2019-20 Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Roster
Lauren MacDonald
- XC Class:
- Freshman
- ITF Class:
- Freshman
- OTF Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Mount Pleasant, Mich.
- High School:
- Sacred Heart
PERSONAL RECORDS
Cross Country
5K: 19:24.8
6K: 23.28.7
Outdoor
800: 2:33.44
1500: 5:06.88
Indoor
Mile: 5:20.70
2023 (Outdoor): Did not compete.
2022-23 (Indoor): Did not compete.
2022 (Cross Country): Appeared in one meet.
2022 (Outdoor): Ran in three meets and competed in the 1500 and 4x400 ... ran the 1500 in a personal best 5:06.88 at the Jack Shaw Invite (April 29-30) and placed 19th ... finished the 4x400 Relay at the GVSU Al Owens Classic (April 22-23) in 4:28.96 and placed 14th.
2021-22 (Indoor): Competed in three meets running the Mile and Distance Medley Relay ... finished the Mile in a personal best 5:20.7 at the Central Michigan Invitational (Jan. 14) and placed 12th ... ran the Distance Medley Relay at the Jack Skoog open (Jan. 29) in 12:54.33 and finished in first place.
2021 (Cross Country): Did not compete.
2021 (Outdoor): Ran a personal-best 2:33.44 in the 800 at the Gibson Inv. (April 16-17) ... ran a personal-best 5:14.46 in the 1500 at the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Inv. (April 10).
2020-21 (Indoor): Ran a personal-best 5:23.80 in the mile at the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open (Jan. 23).
2020 (Cross Country): Set a personal 6K record (23:28.7) in placing 82nd in the Mid-American Conference Championships in Bowling Green, Ohio (Nov. 21) ... placed 75th (6K 24:52.7) in the Bowling Green State Falcon Invitational (Nov. 7) ... placed 24th (5K 19:36.3) in the CMU Jeff Drenth Memorial (Oct. 31) ... earned Academic All-MAC honors.
2020 (Outdoor): Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 (Indoor): Redshirted.
2019 (Cross Country): Ran in seven meets ... recorded a personal best 5K time (19:24.8) at the EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 25) ... posted a personal best 6K time (23:37.9) at the Bradley Pink Classic (Oct. 18).
High School: A four-year letterwinner in cross country and a three-year letter winner in track & field ... part of four Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 state championship teams (2015-18) in cross country ... four-time cross country all-state honoree (2015-18) ... regional cross country runner-up in 2018 ... four-time First Team All-Mid-State Activities Conference honoree in cross country ... earned All-State honors in both the 1600 and the 3200 in track & field in 2018 ... also lettered in basketball and softball.
Personal: Daughter of Christine and Keith MacDonald … has a younger brother, Lance … mom Christine is current head gymnastics coach at CMU … brother Lance plays baseball at Kent State … aspires to become a physician assistant … Fun fact: “I have aspirations of winning an Olympic gold medal in curling!”
Why CMU?: “I chose to attend CMU because it’s somewhere that’s always felt like home to me. I had always considered CMU, but when I met Coach Swieton and the team I knew it was where I was meant to be.”
