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2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving

Janelle McDonald

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Middleboro
  • Hometown Middleboro, Mass.

Biography

2014-15: Named to the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Assumption College Student-Athlete Honor Rolls... Swam a season-best time of 1:00.67 in the 100 backstroke at the 2015 Northeast-10 Championships, good for fifth place... Also placed 10th in the 100 butterfly with another personal best time of 1:00.41 at the NE-10 Championships.

2013-14: Named to the Fall 2013 Assumption College Student-Athlete Honor Roll... Named to the Northeast-10 Conference Honor Roll on one occasion... Placed first in the 100 back with a time of 1:00.07 at Gompei's Invitational... Placed second in the 200 back with a time of 2:12.01... Also placed first in the 100 back at the Worcester City Championships with a time of 1:00.41.

2012-13: Finished 3rd at the Northeast-10 Swimming and Diving Championships in the 100 back with a time of 58.74... Also placed 6th in the 200 back with a time of 2:07.50... Placed 2nd out of 20 at the Worcester City Championships in the 200 IM with a time of 2:17.48.

Prior to Assumption: Competed on the swim team at Middleboro High School... Four-time Patriot League All-Star from 2009-2012... MIAA Division III State Champion in the 100 backstroke... Two-time Team MVP... Most Improved Swimmer in 2010-2011... Named 2010 All-Scholastic... Competed in the 2011 Junior Nationals in the 400 medley relay... Competed as a member of the Junior National Team in 2012... Participated in the 2005 USS New England Zones... Also competed with Weymouth Waves, Bluefish Aquatic Club, and Magnus Aquatic Group.

Personal: Daughter of William and Jeannette McDonald... Born on March 31... Majoring in psychology with a concentration in physical therapy... Has one brother, Jayson (22)... Has volunteered her time with the Special Olympics and Working for Worcester.

Fun Facts: Favorite athlete: Missy Franklin... Dream job: Physical therapist... #1 Song on her iPod: Ain't Worth the Whiskey... If she could meet anyone, living or dead: Audrey Hepburn... Celebrity she gets mistaken for: Laura Prepon... Favorite sports memory: Winning the NE-10 Championship two years in a row.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    backstroke, medley
    5'5"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    backstroke, butterfly, individual medley
    5'5"
  • 2014-15Junior

    backstroke, butterfly, individual medley
    5'5"
  • 2015-16Senior

    backstroke, butterfly, IM
    5'4"