2025-26 Track & Field Roster
Cole Donahe
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chanhassen, Minn.
- High School:
- Chanhassen HS
2024-25:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Jr.): Competed in eight events … Recorded the third-best javelin throw in program history at 59.62m at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational (April 5) … Had the ninth-best decathlon performance in program history with 6,101 points at the Drake Relays (April 23).
Indoor (Jr.): Competed in the heptathlon… Recorded a PR at the 2025 BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championships at 4447, the ninth-best score in program history.
2023-24:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Indoor (So.): Competed in six events ... Finished first in the pole vault at Blue Demon Holiday Invite (Dec. 8) clearing 3.50m ... Set a PR in the heptathlon at the Mark Schuck Open & Multi (Jan. 27) with 3,945 points to finish seventh ... Finished sixth in the heptathlon at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships (Feb. 23) with 3,761 points and PRs in the 60m, 60h and 1000m.
Outdoor (So.): Competed in seven events ... Set a PR in the discus throw at Marquette Invitational (April 12) at 36.20m ... Set a PR in the long jump (6.30m) and shot put (11.27m) at the Badger Challenge (May 3) ... Set a PR in the decathlon at BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (May 10) with 6,038 points and PRs in the 100m, high jump and 110h.
2022-23:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Fr.): Competed in six meets … Recorded a personal best decathlon score of 5720 at the Gibson Invitational (Apr. 13-15) to place ninth … Took first place in the javelin with a PR of 54.80m/179-9 ft. at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative (Apr. 28) … Took sixth in the decathlon at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (May 11-13) with a score of 5681 to score points for MU. Also, took eighth in the javelin with a mark of 54.55m/178-7 ft.
Indoor (Fr.): Competed in three meets during the indoor season … Jumped a personal best of 5.19 meters (17-0.5) in the long jump at the Blue & Gold Invitational on Dec. 2 … Recorded a PR of 8.99 meters (29-6) in the shot put at the DePaul Alumni Classic on Jan. 20 … Ran a personal best of 2:01.30 in the 800 meters at the Badger Valentine Invitational on Feb. 17.
Prior to Marquette: Lettered four years in track & field at Chanhassen high school in Chanhassen, Minnesota under coaches Andy Powell and Nick Redman … Named team captain as a senior … Was named team MVP as a senior … As a junior, he was named Mr. Varsity … As a freshman, he was elected rookie of the year of his track & field team … His track & field team was sectional champions during his junior season … Holds the school record in the 400 meters with a time of 49.54 … Also, lettered five times in cross country and three years in Nordic skiing … His high school cross country team won conference titles from 2018-2021 … PRs: 800m (1:58) and 5k (17:22).
Personal: Donahe was born February 17, 2004 in Portland, Oregon to Heidi Pederson and Larry Donahe … Has two siblings, Trey and Audrey … Majoring in accounting.
