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2019-20 Track & Field / XC Roster
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Murray, Megan
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Megan Murray
- Position:
- XC/Middle Distance/Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- High School:
- West
Bio
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 4K: 13:38.41 (2018)
- 5K: 17:24.6 (2019)
- 3 Mile: 18:02.29 (2019)
- 6K: 20:00.21 (2018)
Indoor Track
- Mile: 4:55.19 (2020)
- 3000m: 9:46.23 (2020)
- 5000m: 16:44.53 (2020)
Outdoor Track
- 1500m: 4:35.84 (2018)
- 3000m: 10:21.04 (2017)
- 5000m: 16:36.44 (2018)
SEC Scoring
Cross Country
- 2019 - 6K - 25th - 20:54.6
- 2018 - 6K - 18th - 20:00.21
- 2017 - 6K - 21st - 21:08.2
- 2016 - 6K - 56th - 22:04.0
HONORS
- 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Individual
- 2019 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-South Region
- 2019 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Individual
- 2018 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-South Region
- 2018 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2017 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Individual
- 2017 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-South Region
- 2017 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Finished her collegiate indoor career running personal-best times in the 3000m (9:46.23) and 5000m (16:44.53) at the SEC Championships (2/28-2/29)
- Took third place in the 3000m run at the Texas Tech Invite (2/1), as her altitude-converted time of 9:50.20 was good for a new personal best
- Ran her first collegiate indoor mile at the Virginia Tech Invite (1/17), clocking in at 4:55.19 for 5th place
- Opened the season recording a first place finish at the Tennessee-Indiana Duals (1/11) with a time of 9:54:30 in the women's 3000m
Outdoor
- Completed her degree in Neuroscience in May
- Did not compete, as the 2020 outdoor track & field season was canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis
2019 CROSS COUNTRY
- Finished top-three on the team at all six meets as a senior captain on Rocky Top
- Recorded a 16th place finish at the NCAA South Region Championships (11/15) with a time of 20:41.3, which earned All-Region honors
- Finished 25th at the SEC Championships (11/1) with a time of 20:54.6 over the 6K course
- Earned her second straight ninth-place finish at the Penn State National Open (10/18) with a mark of 20:58.8
- Led the Lady Vols with a top-10 finish at the Paul Short Run (10/5), placing ninth with a time of 20:03.3
- Placed fifth at the University of Virginia's Cavalier Classic (9/14) with a personal-best time of 17:24.6 as the Lady Vols won the meet
- Started off her senior campaign with a third-place finish at the Tennessee Tri-Star Cross Country Challenge (8/30) with a time of 18:02.29 over the three-mile course.
2019 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Competed in two events at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/23), including a 9:57.79 time in the 3000m and a 17:20.32 finish in the 5000m
- Clocked in a 16:52.84 time in the 5000m at the Husky Classic (2/9)
- Had a personal-best performance in the 3000m with a second-place finishing time of 9:51.32 a the Hokie Invitational (1/19)
- Ran the 3000m at the Indiana vs. tennessee Duals (1/5) and finished third with a time of 9:53.33
2018 CROSS COUNTRY
- Competed in six meets in her junior season with the Vols
- Earned USTFCCCA All-Region Honors with a 10th-place outing at the 2018 NCAA South Regional Championships, earning an at-large spot to nationals
- Placed 139th in her NCAA Championship debut, clocking 21:23 in the women's 6K
- Set two new personal records in 2018 in the 4K (13:38.41 - Pre-SEC Meet) and the 6K (20:00.21 - SEC Championship).
2018 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Took 45th in the 5000m at Washington's Husky Classic (2/9) with time of 17:04.49
- Made UT indoor track debut at Clemson's Bob Pollock Invitational (1/27), finishing 13th in the 3000m in 10:05.47
- At the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11), finished 20th in the 5000m with a time of 17:17.88
- Set a personal best and finished first in the 1500m at the Tennessee Challenge (5/5) with a time of 4:35.84
2017 CROSS COUNTRY
- Was Tennessee's No. 1 runner in all six of UT's races
- Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors after finishing 19th (20:33.80) in the 6K at NCAA South Regional (11/10)
- Took 21st in 21:08.20 in 6K at SEC Championship (10/27)
- Running in the Red race at Pre-Nationals (10/14), finished 84th in 21:02.10
- Ran a 20.24.00 6K and finished 17th at Paul Short Run (9/29)
- At Bulldog SEC Preview (9/9), finished eighth in 6K in 22:15.30
- Finished third in 4K at Tennessee-Louisville Dual (9/2) with time of 17:32.54
2016 CROSS COUNTRY
- Finished as the top Volunteer in all five races she competed in during the 2016 Cross Country season
- Set a 6K personal record with a time of 21:11.10 as she took 35th place at the NCAA South Regional
- Notched a second place finish with a 4K time of 13:41.80 at the Hokie Open
- Took 56th place in the 6K SEC Championship with a mark of 22:04.00
- Finished 25th overall with a time of 21:34.30 at the Crimson Classic
- Tallied a 5K time of 17:58.40 in her first collegiate race at the Louisville Classic
INTERNATIONAL
- Finished in fifth place at the 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship with a time of 23:17, earning a spot on the United States team for the World Cross Country Championship
- Placed 10th at the NACAC Cross Country Championship with a 5K personal best of 17:46.86 as she was the third American finisher
- Notched an 83rd place finish at the IAAF World Cross Country Championship with a 6k time of 23:35 in Kampala, Uganda
PERSONAL
- Megan Elizabeth Murray, daughter of Melissa and David, was born on Sept. 29, 1998
- Has a younger brother named Nicholas
- Member of the Dean's List, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honors Society and an IB diploma recipient
- Tennessee cross country state champion in 2015
- Tennessee outdoor state champion in the 1600m and 3200m in 2016
- All-state performer in the 1600m and 3200m races in 2015
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