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2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Chris Day
Washburn University

Autumn McQuitty

  • Height 5-3
  • Events Distance
  • Hometown Alamosa, Colo.
  • High School Alamosa
  • Indoor Yr. Junior
  • Outdoor Yr. Jr.

Biography



Cross Country Bio Page
TFRRS Career Results PageĀ (Track & Field)
TFRRS Career Results PageĀ (XC)

Career Honors
  • NCAA Championship Qualifier (2024 XC)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2024 XC)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-DistrictĀ® (2024-25)
  • 3x RMACĀ First Team All-Academic
    • 2024 Cross Country
    • 2024-25 Indoor
    • 2025 Outdoor
2025 Outdoor (Sophomore): Selected to the RMAC All-Academic First Team to complete a 3-for-3 academic year effort in those regards… Went on to be named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-DistrictĀ® Team... Ran in four meets, including the RMAC Championships… Took eighth in the 10K at the conference meet with a season-best time of 37:47.54… Ranks fourth in program history with that time… Finished in the top 10 in four of her seven races throughout the season… Was 13th on the season-long conference performers list with the altitude-adjusted of 36:18.25… Went on to post season-best times of 4:41.62 (1500) and 17:46.89 (5K) at Azusa Pacific’s Franson Last Chance meet… Ranks sixth in program history with both of those times… Had a better converted 1,500 meters time of 4:38.36 (4:43.93-actual) at the Maverick Invitational.

2024-25 Indoor (Sophomore): Was voted on to the RMAC All-Academic First Team… Helped the Mavs smash a 9-year old school record by nearly 18 seconds with a distance medley relay time of 12:09.89 at the Ichabod Invitational, one of four meets she ran in... Also ran on the Mavs’ seventh place relay team at the RMAC Championships, a squad that finished in 12:31.77, the third fastest time in program history… Also ran in the 800 and mile events… Set a season-best of 2:27.19 in the 800 at the Colorado Invitational before running the mile in 5:10.27 at the Ichabod Invitational… Ranks fourth in program history with that mile time.

2024 Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in both of CMU’s home meets, running the 800 and 1500 meters at both… Set season-best times of 2:29.53 and 4:58.37 at the Maverick Invite #2.

2023-24 Indoor (Freshman): Ran the mile in 5:34.12 at the New Mexico Team Open, her lone race of the season.

Prep: 2023 graduate of Alamosa High School, where she ran for the Mean Moose… Coached by her mother Jennifer… Finished 24th at the 3A State Cross Country Championships as a senior in the fall of 2022… Had placed fifth at the Region 2 Championships… Recorded four top-10 finishes throughout the season… Took 125th at the Team Southwest Regional Championships and 104th at the Garmin RunningLane Championships at the end of the season… Had placed 17th at state and fifth the Region 1 Championships as a junior before running a 5K XC PR of 19:34.10 at the NXR Southwest Regional, where she finished 107th… Set track PRs of 2:24.95 (800), 5:13.82 (1600) and 11:37.46 (3200) as a senior in the spring of 2023… Qualified for state in all three events placing seventh in the 3200 and eighth in the 1600 with her PR times… Was 13th in the 800… Also qualified for state in the 1600 and 3200 as a junior in 2022… Had an indoor PR of 5:38.55 in the 1600 to finish third at the Great Southwest Indoor Classic in 2023.

Personal: Is majoring in mass communications and business marketing… Wants to become a film editor or producer in the marketing field … Daughter of Jennifer and David McQuitty… Younger sister is Elizabeth… Enjoys reading, building Legos and painting with friends.

Why I Chose CMU: ā€œI chose CMUĀ CMU because of the awesome team and the beautiful mesas surrounding the town."

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2025-26Junior

    Distance
    5'3"