Upcoming Event: Men's Cross Country at Griak Invitational on September 19, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
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10:00 a.m.
Men's Cross Country
at Griak Invitational
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
McDonald, Mason
Mason McDonald
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- High School:
- Millard West H.S.
Bio
Awards and Accolades:
- Summit League Cross Country All-League 2nd Team (2020)Â
CAREER RESULTS
2023-24:
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in two meets…ran 26:05.5 at the Briar Cliff Invite to finish 44th and ran 27:27.6 at the Summit League XC Championship to finish 54th. Â
2022-23:
OUTDOOR: Ran the 5000 and 10k at three different meets…clocked a season best 31:07.45 in the 10k and finished 15th at the Phil Esten Challenge…season best 5000 time of 15:20.58 happened at the Kip Janvrin Open
INDOOR: Competed in three meets…ran a personal best 3000 time of 8:40.06 at Jim Emmerich Alumni Invite…clocked a season best 5000 time of 15:15.55 at SDSU Indoor Classic
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in 6 races…He finished 15th at the Summit League Championships…Opened the season with a 12th place finish at the Augustana Twilight in a time of 19:46.9 for 4 miles…Finished 78th at the NCAA Midwest Regional running 30:59 for 10,000 meters. Â
2021-22:
OUTDOOR: Ran in two races…finished 6th at the USD Early Bird 5,000 meters in 15:20 and competed at the Drake Relays in the 10,000 meters where he ran 31:52.76.  Â
INDOOR: Competed in four races, best result was 14:58.97 for 5,000 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic. Also finished 8th in the 3,000 meters at the Nebraska Adidas Classic.
CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 16th at the Summit League Championships in a time of 25:33.7 to help the Jacks to their 6th straight league title.   Finished in the scoring 5 at the Griak Invitational with a time of 25:59.  He finished 66th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in a time of 32:00.2 for 10,000 meters.Â
2020-21:
OUTDOOR: Appeared in five meets participating in the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 meters...just missed out scoring at the Summit League Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 meters placing ninth with a time of 31:23:00...took third in the 10,000 meters at the Sioux Falls Relays with a personal best time of 30:59.41...tacked on a personal best in the 1,500 meters of 4:07.73 at the
Blue Oval Invitational.
INDOOR: Competed in three meets participating in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters...notched a 13th overall finish in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Indoor Championships clocking in at 15:23.37...recorded a sixth place finish in the 5,000 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic with a new personal best of 14:44.11...set a personal best in the 3,000 meters of 8:41.72 in a seventh overall effort at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invite.
CROSS COUNTRY: Placed 12th at the Summit League Championships in a time of 25:52.10.
2019-20:
OUTDOOR: Season Canceled
INDOOR: Focused on the 3k and 5k races, he ran a best of 8:56 for 3000 meters at the Jack Johnson Invitational and 15:24.68 for the 5000 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
CROSS COUNTRY: Season best 8k came at the Briar Cliff Invite with a time of 25:46.1... ran 19:22.3 for 6k at the season opening NDSU Bison Open.
BEFORE SDSU:
Named cross country metro conference all-academic in 2017 and 2018... all-state and super-state award recipient in 2017 and 2018... cross country academic all-state in 2018... named cross country team captain in 2018... member of state championship winning team in 2016 at Millard West H.S.... took 10th place at the Nebraska Class A state meet in 2017... finished ninth at the Nebraska Class A state meet in 2018...finished third in the 3200m run at the Nebraska Class A state track meet in 2019... finished fifth in the 1600m run at the Nebraska Class A state track meet the same year... track Academic All-State honors in 2018 and 2019... Metro Conference Scholar Athlete in 2019... lettered in cross country (2015-2018) and track (2016-2019) four years in a row... logged personal bests in the 1600m run (4:24) and the 3200m run (9:31)... top 5K time in cross country (16:11)... named an AP scholar with honors in 2018... graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2019... awarded Presidential Educational Excellence Award in 2019... awarded academic letters in 2016,2017,2018 and 2019... named Omaha World Herald All-Academic Honorable Mention-in 2019... won the 2019 Millard West H.S. Outstanding Student Award.
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