At Left: Robertson; at right: McDonald

Amherst’s Shannon McDonald and Avon Lake’s Randi Robertson recently completed their final seasons running cross country at Marietta College.

McDonald and Robertson helped lead Marietta to a sixth-place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship. They also helped lead the Pioneers to a fifth-place finish at the Carl Broughton Invitational and then took seventh at the Otterbein Invitational. Marietta also placed 14th in Division III at the All-Ohio Championship and 20th at the Inter-Regional Rumble before closing the year with a 26th place finish at the Great Lakes Regional Championship.

McDonald and Robertson provided a consistent effort and helped maintain the team’s exceptional 1-5 split.

In 2008, Robertson ran a season best 5k time of 19:51 (14th) at the All-Ohio Championship and a season best 6k time of 22:40 (7th) at the Don Cathcart Invitational. She earned All-OAC first team honors after taking third place (23:26.59) at the OAC Championship and was named Cross Country/Track & Field Academic All-OAC. McDonald ran a season best 5k time of 21:25 (64th) at the All-Ohio Championship and a season best 6k time of 23:56 (93rd) at the Inter-Regional Rumble.

In 2007, Robertson ran a season best 5k time of 19:36 (40th) at the Western International Invitational and a season best 6k time of 23:20 (43rd) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. She earned All-OAC second team honors after placing 11th (24:22.48) at the OAC Championship and became the first female in Pioneer history to be named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team. McDonald ran a season best 5k time of 20:20 (17th) at the Bill Sudeck Invitational and a season best 6k time of 24:03 (82nd) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. Earned All-OAC second team honors after taking 17th place (24:43.03) at the OAC Championship.

In 2006, McDonald ran a season best 5k time of 20:22.42 (28th) at the Dragon-Berg Invitational and a season best 6k time of 24:38 (138th) at Penn State's Spiked Shoe Invitational.

swalker@MorningJournal.com