McKittrick’s Performance History and Personal Bests
2015-16 SEASON
Indoor: Competed unattached after exhausting his indoor eligibility in 2015 … Clocked a personal-best time of 8.04 seconds in the 60m hurdles to win the Thundering Herd Classic on Feb. 13 … Ran an indoor 200m dash personal-best of 22.63 at the Thundering Herd Classic.
Outdoor (Senior): NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the 110m hurdles for the second straight year … Placed 3rd in the 110m hurdles at the Summit League Championships, as well as running on NDSU’s 4th-place 4x100m relay team at the league meet … Clocked a career-best time of 14.05 seconds in the 110m hurdles at the conference meet … Ended his career ranked 4th all-time at NDSU in the event … Ran on NDSU’s school record-breaking shuttle hurdle relay team at the Drake Relays … Won the 110m hurdles title at the Dakota Relays on May 7.
2014-15 SEASON
Indoor (Senior): Runner-up in the 60m hurdles at the Summit League Indoor Championships in Fargo, posting a season-best time of 8.23 seconds … Won the 60m hurdles at the Thundering Herd Classic (8.27) and Dakota Duals (8.35) … Concluded his indoor career ranked 10th in NDSU history in the 60m hurdles with his PR of 8.13 seconds in 2014.
Outdoor (Junior): Summit League champion and NCAA West Prelims qualifier in the 110m hurdles … Captured his first career Summit League crown with a winning time of 14.27 seconds … Finished the season tied for 5th in school history in the 110m hurdles after clocking 14.26 for 33rd place at the NCAA West Prelims in Austin, Texas … Also ran on NDSU’s 4th-place 4x100m relay team at the conference meet … Runner-up in the 110m hurdles at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays.
2013-14 SEASON
Indoor (Junior): Summit League runner-up in the 60m hurdles, clocking 8.14 seconds in the finals at the Summit League Indoor Championships ... Ran 8.13 seconds in the 60m hurdles prelims at the league meet for a PR that ranks 10th in NDSU history ... Finished 11th in the prelims of the 200m dash at the league meet ... Clocked an indoor 200m best of 22.72 at the Bison Open on Feb. 15.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Only competed in one meet, running 14.99 in the 110m hurdles at the Baldy Castillo Invitational on Mar. 22.
2012-13 SEASON
Indoor (Sophomore): All-Summit League performer in the 60m hurdles, placing third at the Summit League Indoor Championships in a season-best 8.16 seconds ... Time of 8.16 in the 60m hurdles ranked him 10th in NDSU history at season's end ... Also clocked a season-best 200m time of 22.90 at the Bill Bergan Invitational on Jan. 27.
Outdoor (Sophomore): All-Summit League performer in the 110m hurdles, placing third at the Summit League Outdoor Championships in a season-best time of 14.45 seconds ... Also ran on NDSU's fifth-place 4x100m relay at the league meet ... Posted times of 11.11 in the 100m, 22.75 in the 200m, and 58.95 in the 400m hurdles ... Finished the season at No. 9 on the NDSU all-time list in the 110m hurdles ... Ran on the Bison shuttle hurdle relay team that clocked the second-fastest time in school history at the Drake Relays.
2011-12 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): Recorded a season-best 60m hurdles time of 8.37 seconds in the finals of the Jack Johnson Classic on Jan. 21 ... also ran 8.38 seconds in the hurdles at the Bison Open on Feb. 11 ... disqualified in the 60m hurdles at the Summit League Indoor Championships ... posted a 60m dash time of 7.22 and a 200m dash time of 23.55 on the season.
Outdoor (Freshman): All-Summit League performer, finishing third in the 110m hurdles at the Summit League Outdoor Championships ... season-best time of 14.67 seconds in the 110m hurdles came at the conference meet ... member of the Bison shuttle hurdle relay team that set the school record in 58.05 and took runner-up honors at the Drake Relays ... also posted a 200m dash time of 22.50 at the Beach Invitational on Apr. 22.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner out of T.F. Riggs High School...Two-time South Dakota state and conference champion in the 110 meter hurdles...Also won the state title in the 300 meter hurdles and finished third in the 200 meters as a senior...Was named Co-MVP of the state meet his senior year...Holds the school and state record in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 14.06...Also holds school record in the 300 meter hurdles at 38.24...All-conference punter in football...Member of 2010-11 state title-winning hockey team.
PERSONAL: Son of Lonnie and Wanda McKittrick ... Has one older brother, Austin ... Father played football at Northern State, along with uncles Rory and Wade McKittrick ... Majoring in exercise science.
