Shakeem McKay Season 2025
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.