Maura McDonald (UMass Dartmouth '99) finished her four-year collegiate career by competing in the 1999 NCAA Division III National Track and Field Championships.  A national championship qualification was a fitting end to a career which spanned five years with competition in both cross country and track and field. McDonald's accomplishments are numerous and distinguished, having achieved regional and national success in both events. McDonald was the 1996 Little East Conference cross country champion, while helping her team to the LEC title. She was LEC runner up in 1998, also earning All-New England Regional Team honors that same year.  During the outdoor track season of 1998, McDonald posted the LEC record in the 3000 meters, a mark that still stands at 10:57.09. Her best year in track was 1999 when she set the LEC outdoor record in the 5000, took second indoors, earning Div III All-New England Honors and was the ECAC Indoor champion at 5000 meters, posting a personal best 17:30.  She qualified for the 1999 NCAA Div. III Indoor nationals, placed seventh nationally, and earned New England Alliance championships at both 1500 and 1000 meters.  In total, she earned four LEC conference championships indoors and two more outdoors.  In the UMass Dartmouth track and field record book, McDonald has seven top-six records, her best is second all-time in the 1500 meters and a pair of thirds in the indoor 1000 and outdoor 5000 meters.