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{{short description|Australian long-distance runner}}
 
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{{Infobox sportsperson
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| country = {{AUS}}
| sport = [[Distance Running]]
| event = [[10,0001500 metres]], [[5000 metres]]
| club = [[On Athletics Club]]
| turnedpro = Jun. 2019
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|5000 m - 20th (h)
|'''2019 Doha'''
|5000 m - 17th (h)
'''2023 Budapest'''
|5000 m - 16th (h)
}}
| olympics = {{ubl
|'''2020 Tokyo'''
|5000 m - 17th (h)
}}
| pb = {{ubl
|'''Outdoor'''
|'''[[1500 m]]:''' 3:37.42 ([[Nashville]] 2020)
|'''[[Mile run|Mile]]:''' 3:54.63 ([[Bay Shore]] 2019)
|'''[[3000 m]]:''' 7:35.78 ([[Zagreb, Croatia|Zagreb]] 2023)
|'''[[5000 m]]:''' 13:00.48 ([[Los Angeles]] 2024)
|'''[[10,000 m]]:''' 27:58.75 ([[Irvine, California|Irvine]] 2021)
|'''Indoor'''
|'''[[1500 m]]:''' 3:41.80 {{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} ([[New York City|New York]] 2016)
|'''[[Mile run|Mile]]:''' 3:57.83 {{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} ([[New York City|New York]] 2016)
|'''[[3000 m]]:''' 7:42.76 {{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} ([[New York City|New York]] 2019)
|'''[[Two miles|2-mile]]:''' 8:14.92 {{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} '''{{AthAbbr|AR|Oceanian}}''' ([[Staten Island]] 2021)
|'''[[5000 m]]:''' 13:07.30 {{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} ([[Boston]] 2024)
}}
}}
 
'''Morgan McDonald''' (born 23 April 1996) is an [[Australians|Australian]] [[Distancedistance runner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/morgan-mcdonald-277925 |title=Morgan McDonald |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref> McDonald competed at the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 2020 Olympics]] coming 11th in Heat 2 of the qualifying rounds in the Men's 5000m with a time of 13:37.36.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Athletics McDONALD Morgan - Tokyo 2020 Olympics|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games//en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1481532-mcdonald-morgan.htm|url-status=livedead|access-date=2021-09-17|websitework=..Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]]|language=en-us|archive-date=17 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917014907/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games//en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1481532-mcdonald-morgan.htm}}</ref>
 
McDonald competed in the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|Men's 5000 metres]] at the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|Tokyo Olympics]], [[2017 World Championships in Athletics]] and [[2019 World Championships in Athletics]]. McDonald competed in [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] placed 8th in [[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres|5000 meters]] in 14:11.37. McDonald is a 4-time NCAA Champion, 8-time [[NCAA Division I]] [[All-America]]n and 8-time [[Big Ten Conference]] champion. McDonald placed 7th at 10&nbsp;km in 29:59.2 at the [[2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships]] and placed 1st in the 10&nbsp;km in 29:08.3 at the [[2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships]].
 
==Early life==
McDonald attended [[Newington College]] in Sydney, Australia, completing his schooling in 2013.<ref>Prior to high school, he attended Randwick Public School with Oliver Close. [https://newsletter.newington.nsw.edu.au/alumni/article/sports-news-morgan-mcdonald-on-2013-distance-runner/ Alumni News] Retrieved 11 April 2019.</ref> He was a key member in Newington’sNewington's 2011 GPS Senior Cross Country<ref>{{Cite web|title=Premiership History {{!}} AAGPS|url=http://aagps.nsw.edu.au/winter-sports/cross-country/premiership-history-2/|access-date=21 August 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> and 2012 Senior Athletics<ref>{{Cite web|title=Premiership History {{!}} AAGPS|url=http://aagps.nsw.edu.au/winter-sports/athletics/premiership-history/|access-date=21 August 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> premierships. He won Newington’s[[Newington, New South Wales|Newington]]'s A.D.G. Stewart Trophy for 3000m running.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sport {{!}} Black & White|url=https://newsletter.newington.nsw.edu.au/blackandwhite/article/sport-2/|access-date=21 August 2020|website=newsletter.newington.nsw.edu.au}}</ref>
 
In addition to his athletic achievements at [[Newington College]], Morgan excelled in the classroom. He finished with an [[Australian Tertiary Admission Rank|ATAR]] of 98.95, achieving a Band 6 (>90% raw mark) in three subjects: Ancient History, English Extension 1 and Physics.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2013 Newington College Results Magazine|url=https://www.newington.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Results-Book-2013-for-web.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
 
==Prep==
McDonald won the 2007 Australian U12 National Cross Country Championship.
 
