| Sophia McDonnell TFRRS Results |
| Sophia McDonnell World Athletics Profile |
| Sophia McDonnell Mile Split Profile |
| Awards |
| NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier – 3,000 Meter Steeplechase – Outdoor Track & Field – 2024 |
| NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier – 3,000 Meter Steeplechase – Outdoor Track & Field – 2021* |
| Mountain West All-Conference – 3,000 Meter Steeplechase – Outdoor Track & Field – 2024 |
| Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year – Cross Country – 2019* |
| Missouri Valley All-Conference – Cross Country – 2020-21* |
| Missouri Valley All-Conference – Cross Country – 2021* |
| Missouri Valley All-Conference – 3,000 Meters – Indoor Track & Field – 2022* |
| Missouri Valley All-Conference – 3,000 Meter Steeplechase – Outdoor Track & Field – 2022* |
| USTFCCCA All-Academic Team – Track & Field – 2021* |
| Missouri Valley Scholar Athlete – Track & Field – 2022* |
| 2023-24 |
Cross Country (Grad Senior): Did not compete.
| Bradley University (2019-23) |
2022-23
Cross Country:Placed ninth in the MVC Championship 6k event and 102nd in the NCAA Midwest Regional. At the Joe Piane Invitational, she collected a career-high 5k time of 17:06.5 for fifth all time in Bradley History.
Indoor: At the Hawkeye Invite, she ran for a career-high 4:54.42 in the mile for first place. She placed second in the Cyclone Open 3000m event and eighth in the Indiana University Relay, clocking in at 9:35.08.
2021-22
Cross Country: Earned All-Missouri Valley Conference accolades for the second-straight season after placing ninth overall at the conference meet … Finished in Bradley’s top five in all five meets she competed in during the season … Placed 86th overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional … Clocked a season-best 6K time of 21:20.6 at the Bradley Pink Classic to finish 13th overall.
Indoor: Ran in both the 3,000m and 5,000m at the MVC Championship, scoring in both events … Set PR’s in the mile, 3,000m and 5,000m during the season … Finished second in the 3,000m at the MVC Championship behind then-Bradley teammate and current Lobo teammate Nicola Jansen …. Took sixth in the 5,000m at the Valley Championship … Personal-best 3,000m time of 9:30.52 (Iowa State Classic) is third in school history … Posted the sixth-best 5,000m time at Bradley (16:43.69) at the UW Invitational.
2020-21
Cross Country: Earned All-Missouri Valley Conference accolades … Placed second on the team and ninth overall at the conference meet … Also finished third on BU and 16th at the Lipscomb Winter Classic, posting a career-best 5K time of 17:57.9.
Indoor: Placed eighth at the MVC Championship in the 3,000m run … Registered her PR in the event at Indiana State with a time of 10:00.55.
Outdoor: Set the school record in the 3,000m steeplechase at the MVC Championship, placing fourth in the event … Her time of 10:22.78 topped the previous standard by nearly nine seconds … Qualified in the event at the NCAA Preliminaries, posting a time of 10:43.51 to place 40th in the West … Also ran the 5,000m run at the conference meet and finished sixth overall … Set her PR in the 5,000m at Illinois State with a time of 17:22.66.
2019-20
Cross Country: Earned Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year honors … Placed 27th at the conference championship, helping the Braves to a runner-up finish … Placed in the team’s top five in three of her five races during her rookie season … Posted a season-best 5K at Notre Dame in 18:37.72 and in the 6K at the Bradley Pink Classic in 22:00.2.
International: Ran at the 2020 Pan Am Cross Country Junior Championship, placing 18th overall with a 6K time of 25:04 … Qualified for the national team by finishing sixth at the US Junior Cross Country Championship, posting a mark of 23:22.3.
| Geneva HS (Class of 2019) |
Helped lead Geneva High School to the conference championship in cross country in 2016, while claiming the county, conference and sectional titles in track and field in 2015 … Named the Vikings’ Athlete of the Year in 2019 … Placed fifth as a senior in the 3,200m run at the Illinois 3A Championship, while finishing 20th at the state meet for cross country … Two-time conference champion in the 3,200m … Two-time Kane County Champion in the 1,600m … Earned all-conference accolades 11 times during her career (four times in cross country and seven times in track).