The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2018-19 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Anna McDonald
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- Waverly, Iowa
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Shellrock
- Previous School:
- Florida State/Boise State
- Major:
- Master's of Speech-Language Pathology
• 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Award
• 2019 USTFCCCA Honorable Mention Outdoor All-American (Steeplechase)
2018-19
Outdoor:
• Topped the podium with a personal-best 9:53.75 in the 3,000 meters at the Roadrunner Invitational.
• Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a 10:24.68 mark.
• Improved her time and finished third at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a 10:14.12 effort in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
• Scored in two events at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, finishing third in the steeplechase (10:28.85) and fifth in the 5,000 meters (16:40.75).
• Ran a personal-best 9:58.07 and finished 12th in the steeplechase at the NCAA West Region Preliminary Rounds.
• Earned honorable mention All-America honors in the steeplechase with a 19th-place finish (10:22.87) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
• Ran a 10:13.57 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase final and placed 12th at the Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships in July.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
• Began her career at Florida State and finished at Boise State
• Named All-Mountain West second team during the 2015 cross country season.
• Helped the Broncos to a sixth-place finish at NCAA Championships during the 2017 cross country season
• Reached the Mountain West Conference final in the mile and finished 11th in both that event and the 3000m at indoors
• Did not compete during the outdoor season in 2018
• Finished 10th in the 3000m at the MWC Championships in 2017
• Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims, which were held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, in the 3000m steeplechase in 2017
• Finished 11th at the MWC Championships during the 2015 cross country season
• Finished eighth at the 3000m steeplechase at conference championships outdoors and also finished 10th in the 5000m
