Wheaton College (MA)

2024-25 SEASON: Named to the USA Artistic Swimming All-America Honorable Mention Team … Tabbed to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation First Team … Selected to the USA Artistic Swimming Division III All-Collegiate Team … Named to the 2025 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Artistic Swimming All-Academic Team … Became just the second two-time All-America selection in program history … Crowned champion of the East Regional Championship in the Solo with a score of 170.6663 points on March 1 … Recorded a first-place finish in the Solo with a score of 98.3625 points against Stanford University on January 26 … Placed third in the Solo with a score of 127.2800 points at the Jessica Beck Invitational at Ohio State University on February 2 … Finished in fifth in the Solo with a score of 90.2125 points at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship on February 15 … Placed 10th in the Solo with a score of 138.3813 points at the USA Artistic Swimming National Collegiate Championship on March 28 … Crowned champion of the East Regional Championship in the Duet with Renée Goldfinger with a score of 140.3117 points on March 1 … Finished in first place in the Duet with Goldfinger with a score of 133.1933 points against Stanford University on January 31 ... Recorded a score of 139.3313 points to place seventh in the Duet with Goldfinger at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship on February 16 ... Finished eighth in the Duet with Goldfinger with a score of 150.5517 points at the USA Artistic Swimming National Collegiate Championship on March 29 ... Placed eighth in the Duet with Goldfinger with a score of 126.2483 points at the Jessica Beck Invitational at Ohio State University on February 2 … Posted a score of 58.3475 points to finish sixth in the Collegiate A Figures at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship on February 15 … Finished 12th in the Collegiate A Figures for at the USA Artistic Swimming National Collegiate Championship on March 28 with a score of 72.4181 … Finished in first place in the Team Competition with a score of 155.7946 points at the East Regional Championship on March 1 … Recorded a second place finish in the Team Competition with a score of 145.8980 points against Stanford University on January 25 … Placed fifth in the Team Competition with a score of 149.7725 at the Jessica Beck Invitational at Ohio State University on February 2 … Finished in sixth place in the Team Competition with a score of 150.9075 points at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship on February 16 … Posted a score of 161.9446 points to place 10th in the Team Competition at the National Collegiate Championship on March 29 … Named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Artistic Swimmer of the Week for the week on January 30 for placing first in the Solo and also first in the Duet with Renée Goldfinger against Stanford University on January 25.

2023-24 SEASON: Named to the USA Artistic Swimming All-America Team … Tabbed to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Second Team … Named to the USA Artistic Swimming Division III All-Collegiate Team … Made her collegiate debut on November 20 in the New England Synchronized Swimming Association Figures competition … Recorded four first-place finishes on the season in the Solo routine … Became the first Lyon in school history to place first in the Solo at the USA Artistic Swimming National Collegiate Championship with a score of 209.2188 points on March 22 … The individual national crown for Macdonald was the first individual national title earned by a Wheaton student-athlete since 2014 … Crowned champion of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in the Solo with a score of 172.7313 points on February 17 … Won the East Regional Championship in the Solo competition … Dominated the Solo routine for a first-place finish by more than 70 points, posting a score of 260.1188 points against Texas Woman’s University on January 27 … Placed first in the Duet with Renée Goldfinger at the East Regional Championship on February 24 ... Finished in second place in the Duet with Olivia Macdonald with a score of 146.5188 points against Texas Woman’s University on January 27 … Finished in second place in the Duet with Hannah Halberg with a score of 146.5188 points against Texas Woman’s University on January 27 … Placed 10th in the Duet with Goldfinger with a score of 125.5917 points at the USA Artistic Swimming National Collegiate Championship on March 22 ... Crowned champion of the Collegiate A Figures in the East Regional Championship on February 24 … Tallied a score of 73.2327 points to place first in the Collegiate A Figures at the New England Synchronized Swimming Association Figures competition on November 20 … Placed seventh with a score of 76.3962 points in the Collegiate A Figures against the University of Incarnate Word on February 19 … Placed first in the Team Competition at the East Regional Championship on February 24 ... Recorded a second-place finish in the Team Competition with a score of 141.4188 points against Texas Woman's University on January 27 ... Finished in seventh place in the Team Competition with a score of 93.9792 points at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship on February 18 ... Placed 11th in the Team Competition with 108.6854 points at the USA Artistic Swimming National Collegiate Championship on March 24.

BEFORE WHEATON: Graduated from Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate in 2022 ... Competed for Team Granite Artistic Swimming Club and Variety Village Synchro Club ... Earned Honor Roll honors at SOMC ... Served as a Volunteer Coach at her Artistic Swimming Club ... Placed second at the National Qualifiers in 2023 and fifth at the 2023 National Championship ... Finished first in numerous Provincial meets in 2023.

PERSONAL: Born January 10, 2004 ... Majoring in Public Health with a minor in Psychology at Wheaton and would like to pursue a career as an Physical Therapist ... Daughter of Ross and Sharon Macdonald and Kelly Newell ... Has one sibling, Jamie ... Her Father Ross played water polo for York University in Toronto and founded the Mavericks water polo club team in Toronto, while her Mother Sharon played water polo for University of St. Catharines ... Chose to compete at Wheaton she knew she wasn't ready to say goodbye to high performance sport yet, but also because she knew she wanted to continue her education and felt that Wheaton was the best of both worlds as she was so impressed by its academic programs and curriculum, and because she will get to swim on the D1 artistic swimming team.