Championships.

2012-13: Competed in the 100, 200, 400, 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle, 200 backstroke and 100, 200 and 400 individual medley ... Finished fourteenth in the 1650 free (17:15.67) at the A-10 Championship ... Also placed third in the 400 IM B-Final (4:30.32) ... Achieved top personal times in the 400 free (4:02.05) and 100 IM (1:06.25) in a meet with Oho ... Also swam a top personal time in the 200 IM (2:17.01) in a meet with Louisville.

Prior to Xavier: 2011 Kansas State Champion in the 500 freestyle and 400 free relay ... First Team All-State 2009, 2010, and 2011 ... Finished the USA Open Water 5K in 1 hour 4 minutes and 43.92 seconds ... 2011 Sunflower League champion in the 200 and 500 free ... Member of the league champion 200 free relay team ... 2011 Kansas All-League selection ... First place in the 400, 800, and 1500 free and 800 free relay at the Central Time Zone Championships 2009, 2010, and 2011 ... 2010 All-American Athlete relay team member ... Runner-up at Kansas State championships in the 500 free and fourth in the 200 free in 2009 and 2010 ... Numerous sectional titles..

Personal: Daughter of Andrea and Bobby Rife ... Two sisters, Brooke and Paige ... Education major.