Career Highlights
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 4x400 relay to win Texas Relays in late March, time remained top mark until SEC Championships in mid-May … Ran second leg of fourth place 4x400 relay at SEC meet, and first leg on ninth place relay at NCAA Championships.
Indoor: NCAA All-America as member of bronze medal 4x400 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 4x400 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 4x400 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 4x400 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 4x400 relay (3:46.58) ... At Red Raider Invitational, placed fourth in 400m (54.38), third in 200m (24.20) and first in 4x400 relay (3:38.16) ... During Razorback Invitational ran on runner-up efforts in DMR (10:57.08) and 4x400 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 4x400 relay (3:34.87) ... Third in 400m (53.48) at Arkansas Qualifier, split 52.63 on winning 4x400 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.
- 3-time First-team NCAA All-America | Indoor (3)
- 2021 NCAA Indoor Bronze | 4x400 relay
- 2019 NCAA Indoor Bronze | 4x400 relay
- 2021 SEC Indoor Gold | 4x400 relay
- 2021 SEC Indoor Bronze | 400m
- 2020 SEC Indoor Gold | Distance Medley relay
- 2019 SEC Outdoor Gold | 4x400 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 4x400 relay to win Texas Relays in late March, time remained top mark until SEC Championships in mid-May … Ran second leg of fourth place 4x400 relay at SEC meet, and first leg on ninth place relay at NCAA Championships.
Indoor: NCAA All-America as member of bronze medal 4x400 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 4x400 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 4x400 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 4x400 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 4x400 relay (3:46.58) ... At Red Raider Invitational, placed fourth in 400m (54.38), third in 200m (24.20) and first in 4x400 relay (3:38.16) ... During Razorback Invitational ran on runner-up efforts in DMR (10:57.08) and 4x400 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 4x400 relay (3:34.87) ... Third in 400m (53.48) at Arkansas Qualifier, split 52.63 on winning 4x400 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.