Deb Aitken heads into her 22nd season after having two great back-to-back seasons as head coach of the women's cross country and track and field programs. Aitken helped the 2004 and 2005 cross country teams 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 11 individual runners to national competition, and they have earned 13 All-America honors. Since 1993 Aitken has led her teams to national competition in 1993, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2005 placing 12th, 10th, 14th, 21st, fifth, 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

2006 Roster
Name/Year	High School	Hometown
Terri Bello '10	Lincoln-Sudbury HS	Sudbury, Mass.
Shannon Burnham '08	Bailey's Harbor	Washington Island, Wisc.
Allison Cogbill '07		LaCrosse, Wisc.
Elizabeth Coogan '07	Concord-Carlisle HS	Concord, Mass.
* Kirsten Davis '07	Franklin HS	Franklin, Mass.
Margo Derecktor '10	St. George HS	Newport, R.I.
Devan FitzPatrick '09	Greenwich Academy	Greenwich, Conn.
Sharon Fuller '08	Old Town/td>	Old Town, Maine
Ekaterina Gorbunova '08		Bronx, N.Y.
Katrina Gravel '10	Peabody HS	Peabody, Mass.
Amanda Ivey '10	Oxford Hills HS	Oxford, Maine
Anna King '08	St. Thomas Aquinas	Greenland, N.H.
Cassandra Knight '10	Concord-Carlisle HS	Carlisle, Mass.
Meghan Lehmann '08		Sitka, Alaska
Margit Liander '09	Belmont HS	Belmont, Mass.
* Betsy Littlefield '07	Wellesley HS	Wellesley, Mass.
Jennifer MacDowell '09	Deering HS	Portland, Maine
Lane Marder '08	Weston HS	Weston, Mass.
Kathleen Maynard '09	Kennett HS	Jackson, N.H.
Nicole Mitchell '10	Deering HS	Portland, Maine
Jessica Palffy '09	Grosse Pointe South	Grosse Point Park, Mich.
Francesca Passidomo '10		Naples, Fla.
Liz Petit '08	Grosse Point South	Grosse Point, Mich.
Elizabeth Powell '10	Westford Academy	Westford, Mass.
* Karen Prisby '07	Cathedral HS	Agawam, Mass.
Julia Stifler '10	Williston Northampton School	Leeds, Mass.
Hannah Taska '09	Home School	Lowell, Vt.
Brianna Tufts '07	Exeter HS	Exeter, N.H.