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Katy-Ann McDonald Season 2024

Position
Distance
Height
5'9
Class
Junior
Hometown
London, England
High School
Putney HS

Career Records

2021 All-SEC Second Team (Outdoors)
2020 All-American (indoor 800 meters)
2020 All-SEC Second Team (Indoors)
2x SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
2019 SEC All-Freshman Team (Outdoors)

Top 10 LSU Marks
No. 5 – 800 Meters (outdoors) – 2:01.67
No. 9 – 800 Meters (indoors) – 2:04.59

2021 Outdoor (SOPHOMORE)
Ran career best time of 2:01.67 in the 800 meter run at the NCAA East Preliminaries to qualify for the NCAA Championships … time of 2:01.67 ranked as the fifth fastest in LSU history … earned silver in the 800 meter run at the SEC Championships with a clocking of 2:05.23 … won titles in the 800 meter run a the Louisiana Classics (2:08.90) and Texas Relays (2:06.84) … registered personal best of 4:25.95 in the 1,500 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational to take ninth … placed second at the LSU Alumni Gold in the 800 meters (2:05.74) … garnered bronze with a readout of 2:05.21 in the 800 meters at the LSU Invitational.

2021 Indoor (JUNIOR)
Did not compete.

2020 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Silver medalist at the SEC Championships in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:05.19 … ran PR of 2:04.59 in the 800 meters at the Iowa State Classic to become ninth-fastest runner in LSU history at that distance … placed third in the 400 meter dash at the Corky Classic with a PR of 56.70 … member of the 4×400 meter relay team that clocked time of 3:46.88 and finished third at the Corky Classic … took fifth in the 800 meter event at the Razorback Invitational with a readout of 2:06.79 … ended the season with the No. 9 800 meter run time in the NCAA (2:04.59).

2019 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Placed fifth at the SEC Championships with an 800 meter run time of 2:07.06 … earned a second-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the LSU Invitational with a time of 4:31.02 … took silver at the LSU Alumni Gold in the 800 meters (2:06.47) … finished third with an 800 meter run time of 2:07.97 at the Miami Hurricane Invitational … member of the DMR squad that placed second at the Texas Relays with a time of 11:38.77 … helped the 4×400 meter relay to a bronze showing at the Miami Hurricane Invitational with a readout of 3:43.61 … represented LSU in the 800 meters at the NCAA East Prelims.

2019 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Took seventh in the 800 meter run at the SEC Championships with a time of 2:12.00 … her time of 2:05.11 in the 800 meters in the prelims of the SEC Championships is the ninth fastest in LSU history … placed 14th at the NCAA Championships in the 800 meters … took fourth in the mile run at the Red Raider Invite with a time of 5:08.79 … placed fourth with an 800 meter time of 2:07.41 at the Razorback Invitational.

Prior to LSU

Track
Katy-Ann has topped the United Kingdom rankings system for the 800m in most of her years of running since 2012 and showing further development and improvement as she moved through the age group … she won a number of competitions on a regional, country, national and international level … in 2018 she competed in the World Junior Championships competing for Great Britain  where she placed 2ndin the semi-final and ran her PR of 2:03.20 to excel in the World Junior final … she took third claiming the bronze medal at the 2018 England Athletics U20 Championships in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:05.80 … a week later she went on to claim a gold medal at the 2018 South of England U20 Championships in the 800 meter run with a readout of 2:06.56 … she garnered silver at the 2018 BMC Grand Prix in Loughborough in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:04.14 … in 2017 at the BMC Grand Prix she came forth and clocked a 2:05.48 in the 800 meter run … claimed gold in the 800 meter run (2:05.07) in 2016 England Athletics U17 championships … clocked a career best of 4:22.96 in the 1,500 meter run in 2015 at the BMC Grand Prix  … successfully won the 2016 800m race in the European Championships Club Cup Final in Spain which sees the best overall 800m runner in Europe … broke the U15 UK 800M record which had stood for 32 years … she helped her running club in England to win the annual Youth Development League Championships Final in 2018 … in all the competitions leading up to their success in the YDL Final, Katy-Ann contributed to the team by taking part in the 4x400m, the 800m, and more often than not the 1500m where she would usually come away with a top 2 score in all three events … Katy-Ann and her team won the UK Development U17/U20 League National Final for a second time in 2017 … after winning the London Schools Championships in 2016, this progressed her to take part in the English School’s Championships where she placed 2ndnationally … the previous year she placed 3rd at the English Schools Championships and later that year she won the England Athletics Championships … in 2014 she won the South of England Championships … she won the 2014 England Athletics U15/U17 Championships and the London Schools Championships making her 3 times national champion in one year … she came 4that the English Schools Championships in her first year of participating in it in 2013 … that same year she won the U17 Inter County Match competing against 3 years older athletes … placed 1st in the Manchester International in the 800m race where she represented England Seniors … claimed gold at Welsh International 1500m in 2016.

Cross Country
In her cross country career she came 1st at the English National Championships, and then came 2nd at the English Schools Championships in 2013 … she won the McCaine UK Cross Challenge Series in 2013 … she claimed gold at the SIAB Schools International Competition, against selected runners from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales … she dominated and won claiming Gold medal in the London Mini Marathon in 2013 and 2015 and came 3rd with a bronze medal in 2017 … she placed 7that the English Schools Cup Final, 2ndin the National Youth Athlete Relays and 2ndat the Surrey County Championships in 2014 … in 2015 she came 1stat the London Schools Championships and 3rdat the London Youth Games … she came 26thin the European Cross Country Trials in 2016 against girls 4 years older than her … in 2017 she placed 16that the English National Championships.

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