At Delaware: Indoor Track - 2005-06 Season: Won the Pyrah Invitational and Gotham Cup in the pole vault • finished fourth in the pole vault at the Maryland Invitational • posted a season-high 11’9.75 pole vault at the Princeton Invitational. 2006-07 Season: Won the pole vault at the Pyrah, Ursinus, Thomson, and Princeton Invitationals • finished eighth at the New Balance Invitational and 14th at the ECAC Championships • recorded a season-best leap of 12’1.5” in the pole vault at the Princeton Invitational. 2007-08 Season: Won the pole vault at the Penn State Open, Thomson Invitational, and NYU Fastrack Invitational • finished second at the Lafayette-Rider Invitational and 11th at the ECAC Championships • posted a season-high 12’2” pole vault at the NYU Fastrack Invitational • named Wilmington Trust Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week on January 21 • named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA District 2 All-Academic First Team.
Outdoor Track - 2006 Season: Recorded a season-best height of 11’6” on the pole vault at the Maryland Invitational and Delaware Invitational #2 • named to CAA Academic Honor Roll. 2007 Season: Won the pole vault at the Towson Invitational, Rider Invitational, and Lehigh Games • finished fourth at the CAA Championships and 14th at the ECAC Championships • recorded a season-best height of 11’11.75” at the Rider Invitational • named to CAA Academic Honor Roll. 2008 Season: Won the pole vault at the Towson Invitational, Delaware Open, and Swarthmore Last Chance Meet • finished third at the CAA Championships, ninth at the ECAC Championships, and 12th at the Penn Relays • set the UD school record with a leap of 12’6.5” at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet • named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA District 2 All-Academic First Team.
High School: Member of track and cheerleading teams at Phoenixville Area High School • four-year letterwinner and two-year state qualifier • 2005 league champion and outdoor record holder in the pole vault • distinguished honor roll student • member of Varsity Club.
Personal: Kelli E. McDonald • daughter of Charles and Patricia McDonald • has sisters Crista, Jessica and Brianna • Crista was a four-year member of the Penn track and field team • accounting major at Delaware with a minor in MIS • has traveled to Ireland and China during the last two summers • Dean’s List student all four years • earned Pricewaterhouse Coopers Distinguished Student Award • earned William Markell Scholarship • received Outstanding Achievement Award for Accounting Junior Major • member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars • student-athlete representative on the UD Athletics Governing Board • selected participant to the Executive Mentor-Scholars program • volunteers at the Newark Senior Center • participated in the NSCS canned food drive • volunteer tax preparer for Nehemiah Gateway’s Earned Income Tax Credit Program. |
