Ronald Mac Donald (athlete) - Enrollment in University

Enrollment in University

MacDonald returned to Nova Scotia in 1901 where he enrolled at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish. He continued winning many races and setting Canadian and World Records. In 1902, he organized the first indoor meet ever held in Eastern Canada. MacDonald also raced in the meet winning the 3-mile (4.8 km) race over John Lordon, Ireland’s national champion. In 1903, he beat the winner of the 1899 Boston Marathon, Larry Brignolia, in a 5-mile (8.0 km) race. Later that year, he entered medical school and he would become a successful doctor practicing in Newfoundland and in Nova Scotia.

In 1910, Ronald MacDonald raced and won his last marathon in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Later, MacDonald was part of the original inductees in the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame for Track and Field in 1979.