Bridget McCarthy
Bridget McCarthy
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Lake Oswego, OR
  • High School:
    St. Mary's Academy
  • Events:
    Sprints/Jumps
  • Major:
    Economics and Literature
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

At CMS
2019-20 (Senior)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Competed in three meets before the suspension of spring sports ... Was fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at a five-team SCIAC Multi-Dual hosted by Whittier ... Earned third in the 400 at the CMS Outdoor Indoor Distance Challenge Meet in 1:05.76, while also helping the 4x400 relay team finish second.

2018-19 (Junior)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... 
Earned a 10th-place finish at the SCIAC Championships in the 400-meter hurdles with a 1:09.73 ... Was eighth in the 400 hurdles at the final SCIAC Multi-Dual of the regular season with a 1:10.74. 

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Competed in the 400 meters at the 2018 SCIAC Championships, running a 1:05.46 to come in 14th place.

2016-17 (First-Year)
Was ninth in the 2017 SCIAC Championships in the 400-meter hurdles with a 1:09.69 ... Had a PR in the 400 hurdles at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational with a 1:08.66 ... Also had a personal-best time in the 400 at the first SCIAC Multi-Dual with a 1:05.17. 

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she has a dual major in economics and literature ... Spent the summer (2019) interning in the product marketing department at a software company in Portland, Oregon ... Involved on campus with SOURCE Nonprofit Consulting, a student-run group at CMS that works with local nonprofits ... Lists "Development Economics" as her favorite course that she has taken in college so far ... Writing her senior thesis on the narrative techniques in Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina.

News Mentions

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Video Tribute: The CMS Women's Track and Field Class of 2020

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's track and field senior class won SCIAC Championships in all three of their completed...

April 3, 2020

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CMS Women's Track and Field Picked to Repeat as SCIAC Champions

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's track and field team, winners of the last five straight SCIAC titles, was picked to make it...

February 5, 2020

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CMS Women's Track and Field Opens with Strong Showing at OIDFE Challenge

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Seven different Athenas won individual events and the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's 4x400 relay team added an eighth win at...

January 25, 2020