Joshua McDonald

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Germantown, Md.
High School:
Northwest

Career Results

2017 Outdoor: Represented Pitt as part of the 4x100m relay at the ACC Outdoor Championships, which finished fourth at 41.09 (May 12) … Set a personal record of 11.23 in the 100m dash at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 17) … Posted a season-best time of 49.37 in the 400m at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (April 7) … Finished the 200m in a season-best time of 22.44 at the Florida Relays (March 30) … Helped the 4x100m relay team make four top-five finishes: at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (runner-up, March 17), Louisville Invitational (third, April 14), Virginia Challenge (fifth, April 21) and Hurricane Alumni Invitational (fifth, April 7).

2016-17 Indoor: All-ACC Second Team in the 4x400m, helping the team finish third (3:10.90) at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25) … Posted a personal record in the 600m with a time of 1:23.39 at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 3) … Season-best times of 22.41 in the 200m and 48.99 in the 400m came at the SPIRE Invitational (Feb. 10).

2014 Outdoor: Recorded personal bests in both the 400m (49.83) and the 400H (1:01.95) at the Colonial Relays ... Also posted PRs in the 200m (23.02) and 800m (2:03.05) at the UNC Relays.

2013-14 Indoor: In McDonald's collegiate debut, he competed in the men's 400m dash at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala, finishing with a time of 50.48 ... Also competed in the 500m dash at the PSU Relays (1:08.39).

High School: McDonald competed in track and field starting as a junior ... Team captain as a senior ... 2013 career bests include, indoor 500m state champion ... Finished in third-place in the 300m ... Placed second in the 400m ... Member of the indoor and outdoor 4x400m relay state champion team ... Broke school records as a member of both the 4x200m relay and 4x800m relay ... First team all-gazette outdoor ... Second team all-gazette ... Football captain and three-year varsity starter with a career total of 1,417 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns ... Members of academy of finance, national honor society, emerging leaders.

Personal: Son of Penni and Learie McDonald ... McDonald has no siblings ... Major is business information systems ... Once climbed to Sugarloaf Mountain in eight minutes.