Best Times:

100 Breast: 55.83

200 Breast: 2:01.58

200 IM: 1:52.87

400 IM: 3:56.77

2015-2016 (Senior): 100-yard breaststroke: Personal best time of 55.83 in sixth-place finish vs. Harvard and Princeton... Second-fastest on the team in the event... 200-yard IM Personal best time of 1:52.87 vs. Boston University and the University of Connecticut, finished seventh.

2014-2015 (Junior): Regularly competed in 400-yard freestyle relays...200-yard breaststroke: Second place vs. Brown... 12th place vs. Harvard and Princeton... 400-yard IM: 12th place vs. Harvard and Princeton.

2013-2014 (Sophomore): Competed in 12 different events over the course of the season...400-yard IM: 20th place at Ivy League Championships, season best time of 4:02.02 in prelims, 4:02.7 in finals... 100-yard breaststroke: Season best time of 58.02 in 27th place finish at Ivy League Championships...200-yard breaststroke: 18th place at Ivy League Championships, season best time of 2:03.26 in prelims, 2:03.31 in finals. 

2012-2013 (Freshman): 100-yard breaststroke: Finished 22nd at Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships with a time of 57.21...200-yard breaststroke: 14th place at Ivy''s with a time of 2:02.49...400-yard IM: 13th place at Ivy''s with a time of 3:56.77

Before Yale: Swam and played water polo for four years in high school... Captain of the swim team senior year... Three-time All-American in swimming and All-Conference in water polo... Three-time MIAA champions in swimming... Individual MIAA champion in 100 breaststroke and 200 IM senior year... Two-time Academic All American... Swam for Loyola Blakefield Aquatics under Keith Schertle... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Member of Silliman College... Considering a major in English... Son of Hank and Susan McDonald... Has one sister, Kellen.

Why I Chose Yale: “I was impressed by the academic opportunities and the potential for athletic success.”