Deb Aitken begins her 15th season on Mayflower Hill as head coach of the women's cross country and track and field programs. In her tenure the Skowhegan, ME native has led the women harriers to state, regional and NESCAC honors. She has coached seven individual runners to national competition, and they have earned ten All-American honors. The NESCAC colleges lifted a ban on post-season tournament participation in 1993 and since then Coach Aitken has led her teams to national competition in '93, '94, and '96 placing 12th, 10th, and 14th, respectively. A graduate of Plymouth State College, Aitken earned a master's in education from Frostburg State in Maryland. Before coming to Colby in 1984 she coached at SUNY-Cortland for six years.