2024 Merrimack College Women's Cross Country Roster

Ava Mahoney

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Marblehead, Mass.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Bishop Fenwick
  • Major Nursing

Biography

2024
  • Cracked the top-10 at the UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational with a 5k time of 17:48.40.
  • Set a new school record in the 6k (21:05.2) at the MAAC Conference Championships where she placed 10th and earned All Conference Honors.
  • MAAC Cross Country Runner of the Week (10/16).
  • Lead the Warriors at NCAA Division I Regionals with a 6k time of 21:45.9.
2023
  • Set a new school record in the 5K event with a time of 18:00.50 at the Shawn Nassaney Invitational
  • Highest finishing Merrimack runner in the Women's College Brown 6K race with a time of 22:27.00
  • Finished in first place in the women's 5K run at the Bruce Kirsh Cup, setting a new course record in the process with a final time of 17:55
  • Won the women's race with a time of 18:28.7 at the Northeast Conference Championships and was named the Northeast Conference Champion for the meet
  • She shattered the school's women's 6k record by over a minute at the NCAA regionals with a time of 21:11
2020-21
  • Placed 6th (team’s 2nd best) at the Bryant & Sacred Heart 5k (19:02)
  • Placed 16th (team’s 3rd best) at the NEC Championship 5k (19:00)
Before Merrimack:

Member of Bishop Fenwick’s Cross Country Team…Mass Individual State Champion Senior Year…Salem News Cross Country Runner of the Year…League All-Star for four years…Marblehead Scholar Recipient Honor Roll.

Personal:

Born June 15, 2002…Daughter of Melissa and John Mahoney…Has two siblings: John and Maya…Plans to major in Nursing at Merrimack College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Junior

  • 2023Senior

  • 2024Graduate Student