Max O'Donoghue-McDonald Class: Sophomore Hometown: Seattle, Wash. High School: Seattle Prep Position: Distances Experience: 1V

2009: Made a strong return from injury to help propel the team back to nationals, where the men placed 18th overall ... at his first NCAA Championships, finished 183rd overall as UW's No. 5 finisher, running 31:42 for 10k ... scored at the Notre Dame Invitational, helping UW to the team victory, with a 34th-place finish in a season-best 24:26 ... placed 10th at the Sundodger Invite in his first cross country race in nearly two years ... was 75th at the Pre-National Meet, sixth on the team ... tough race at Pac-10s saw him place 60th overall.

2008-09: Redshirted the cross country season ... competed just one time in track while recovering from injury, placing seventh at the Jim Click Shootout in the 3,000-meters in a time of 8:41.23 ... did not compete indoors.

2007-08: Top freshman on the squad, running in the top five at every varsity meet ... ended on a high note, finishing second on the team and 46th overall at Regionals in a time of 31:18 ... finished 40th in his first Pac-10 Championships, the fourth Husky across the line ... was the third UW finisher, sixth overall, in college debut at Sundodger ... also ran in UW's top-five at Dellinger and Pre-National meets ... competed just once during track season, a 4:11.13 mile run at the UW Indoor Preview, before redshirting the remainder of the season.

High School and Personal: Parents are Amy O'Donoghue and Greg McDonald ... has younger brother, Drew, and younger sister, Lily ... one of the best prep distance runners in Washington state history ... 2006 Footlocker Cross Country Third Team All-American after placing 15th at the Footlocker Cross Country National Championships ... 3A state cross country champion in 2005 and 2006, runner up in 2004 ... as a senior in 2006, won state in a time of 15:32, over 30 seconds faster than second-place finisher ... Seattle Prep finished top-five at state all four years of his prep career ... 3A state track champion at 3200m in 2005 and 2007 ... also finished fourth in the 1600m race at state in 2007 ... Metro League and King County District cross country champ from 2004-06 ... won 2006 Nike WA/OR Border Clash in time of 14:01 over 4,400m ... Seattle Prep Athlete of the Year for 2007 ... prep teammate of fellow Husky Ryan Styrk ... graduated with 3.6 GPA ... undeclared major.

Major Meets
2007 Pac-10 XC - 40th (4th UW)
2007 Regional XC - 46th (2nd UW)
2009 Pac-10 XC - 60th (9th UW)
2009 NCAA XC - 183rd (5th UW)

Collegiate Best Marks
Mile.......4:11.13i
8,000m (XC).......24:05
10,000m (XC).......31:18