PERSONAL BEST: Mile, 4:07.92; Cross Country 5-mile, 24:53; 5000 meters, 14:29.69; 3000 meters, 8:20.93; 8K 24:55
AS A JUNIOR: CROSS COUNTRY: All-American, placed 37th overall and 26th among scoring runners in 32.29.4 (10K) • Inaugural recipient of Northeast-10 Conference Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award for cross country • NCAA All-East Region Team, placed third at the NCAA East Region Championship and guided UMass Lowell to its seventh East title in nine years • NE-10 First Team all-star, placed fifth at the NE-10 Championship • 2009 NE-10 Cross Country All-Academic Team • NE-10 Fall [apos]09 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll • Placed eighth among 320 Division I, II and III runners to help UMass Lowell to its third New England Championship in four years • INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Automatic NCAA Championship qualifier in the mile, seeded 10th (4:07.92) • Also qualified in the distance medley relay, seeded sixth with a school-record time of 9:53.97 • NE-10 Track Athlete of the Week once • Sole UMass Lowell athlete to earn All-New England honors in two events: champion in the distance medley relay (9:53.97, ran the mile in 4:09.7) and runner-up in the 3,000 meters (8:20.97).
AS A SOPHOMORE: CROSS COUNTRY: NCAA All-East Region Team, placed fifth at the NCAA East Region Championship and guided UMass Lowell to its sixth East title in eight years •Northeast-10 Conference First Team, placed fifth at the NE-10 Championship • Placed 28th among 316 Division I, II and III runners at the New England Championship to help UMass Lowell to its second title in three years • INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: NCAA qualifier in the mile, seeded 11th (4:11.83) and placed 12th (4:27.35) • All-New England in the mile (fourth, 4:11.03) and the 4X800 meter relay (fifth, 7:44.52) • NE-10 Champion in the 1,000 meters (2:30.09) • OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: NE-10 Track & Field All-Academic Team • NE-10 2008-09 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll • UMass Lowell[apos]s 2009 National Student-Athlete Day Award for Cross Country.
AS A FRESHMAN: CROSS COUNTRY: Placed 18th (33:28.6) at the NCAA East Region Championship to help lead UMass Lowell to runner-up spot • Placed 74th (61st among scoring runners) at NCAA Championship (32:52.1).
CENTRAL CATHOLIC H.S.: Ran four years of cross country, track and field at Central Catholic High School • Broke school record for indoor 4 X 800 m relay and both indoor and outdoor record in one and two mile runs • Outdoor DMR record • Class B State Champion in the mile run (indoor/outdoor) • Merrimack Valley Conference Division 1 Runner of the Year • Outdoor Merrimack Valley Conference mile champion • Outdoor Class B 4X800 meter relay champion.
PERSONAL: One of two children of Janice and Angus MacDonald of Methuen, Mass • Lists the New England Patriots as his favorite professional team • Majoring in mathematics.
