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James Donahue

Distance/Cross Country
Position
Junior
Class
Reading, Mass.
Hometown
Belmont Hill School
High School
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All-American
2024 Indoor:
DMR (1st team)

ACC Champion
2024 Indoor:
DMR

All-ACC
2024 Indoor: DMR (1st team)
2023 Indoor: 
Mile (2nd team)

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

2024 Cross Country
• Finished 78th at the Panorama Farms Invitational in season debut

2024 Outdoor
• Competed at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 1500m finishing ninth in the final (3:44.60)
• Competed at the NCAA East Regional in the 1500m
• Set the Lannigan Field record in the 3000m at the Virginia Opener clocking 8:17.36
• Member of Virginia’s 4x800m relay at the Penn Relays (7:16.75)
• Recorded a personal-best 1:49.11 for 800m at the Virginia Challenge
• Finished fifth in the 1500m in a personal-best 3:40.27 at the Raleigh Relays

2024 Indoor
• Ran the 1200m leg in the first place DMR at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Advanced to the finals in the mile at the ACC Indoor Championships, running 4:05.53 for ninth place overall
• Opened up the winning DMR at the Penn State National Open, running the 1200m
• Ran for a top ten finish in the mile at the Penn State National Open

2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll
• Did not compete outdoors

2023 Indoor
• Placed fourth in the mile at the ACC Indoor Championships running 4:00.11
• Ran the first sub-four mile of his career clocking 3:57.44 at the David Hemery Valentine Invite
• Broke a Virginia freshman record in his first-ever collegiate mile clocking 4:01.97 at the Penn State National

Background
• 2x Gatorade MA Track Athlete of the year
• 3x Indoor MA State Record Holder (800, Mile, 3k)
• MA Outdoor Mile State Record Holder
• 3x Sport High School Captain (XC, Nordic Skiing, Outdoor Track)
• NEPSAC Prep Athlete of the Year
• All ISL Nordic Skier
• Graduated Cum Laude from Belmont Hill School

Personal
• Graduated from Belmont Hill High School in Belmont, Mass
• Born in Boston, Mass.
• Son of Andrew and Marie Donahue
• Has a brother, Charlie, and sister, Elizabeth
• Father, Andrew, played hockey at Dartmouth College
• Enrolled in College of Arts and Sciences