McDonald won the 2009 Australian U14 National Cross Country Championship.
 
McDonald won the 2011 Australian U16 National Cross Country Championship.
 
McDonald was the 2012 U18 Australian National 3000 meters Champion.
 
McDonald won the 2012 Australian U18 National Cross Country Championship.
 
McDonald won the 2013 Australian U18 National Cross Country Championship.
 
McDonald represented Australia in the 2013 World Junior Cross Country Championship in the U20 division at the age of 16 in Bydgoszcz, Poland and again in 2015 in Guiyang, China at the age of 18.
 
McDonald ran in the 2014 Australian Nationals in the 5000 meters for the U20 division.
 
McDonald won the 2018 Australian National 5000m in 2018, in a time of 13.19.05 (a record for the National championship).
 
McDonald competed and finished 10th in the 5000 meters in the U20 division at the 2014 World Junior Athletics Championships in Hayward Field, Eugene.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwbadgers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6379 |title=University of Wisconsin Badger Morgan McDonald Profile |publisher=[[Wisconsin Badger]] |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref>
 
==NCAA==
McDonald is a 4-time NCAA Champion, 8-time NCAA Division 1 All-American [[Wisconsin Badger]] distance runner.
Morgan McDonald won 10&nbsp;km in 29:08.3 at the [[2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships]] leading the [[Wisconsin Badgers men's cross country]] to an 8th-place team finish.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="7" | Representing [[University of Wisconsin]]
|-
! School Year !! [[Big Ten Conference]]<br/>[[Cross country running|Cross country]] !! [[NCAA Division 1|NCAA]]<br/>[[Cross country running|Cross country]] !! [[Big Ten Conference]]<br/>[[Indoor track and field|Indoor Track]] !! [[NCAA Division 1|NCAA]]<br/>[[Indoor track and field|Indoor Track]] !! [[Big Ten Conference]]<br/>[[Outdoor Track and Field|Outdoor Track]] !! [[NCAA Division 1|NCAA]]<br/>[[Outdoor Track and Field|Outdoor Track]]
|-
| Rowspan=2|2018-19 || Rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|23:26.4 - 1st || Rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|[[2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships|10K - 29:08.3 - 1st]] || Rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|5K - 13:37.85 - 1st ||bgcolor=gold|[[2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|3K - 7:52.85 - 1st<br/>5K - 13:41.76 - 1st]] || Rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|10K - 29:26.06 - 1st || Rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|[[2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|5K - 14:06.01 - 1st]]
|-
| [[2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|Distance Medley Relay<br/> - 9:34.74 - 7th]]
|-
| Rowspan=1|2017-18 || ||
| || || 5000 m - 14:47.93 - 10th ||
|-
| Rowspan=2|2016-17 ||bgcolor=gold Rowspan=2|8K - 24:35.7 - 1st || Rowspan=2|[[2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships|10K - 29:59.2 - 7th]] || bgcolor=gold|5000 m - 14:04.44 - 1st || ||bgcolor=gold|5000 m - 14:14.43 - 1st ||
|-
|bgcolor=gold|3000 m - 8:12.58 - 1st || || ||
|-
| Rowspan=2|2015-16 || Rowspan=2|8K - 23:30.0 - 5th ||Rowspan=2| || bgcolor=silver| 5000 m - 14:01.23 - 2nd || [[2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|3000 m - 8:12.92 - 12th]] || bgcolor="#cc9900" |1500 3:46.37 3rd || [[2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|5000 m - 13:29.79 - 5th]]
|-
| bgcolor=gold|3000 m - 8:03.83 - 1st || || ||
|-
| Rowspan=1|2014-15 || 8K - 23:56.3 - 12th || [[2014 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships|10K 31:19.3 75th]] || bgcolor=silver| 3000 m - 8:11.67 - 2nd || || ||
|}
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/4985329/Wisconsin/Morgan__McDonald.html |title=University of Wisconsin Badger Morgan McDonald Results |publisher=TFRRS |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref>
==Professional career==
In July 2019, McDonald signed with [[Under Armour]].<ref>[https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-under-armour-mcdonald-20190719-g2m3wj4c3fh53do6mioff2udoq-story.html Under Armour signs top NCAA distance runner to endorsement] [[Baltimoresun.com]]</ref> After a period continuing to train under Wisconsin head coach Mick Byrne, McDonald relocated to Boulder, CO, where he trained under [[Joe Bosshard]] until June 2021, when he left [[Under Armour]] and Bosshard and signed with the [[On Athletics Club]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Just when I think the team can't get much stronger! Welcome to the OAC, 4x NCAA Champion @morganmcdonald__! #OAC #onathleticsclub @on_running @ Eugene, Oregon |url=https://twitter.com/djritzenhein/status/1408073413596491780|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Dathan Ritzenhein's Twitter|language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://lindseyhein.com/20210820-12880/episode-330-morgan-mcdonald/ Episode 330: Morgan McDonald – I'll have another with lindsey hein] I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein podcast</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-28 |title=Australian 5,000m Olympian Morgan McDonald Steps Up to a New Level |url=https://run.outsideonline.com/people/australian-5000m-olympian-morgan-mcdonald-steps-up-to-a-new-level/|access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Run |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, McDonald represented Australia in the 5000m at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, where he failed to advance from the qualifying heats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morgan McDonald|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/morgan-mcdonald-14496066|access-date=2024-04-29 |website=World Athletics |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In both 2022 and 2023, McDonald sustained injuries that resulted in abbreviated outdoor seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morgan McDonald |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/world-champs-athlete-profiles/morganmcdonald/|access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Athletics Australia |language=en}}</ref> After being knocked out in the qualifying heats of the 5000 m at the [[2023 World Athletics Championships]], McDonald ran a personal best in the 3000 m (7:35.78) and placed seventh in the 5000 m at the [[2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morgan McDonald|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/morgan-mcdonald-14496066|access-date=2024-04-29 |website=World Athletics |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
McDonald launched his Olympics campaign in early 2024, running a 13:07.30 5000m indoors at the [[Boston University]] John Thomas Terrier Classic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morgan McDonald|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/morgan-mcdonald-14496066|access-date=2024-04-29 |website=World Athletics |language=en-US}}</ref> At his first Australian Athletics Championship since 2018, McDonald was narrowly outleaned for the victory in the 5000 m and finished just 0.05 seconds behind the winner, [[Matthew Ramsden]]. In May 2024, McDonald ran a personal best in the 5000 m at the [[Los Angeles Grand Prix|USATF LA Grand Prix]] in 13:00.48,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morgan MCDONALD {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/morgan-mcdonald-14496066 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> achieving the Olympic standard in the process.
In addition to his athletic achievements at Newington, Morgan excelled in the classroom. He finished with an ATAR of 98.95, achieving a Band 6 (>90% raw mark) in three subjects: Ancient History, English Extension 1 and Physics.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2013 Newington College Results Magazine|url=https://www.newington.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Results-Book-2013-for-web.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
 
