Deb Aitken heads into her 21st season after having her best year ever on Mayflower Hill as head coach of the women's cross country and track and field programs. Aitken 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 for cross country.

Aitken also earned NESCAC Women's Track and Field Coach of the Year honors as well.

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

2005 Roster
Name/Year	High School	Hometown
Christine Avena '08		Marlborough, Conn.
Keri Buck '09	Placer	Auburn, Calif.
Shannon Burnham '08	Bailey's Harbor	Washington Island, Wisc.
Natalie Clay '08	Wiscasset	Wiscasset, Maine
Allison Cogbill '07		LaCrosse, Wisc.
Elizabeth Coogan '07	Concord-Carlisle HS	Concord, Mass.
Morgan Davies '08	Presentation	Saratoga, Calif.
Kirsten Davis '07	Franklin HS	Franklin, Mass.
Jordanne Dunn '09	Maranacook	Manchester, Maine
* Hillary Easter '06	Jay HS	Jay, Maine
Devan FitzPatrick '09	Greenwich Academy	Greenwich, Conn.
Rebecca Flint '07	Rivers School	Lincoln, Mass.
Sharon Fuller '08	Old Town/td>	Old Town, Maine
Miranda Gerianos '09	Joel E. Ferris	Spokane, Wash.
Jessica Hulbert '06	The Blake School	Edina, Minn.
Jessica Iwasaki '08	New Fairfield	New Fairfield, Conn.
Anna King '08	St. Thomas Aquinas	Greenland, N.H.
Meghan Lehmann '08		Sitka, Alaska
Margit Liander '09	Belmont	Belmont, Mass.
Elizabeth Littlefield '07	Wellesley HS	Wellesley, Mass.
Jennifer MacDowell '09	Deering	Portland, Maine
Lane Marder '08	Weston	Weston, Mass.
Kathleen Maynard '09	Kennett	Jackson, N.H.
* Jess Minty '06	Concord-Carlisle HS	Concord, Mass.
Jessica Palffy '09	Grosse Pointe South	Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.
Elizabeth Petit '08	Grosse Point South	Grosse Point, Mich.
Karen Prisby '07	Cathedral HS	Agawam, Mass.
Zoe Ray '08	New Trier	Willmette, Ill.
Kelly Schauwecker '09	Dennis Yarmouth	West Yarmouth, Mass.
Allison Stewart '09		Lexington, Ky.
Hannah Taska '09	Home School	Lowell, Vt.
* Liz Turner '06	York HS	Cape Neddick, Maine