LSU Gold
Position
Sprints
Height
5'11
Class
Junior
Hometown
Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago
High School
Queen's Royal College
Experience
2L
Indoor Class
Junior

Shakeem McKay’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)

1x USTFCCCA First Team All-American
2x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
2024 Paris Olympian (4×400-Meter Relay)
2024 Trinidadian National Championship Bronze Medalist (400 Meters)
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 Trinidadian National Championships Silver Medalist (400 Meters)

LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 9: Outdoor 4×400-Meter Relay (3:01.28, 2024 SEC Outdoor Championships)

2024 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Ended the collegiate season earning First Team All-American honors with the 4×400-meter relay team, helping them to a seventh-place finish with a time of 3:01.57… part of the Trinidad & Tobago 4×400-meter relay team at the Paris Olympics… earned bronze at the Trinidadian National Championships in the 400 meter… helped the 4×400 to a fifth-place finish and a time of 3:01.28 at the SEC Championships; the time ranks ninth in LSU PL history and seventh in the nation for 2024… helped the LSU 4×400 to a first-place finish with a time of 3:06.81 at the LSU Alumni Gold meet… finished first with the 4×400 at the Keyth Talley Invitational with a squad time of 3:09.09… opened the season taking first with the 4×100-meter relay and the 4×400 at the Hurricane Invitational… finished first with the 4×100 at the Battle on the Bayou, clocking a team time of 39.14 seconds… helped the 4×100 to a first-place finish at the Cameron Burrell Alumni Invitational with 39.38… recorded a personal-best time of 46.39 seconds in the 400 meter at the SEC Outdoor Championships… ran a PR of 20.97 (-1.8 m/s) at the SEC Championships in the 200 meter… USTFCCCA First Team All-American (4×400).

2024 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Closed the year earning Second Team All-American honors with the men’s 4×400-meter relay team after finishing ninth at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 3:05.30… helped the 4×400 to a fourth-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 3:05.26… pushed the 4×400 to a time of 3:06.08 and a first-place finish at the Alex Wilson Invitational… finished third in the 4×400 and fifth in the 400 at the Razorback Invitational… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (4×400).

2023 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Finished second at the Trinidadian Outdoor National Championships with a personal-best time of 46.40 seconds in the 400 meter… qualified for the Trinidad & Tobago 4×400-meter relay team at the World Athletics Championships… competed solely on the 4×400-meter relay team during the collegiate season… closed out his first season with the 4×400-meter relay team taking 12th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the 4×400… finished fifth at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the 4×400… opened the season with a first-place finish at the Hurricane Invitational… finished second at the LSU Alumni Gold meet… took third at the LSU Invitational… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (4×400).

2023 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Did not compete.

PRIOR TO LSU – Queen’s Royal College
Part of the Trinidad & Tobago 4×400 team that finished fifth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon… at the 2022 Trinidadian Championships; finished third in the 400 and fourth in the 4×100… finished fourth in the 200 at the 2022 CARIFTA Games… took fifth in the 200 at the 2021 NACAC U20 Championships… held a 200-meter PR of 21.04 seconds and a 400-meter PR of 46.74 seconds prior to college.

PERSONAL
Born March 26, 2003, in Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago… son of Camille Hackett and Nigel McKay… has six siblings – Crystal, Darreem, Niye, Nyya, Shaniqua, and Xaiyah… plans to pursue a degree in sport administration at LSU.

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