==Representing Australia==
==Career==
In July 2019, McDonald signed with [[Under Armour]].<ref>[https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-under-armour-mcdonald-20190719-g2m3wj4c3fh53do6mioff2udoq-story.html Under Armour signs top NCAA distance runner to endorsement] [[Baltimoresun.com]]</ref> In June 2021, McDonald left [[Under Armour]] and his coach Joe Bosshard to sign with On Athletics Club under coach [[Dathan Ritzenhein]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Just when I think the team can’t get much stronger! Welcome to the OAC, 4x NCAA Champion @morganmcdonald__! #OAC #onathleticsclub @on_running @ Eugene, Oregon |url=https://twitter.com/djritzenhein/status/1408073413596491780|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Dathan Ritzenhein's Twitter|language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://lindseyhein.com/20210820-12880/episode-330-morgan-mcdonald/ Episode 330: Morgan McDonald – I'll have another with lindsey hein] I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein podcast</ref>
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
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|13:37.36
|-
|2024
! colspan="6" | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|IAAF Track Championships]]
|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris Olympics]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|9th (heat)
|[[5000 m]]
|13:52.67
|-
! colspan="6" |[[World Athletics Road Running Championships]]
|-
|2023
|[[2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships|World Athletics Road Running Championships]]
|[[Riga]], [[Latvia]]
|7th place
|[[2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships#Men's 5 km results|5 km]]
|13:26 [[List of Australian records in athletics|NR]]
|-
! colspan="6" | [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Athletics Track Championships]]
|-
|2023
|[[2023 World Athletics Championships|2023 World Championships]]
|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|32nd place
|[[5000 metres]]
|13:43.58<ref>[https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/results/men/5000-metres/heats/summary 2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres prelim results] [[World Athletics]]</ref>
|-
|2019
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|}
 
