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2016-17 Men's Track and Field Roster

David McDonald

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Westwood, Mass.
  • Highschool Westwood

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Time
500 meters 1:08.20
800 meters 1:53.90
1000 meters 2:30.15
1500 meters 4:04.98
 
Career Highlights
• Ranks 5th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, 4x800m relay (7:34.43).
• Ranks 9th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, 4x800m relay (7:37.57).
 
Awards/Honors
 
2016-17
OUTDOOR
  • 8th 1500m Mark Young Invite (4:17.71)
  • 17th mile Ocean State Invite (4:20.08)
  • 5th 1500m Albany Spring Classic (4:00.28)
  • 3rd 800m Brown Springtime Invite (1:55.26)
  • 16th 1500m New England Championships (3:56.94)

INDOOR
  • 7th 800m Joe Donahue Games (2:00.02)
  • 12th 4x400m relay Joe Donahue Games (3:37.01)
  • 5th 1000m New England Championships (2:30.15/2:30.15)

CROSS COUNTRY
  • 43rd Battle in Beantown Open 5k (16:50)
 
2015-16
INDOOR
• Finished first with a leg in the 4x800m relay (7:59.19) at the Carisella Invitational (Dec. 12).

CROSS COUNTRY
• Posted a time of 16:53.7 at the Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) Mini Meet (Oct. 23).
 
2014-15
OUTDOOR
• Placed third in the 1500-meter run (4:04.98) at the Snowflake Classic at Tufts (March 28).
• Finished fourth in the 800-meter run (1:54.79) at the Mark Young Yale Invite (April 18).
• Came in fifth in the 800-meter run (1:53.90) at the CAA Championships (May 1-2).

INDOOR
• Placed fourth in the 800-meter run at BU's season opener with a time of 1:57.37.
• Finished third in the 4x800 relay at the Harvard Multi meet (Jan. 17).
• Came in 11th in the 500-meter dash (1:08.20), 14th in the 1000-meter (2:48.32), and was on the fourth-place 4x400 relay team at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 23).
• Finished third in the 4x800 relay (7:37.57) at the New England championships (Feb. 28).
• Placed eighth in the 4x800 relay (7:46.02) at the IC4A/ECAC championships (March 8).


 
2013-14
OUTDOOR
• Placed fifth overall in the 800-meter run at the CAA Championship after posting a new personal-best time of 1:55.62. Also helped the men's 4x400-meter relay team take home a silver medal with a combined time of 3:18.34 (May 2-3).
• Competed in the 800-meter run at the Brown Springtime Open (1:56.73) and the Mark Young Yale Invitational (1:57.64).
• Recorded a personal best time of 1:56.66 in the 800-meter run at the Minuteman Invitational (April 12).
• Earned fifth place at New Hampshire after running a time of 1:57.61 in the 800-meter event (April 5).

INDOOR
• Helped the men's distance medley relay team notch first place at the New England Championship with a combined time of 9:50.16 (Feb. 28).
• Ran a personal-best time of 1:57.37 in the 800-meter run at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 7).
• Registered a personal best mark in the 1000-meter run (2:40.04) at the Harvard Open (Jan. 18).
• Placed sixth in the 800-meter run at the Jay Carisella Invitational with a time of 1:58.23 (Dec. 14).
• Made his first collegiate track appearance at the BU Opener, finishing fifth in the 800-meter event with a mark of 1:58.55 (Dec. 7).

CROSS COUNTRY
• Competed at the Battle in Beantown, finishing with a time of 29:50 (Sept. 27).
• Appeared at the Nassaney Invitational where he completed the 5k race with a time of 17:40.4 (Sept. 7).

 
Before Northeastern
• Ran cross country and track for Westwood High School, where he was a four-time league all-star.
• Helped Westwood to back-to-back league titles in 2012 and 2013.
• Took second in the 600-meter run at the 2013 Massachusetts Division III state championship meet.
 
Personal
• Intends to major in Chemistry.
• Class of 2018.

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Distance
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2015-16Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2016-17Senior

    Middle Distance