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2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster

Steve McLaughlin
Mike McLaughlin

Alana MacDonald

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Rush-Henrietta
  • Hometown Rochester, N.Y.

Biography

Senior Season (2016-17)

  • Competed in five cross country races
  • Was 39th overall at the America East Cross Country Championships on Oct. 29
  • Finished fourth overall at the Binghamton Invitational on Sept. 17
  • Named to the America East Cross Country All-Academic Team
  • Placed fourth overall in the 800 at the America East Indoor Championships
  • Was 13th overall in the 800 at the ECAC Indoor Championships with a school-record time of 2:11.49
  • Took seventh in the 800 at the conference outdoor meet
  • Member of the Fall A.D. Honor Roll (minimum 3.3 GPA)
  • Named to the America East Indoor All-Academic Team
  • Named an America East Presidential Scholar Athlete
  • Member of the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll with a 3.5 GPA or higher


Junior Season (2015-16)

  • Competed in four cross country races
  • Was the Bearcats' fourth runner in a pair of cross country meets
  • Was eighth in the 800 at the America East Indoor Track Championships
  • Placed sixth in the 800 at the conference outdoor track meet
  • Part of the 4x800 relay team that placed third at the ECAC Outdoor Track Championships with a school-record time of 9:08.83
  • Named to the America East Indoor Track and Outdoor Track All-Academic Teams
  • Member of both the Fall and Spring AD Honor Roll with at least a 3.3 GPA
  • Member of both the Fall and Spring America East Commissioner's Honor Roll with at least a 3.5 GPA
     

Sophomore Season (2014-15)

  • Competed in five cross country meets
  • The team's top runner with a fourth-place finish at the Albany Cross Country Dual Meet on Sept. 5
  • Was second on the team and 89th overall (out of 360 finishers) in the Brown Race at the Lehigh Paul Short Cross Country Run on Oct. 4
  • Placed fourth in the 800 at the America East Indoor Track Championships (2:15.11)
  • Named to the America East Indoor Track All-Academic Team
  • Finished sixth in the 800 at the America East Outdoor Track Championships (2:18.09)
  • Grabbed sicth place in the 1500 at the Princeton Sam Howell Open with a time of (4:51.48)
  • Member of both the Fall and Spring America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll for 3.5 or higher GPA
  • Member of both the Fall and Spring AD Honor Roll for 3.3 or higher GPA
  • Inducted into the National College Athlete Honor Society in March 2014
 

Freshman Season (2013-14)

  • Competed in five cross country meets
  • Member of both the Fall and Spring AD Honor Roll (3.3 GPA or above)
  • Member of both the Fall and Spring America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll for 3.5 or higher GPA
 

Before Binghamton

  • A four-year letterwinner at Rush-Henrietta
  • A sixth-team all-state selection by the NYSSWA in 2010
  • Named All-Greater Rochester by the Democrat and Chronicle three times
  • A four-year all-county selection and two-time state qualifier
  • Also named All-Greater Rochester twice in indoor track and during the 2013 outdoor track season
  • A member of the 4 x 1,600 team that placed seventh overall at the 2013 New Balance Indoor National Meet
 

Personal

  • Parents are Maggy and Phil MacDonald
  • Majored in molecular biology


AE All-Academic (6)

2015 Indoor Track
2016 Indoor Track
2016 Outdoor Track
2016 Cross Country
2017 Indoor Track
2017 Outdoor Track


Top Times

800: 2:11.74
1,500: 4:49.74



 

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2015-16Junior

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2016-17Senior

    Distance
    5'8"
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