Loren Donohue finishes her fourth season as a cross country/track assistant coach on Chad Pearson’s staff in 2019-20.
The Spartan women took third at the 2019 SoCon Cross Country Championships with a score of 91, led by Kaitlyn Stone's time of 18:51.1. The UNCG men came in fifth, with Alex Roy turning in a top-10 pace of 25:42.8 in the 8K. Both Stone and Roy earned Second Team All-SoCon honors for their performances.
Kaitlyn Stone's 37:41.24 in the 10,000m took fourth in the women's 2019 SoCon Outdoor Track and Field championship. Chandler McCaslin grabbed an All-Freshman selection for her time in the 1500m, while Dalton Miles, Colin Alexander and Nick Thoma took the same recognition in the 10,000m, 1500m and 800m respectively.
The 2018-19 indoor track season saw Juan Rodriguez grab third in the Southern Conference Championship 800m (1:54.60), while Dalton Miles and Thomas Knepshield picked up All-Freshman honors in the 5000m. Cameron Belk, Colin Alexander and Nick Thoma all receiving the same honor in the 3000m, the mile and 800m respectively. On the women's side Kathryn Anderson and Chandler McCaslin picked up All-Freshman honors for their performances in the 5000m and the mile.
Donohue joined the Spartan staff from the University of Pittsburgh, where she served as a volunteer assistant coach for cross country and track & field during the 2015-16 campaign. During the 2015 season Pitt achieved its best finish in the history of the women’s cross country program, placing seventh at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional. Donohue also helped coach a Panthers' women’s distance group that set two school records for indoor and outdoor track, while qualifying athletes for the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
Before making the move to the Steel City, Donohue was the executive director of Team Prep USA and Rocky Mountain Running Camps in Crested Butte, Colorado From 2009-15. She also served as assistant diving coach at nearby Western State Colorado University.
Donohue received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 2005. A three-sport division I athlete, she competed for the Minutewomen cross country, track & field and diving programs and was voted a team captain.
