McDonough earns NESCAC women’s cross country honor

WATERVILLE, Maine — Alanna McDonough (Andover, Mass.) started the season with a victory, helped the Colby College women’s cross country team beat rival Bates College, and Monday was named New England Small College Athletic Conference Performer of the Week.

McDonough, a senior tri-captain, won the junior/senior race against the Bobcats on Saturday at Pineland Farms. She had a time of 17 minutes, 1 second over the 2.84-mile course. McDonough was seven seconds ahead of the runner-up finisher.

 

Expectations are high for McDonough after she made the NCAA Division III Championships for the second straight year in 2014. She also was on the All-NESCAC Second Team, earned All-New England honors, and won the Maine State title.

 

Colby needed a win by McDonough to take a 28-27 victory (high score wins) in the junior/senior race. The women’s team won 58-52 in both events combined.

 

Colby has this weekend off before competing at the Bowdoin College Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 26.