Megan Melnyk

Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Crescenta Valley HS
Hometown:
La Crescenta, CA

2017-18 -- Cross Country: Helped the Mustangs begin the season with a 22-37 dual win at UC Santa Barbara for the Lagoon Open on Sept. 2, as she finished 27th with a 5k time of 19:49.70.

2016-17 -- Track: Advanced to the championship final for the 800 meters at the Big West Championships at Cal State Fullerton on May 12 with a career-best time of 2:12.40 ... finished eighth in the championship at 2:18.53 on FOX Sports PT ... started the spring with a second-place 800m of 2:14.73 at the Cal Opener in Berkeley on March 4, before again taking second, at the 35th annual Cal Poly ShareSLO Invitational on March 25 in 2:15.24 ... earned times of 2:13.67 and 2:13.78 at the Long Beach State Invite (April 15) and Blue-Green Rivalry Meet (April 29) ... also ran the 1,500m twice, with a best of 4:38.51 ... earned Big West All-Academic Team honors. Cross Country: Began the year by taking 25th place at the Lagoon Open around UCSB on Sept. 3, with a 5k of 19:50.78 ... also finished 11th at the Cal Poly Invitational hosted at Fairbanks Memorial Course in San Luis Obispo on Oct. 15, in 20:39.7.

2015-16 -- Track: As a freshman, ran the squad’s fourth-fastest 800-meter race during the spring, 2:13.90, at the Cal Poly Invitational on March 26 (good for a runner-up finish) ... also added the team’s fifth-leading 1,500m performance of the season, 4:38.71, at the Big West Double Dual on March 12 at UC Riverside ... earned a spot on the conference commissioner’s Highest Honor Roll for academics. Cross Country: Competed unattached at the Cal Poly Invitational, running 5k in a third-place time of 18:19.0 on Oct. 17.

Prep -- As a senior at Crescenta Valley High School, came in sixth place at the Southern Section Division 1 800-meter prelims, running a career-best time of 2:13.25 (ranking No. 30 statewide over the 2015 season) ... her top 1,600m performance was 5:01.79, also at the divisional meet ... in cross country, ran the 5k in 18:39.91 (finishing as the runner-up at the 2014 Clovis Invitational) ... was also an AP Scholar With Distinction and was president of Spanish Club, as well as a teacher for TASSEL.

Personal -- Born on Nov. 13, 1997 in Glendale ... daughter of Eugene (a runner at Ohio State from 1985-88) and Ana ... has a brother, Luke ... majors in Microbiology ... chose Cal Poly because of the “great academics, environment and athletics.”