Kent McDonald's running achievements rank among the best of the greatest runners in New Orleans and NOTC history. From 1976 to 1989, when the Exxon-Mobil merger moved him out of town, Kent won 35 of 41 races, setting course records in several marquee club races over the years from 5k to marathon. He holds the co-record for the Jackson Day race, one of the oldest races in the South, and was one of the top Americans in the Crescent City Classic in 1982. As a collegiate runner, he set the steeple chase record at Kansas University and represented the USA as an All-American in track meets in the Soviet Union. Later in his career, he competed in three Ironman events in Hawaii and represented USA in triathlons in Switzerland and Sweden.