Deb Aitken recently finished her 20th season and best year ever on Mayflower Hill as head coach of the women's cross country program. Aitken, who is also the women's track and field coach, helped the 2004 cross country team finish fifth in Division III at the NCAA meet -- the best finish ever for the Mules.

Aitken was honored as New England Region Coach of the Year and New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Coach of the Year in 2004.

In her tenure the Skowhegan, Maine, native has led the women harriers to state, regional, and NESCAC honors. She has coached 10 individual runners to national competition, and they have earned 11 All-America honors. Since 1993 Aitken has led her teams to national competition in 1993, 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004 placing 12th, 10th, 14th, 21st and fifth.

A graduate of Plymouth State College, Aitken earned a master's degree in education from Frostburg State in Maryland. Before coming to Colby in 1984 she coached at SUNY-Cortland for six years.

phone 207-859-4905
fax 207-859-4902
e-mail daaitken@colby.edu

2004 Roster
Name/Year	High School	Hometown
Julia Bachelder '08	North Yarmouth Academy	Yarmouth, Maine
Shannon Burnham '08	Bailey's Harbor	Bailey's Harbor, Wisc.
Elizabeth Coogan '07	Concord-Carlisle HS	Concord, Mass.
Morgan Davies '08	Presentation	Saratoga, Calif.
Kirsten Davis '07	Franklin HS	Franklin, Mass.
Hillary Easter '06	Jay HS	Jay, Maine
Rebecca Flint '07		Lincoln, Mass.
Sharon Fuller '08	Old Town/td>	Old Town, Maine
Jessica Hulbert '06	The Blake School	Edina, Minn.
Jessica Iwasaki '08	New Fairfield	New Fairfield, Conn.
* Karina Johnson '05	Tolland HS	Tolland, Conn.
Anna King '08	St. Thomas Aquinas	Greenland, N.H.
* Torrey Kulow '05	Weston HS	Weston, Mass.
Meghan Lehmann '08		Sitka, Alaska
Elizabeth Littlefield '07	Wellesley HS	Wellesley, Mass.
Lane Marder '08	Weston	Weston, Mass.
Jess Minty '06	Concord-Carlisle HS	Concord, Mass.
Elizabeth Petit '08	Grosse Point South	Grosse Point, Mich.
Karen Prisby '07	Cathedral HS	Agauwam, Mass.
Brianna Tufts '07	Exeter HS	Exeter, N.H.
Liz Turner '06	York HS	Cape Neddick, Maine