University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

2025 Cross Country Roster

John Walker McDonald XC headshot 2025

John Walker McDonald

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Baton Rouge, La.
  • High School:
    The Dunham School
TFRRS Profile

2023-24

Cross Country: Placed 15th at the Lamar Early Bird Opener with a personal-best of 18:37.5 in a 6k (Sept. 1) … Was 41st in the 8k (28:08.3) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (Oct. 28).
 
2022-23
Indoor: Finished 11th at the LSU Purple Tiger Invite in the 3000 (9:27.68) … Was 20th with a time of 9:16.47 in the 3000 at the McNeese Indoor #2 (Jan. 27) … Ran a 15:53.65 in the 5000 to place 9th at the Samford Bulldog Invite (Feb. 10).
 
Cross Country: Ran a personal-best 15:52.0 in the 5k at the UNO XC Opener (Sept. 2) … Followed that with a 12th place showing and personal-best 22:52.0 at the ULM Warhawk Invitational (Sept. 17) … Finished 27th with a personal-best 25:55.9 in the 8k at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (Oct. 28) … Ran a personal-best 33:46.2 in the 10k at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 11).
 
Michael Desormeaux Media Availability (Sep 15, 2025)
Monday, September 15
Kristi Gray Media Availability (Sep 15, 2025)
Monday, September 15
Chris McBride Media Availability (Sep 15, 2025)
Monday, September 15
Inside Louisiana Athletics Recap for Sep 3, 2025 to Sep 9, 2025
Tuesday, September 09