==NCAA==
McDonald is a 4-time NCAA Champion, 8-time NCAA Division 1 All-american [[Wisconsin Badger]] distance runner.
Morgan McDonald won 10&nbsp;km in 29:08.3 at the [[2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships]] leading the [[Wisconsin Badgers men's cross country]] to an 8th-place team finish.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="7" | Representing [[University of Wisconsin]]
|-
! School Year !! [[Big Ten Conference]]<br/>[[Cross country running|Cross country]] !! [[NCAA Division 1|NCAA]]<br/>[[Cross country running|Cross country]] !! [[Big Ten Conference]]<br/>[[Indoor track and field|Indoor Track]] !! [[NCAA Division 1|NCAA]]<br/>[[Indoor track and field|Indoor Track]] !! [[Big Ten Conference]]<br/>[[Outdoor Track and Field|Outdoor Track]] !! [[NCAA Division 1|NCAA]]<br/>[[Outdoor Track and Field|Outdoor Track]]
|-
| Rowspan=2|2018-19 || Rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|23:26.4 - 1st || Rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|[[2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships|10K - 29:08.3 - 1st]] || Rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|5K - 13:37.85 - 1st ||bgcolor=gold|[[2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|3K - 7:52.85 - 1st<br/>5K - 13:41.76 - 1st]] || Rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|10K - 29:26.06 - 1st || Rowspan=2 bgcolor=gold|[[2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|5K - 14:06.01 - 1st]]
|-
| [[2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|Distance Medley Relay<br/> - 9:34.74 - 7th]]
|-
| Rowspan=1|2017-18 || ||
| || || 5000 m - 14:47.93 - 10th ||
|-
| Rowspan=2|2016-17 ||bgcolor=gold Rowspan=2|8K - 24:35.7 - 1st || Rowspan=2|[[2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships|10K - 29:59.2 - 7th]] || bgcolor=gold|5000 m - 14:04.44 - 1st || ||bgcolor=gold|5000 m - 14:14.43 - 1st ||
|-
|bgcolor=gold|3000 m - 8:12.58 - 1st || || ||
|-
| Rowspan=2|2015-16 || Rowspan=2|8K - 23:30.0 - 5th ||Rowspan=2| || bgcolor=silver| 5000 m - 14:01.23 - 2nd || [[2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|3000 m - 8:12.92 - 12th]] || bgcolor="#cc9900" |1500 3:46.37 3rd || [[2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|5000 m - 13:29.79 - 5th]]
|-
| bgcolor=gold|3000 m - 8:03.83 - 1st || || ||
|-
| Rowspan=1|2014-15 || 8K - 23:56.3 - 12th || [[2014 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships|10K 31:19.3 75th]] || bgcolor=silver| 3000 m - 8:11.67 - 2nd || || ||
|}
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/4985329/Wisconsin/Morgan__McDonald.html |title=University of Wisconsin Badger Morgan McDonald Results |publisher=TFRRS |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref>
 
==Prep==
McDonald won the 2007 Australian U12 National Cross Country Championship.
 
McDonald won the 2009 Australian U14 National Cross Country Championship.
 
McDonald won the 2011 Australian U16 National Cross Country Championship.
 
McDonald was the 2012 U18 Australian National 3000 meters Champion.
 
McDonald won the 2012 Australian U18 National Cross Country Championship.
 
McDonald won the 2013 Australian U18 National Cross Country Championship.
 
McDonald represented Australia in the 2013 World Junior Cross Country Championship in the U20 division at the age of 16 in Bydgoszcz, Poland and again in 2015 in Guiyang, China at the age of 18.
 
McDonald ran in the 2014 Australian Nationals in the 5000 meters for the U20 division.
 
McDonald won the 2018 Australian National 5000m in 2018, in a time of 13.19.05 (a record for the National championship).
 
McDonald competed and finished 10th in the 5000 meters in the U20 division at the 2014 World Junior Athletics Championships in Hayward Field, Eugene.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwbadgers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6379 |title=University of Wisconsin Badger Morgan McDonald Profile |publisher=[[Wisconsin Badger]] |accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*{{iaafWorld nameAthletics|27792514496066}}
*{{Diamond League profile|14496066}}
*[https://london.diamondleague.com/athletes/14496066.html Morgan McDonald Profile] [[IAAF Diamond League]]
*{{twitterTwitter|mrgnmcdnld}}
*[https://uwbadgers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6379 Morgan McDonald] at [[University of Wisconsin Badger Morgan McDonald Profile]]
*[https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/{{TFRRS|4985329/Wisconsin/Morgan__McDonald.html|Morgan McDonald – University of Wisconsin Badger Morgan McDonald Results]}}
 
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