Morgan Burks-Magee - Women's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Morgan Burks-Magee

Sr/Sr | 5-7 | Sprints | Dallas, Texas | Rockwall-Heath HS

Career Highlights

  • 3-time First-team NCAA All-America | Indoor (3)
  • 2021 NCAA Indoor Bronze | 4×400 relay
  • 2019 NCAA Indoor Bronze | 4×400 relay
  • 2021 SEC Indoor Gold | 4×400 relay
  • 2021 SEC Indoor Bronze | 400m
  • 2020 SEC Indoor Gold | Distance Medley relay
  • 2019 SEC Outdoor Gold | 4×400 relay

Junior (2021)
Outdoor: Placed ninth in SEC 400m final (52.37) … Set career best of 52.16 as runner-up to teammate Paris Peoples in Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial … Also, runner-up at Texas A&M (53.13) and Arkansas Twilight (52.78) … Ran third leg (52.01) of world-leading 3:26.63 4×400 relay to win Texas Relays in late March, time remained top mark until SEC Championships in mid-May … Ran second leg of fourth place 4×400 relay at SEC meet, and first leg on ninth place relay at NCAA Championships.

Indoor: NCAA All-America as member of bronze medal 4×400 relay that set a school record of 3:28.07, split 52.17 as second leg … Qualified individually for NCAA Championships in 400m, posting a 53.43 in prelims … Bronze medalist in 400m at SEC Championships with a career best of 52.10, which ranks No. 6 on the UA all-time list … Ran lead-off leg (52.58) on SEC Champion 4×400 relay, which set a meet record and school record of 3:28.50 … Opened season with a victory at Arkansas Invitational (53.49), then finished third at Wooo Pig Classic (53.21) and Arkansas Qualifier (52.92) … Placed eighth in Tyson Invitational (52.86) … Set career best of 23.74 in 200m, finishing seventh in Razorback Invitational … Also, member of 4×400 relays that established world leading times in victories at Wooo Pig Classic (3:32.18) and Razorback Invitational (3:30.80) along with a meet record at Arkansas Invitational (3:34.79).

Junior (2020)
Indoor: Member of winning distance medley relay at SEC Indoor Championships, running the 400m leg … Also ran on fourth-place 4×400 relay at SEC Indoor as Arkansas produced U.S. leading time of 3:32.24, splitting 51.76 on second leg for the third fastest split in the meet … Individually, placed 11th in 400m prelims at conference meet with a season-best 53.31 … Started indoor campaign at Arkansas Invitational, finishing second in 400m (54.36), third in 200m (24.28) and running on winning 4×400 relay (3:46.58) … At Red Raider Invitational, placed fourth in 400m (54.38), third in 200m (24.20) and first in 4×400 relay (3:38.16) … During Razorback Invitational ran on runner-up efforts in DMR (10:57.08) and 4×400 relay (3:33.35) with splits of 51.90 and 52.06, respectively … Finished ninth in 400m (54.12) … At Tyson Invitational, placed seventh in 200m (24.18) and eighth in 400m (53.93), then split 52.87 on winning 4×400 relay (3:34.87) … Third in 400m (53.48) at Arkansas Qualifier, split 52.63 on winning 4×400 relay (3:32.63).

Sophomore (2019)
Competed in 17 meets… Set a personal-best of 23.78 in the 200-meters at the John McDonnell Invitational… Ran a leg on SEC Champion 4-x-400-meter relay… SEC Indoor finalist in the 400-meters… Ran a season-best of 52.99 in the 400-meters at the NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento, Calif… Helped Arkansas to the indoor/outdoor team titles…

Freshman (2018)
Competed in nine meets during the indoor season… Set a personal-best in the 60-meters at the Texas Tech Open (Feb. 2) running 7.73 seconds… Recorded a personal-best of 52.20 in the 400-meters at the SEC Indoor Championships finishing fourth… Earned Second-Team All-American honors in the 400-meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships finishing 15th… Competed in nine meets during the outdoor season… Silver medalist in the 4-x-100-meter relay at the 91st Texas Relays… Set personal-bests of 11.69 and 23.81 in the 100-meters and 200-meters at the Arkansas Twilight (May 4)… A sixth-place finisher in the 4-x-400-meter relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships… Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the 400-meters… Ran a leg of the 4-x-100-meter and 4-x-400-meter relays at the NCAA Outdoor Championships earning Second-Team All-American honors…

High School
2017 Texas UIL 6A State Champion in the 400 with a personal best time of 53.51… Captured region, area and district titles at that same distance during her senior season for Rockwall-Heath High School … Raced to top-five finishes in the 100 and 200 at the UIL 6A Region II meet … Won the 200-meter title at the UIL District 11 Championships where she also earned a silver medal in the 100 … Was a member of the 4-x-100, 4-x-200, 4-x-400-meter relay teams for her high school and also contributed as a long jumper, notching a PR of 18-6 in the event in 2016.

Personal
Born on March 6, 1999 … Daughter of Troy Burks and Dona Magee … Majoring in kinesiology.

Morgan Burks-Magee | Career Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

60m | 7.73

200m | 23.74

400m | 52.10 [No. 6 UA]

Outdoor

100m| 11.69

200m | 23.78

400m | 52.16 [No. 10 UA]