Meghan Christensen

Meghan Christensen, 2016 Women's Cross Country

Photo by: Steve Austell

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Austin, Texas
Prev School:
Bowie HS

Academic Honors

Earned Dean’s List distinction for the Fall 2014 semester … Named to the Tiger 3.0 Club for the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 semesters.

Cross Country

2014 (Redshirt Freshman): Ran in five meets ... Placed among the squad’s top-five finishers (contributed to team score) four times ... Best finish was 21st (23:36.8) at the Rhodes College Invitational (6k) ... Ran a season-best 22:54.2 at the NCAA South Regional (6k) ... Team’s fourth finisher at the NCAA South Regional ... Clocked a 23:45 at the American Athletic Conference Championships (6k) ... Ran a 19:55.87 at the season-opening Brooks Twilight Classic (5k) … 2013 (Freshman): Redshirted.

Indoor

2014-15 (Sophomore): Competed in the 800m, mile and 4x400m relay … Best finishes were fifth in the 800m (2:23.86) at the LSU High Performance Meet, eighth in the mile (5:18.92) at the Missouri Tiger Invitational and second in the 4x400m relay (4:08.46) at the LSU High Performance Meet … Member of the distance medley relay that placed ninth (12:26.09) at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Had two top-10 finishes in the 800m (10^th; 2:20.54) and 4x400m relay (8^th; 4:09.71) at Vanderbilt’s Commodore Classic … 2013-14 (Freshman): Appeared in six meets … Took fifth in the 55m with a season-best 7.58 at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Invitational … Ran a season-best 1:41.36 and placed ninth in the 600m at the Illini Classic … Ran a personal-best 2:15.99 in the 800m preliminaries at the American Athletic Conference Championships.

Outdoor

2015 (Sophomore): Ran the 800m, 1500m and 4x400m relay … Season bests were 2:20.70 in the 800m (Crimson Tide Invitational), 4:48.94 in the 1500m (Memphis Tiger Invitational) and 4:11.04 in the 4x400m relay (Rhodes College Invitational) … Best finishes were eighth in the 800m (Red Wolf Open), second in the 1500m (Memphis Tiger Invitational) and seventh in the 4x400m relay (Crimson Tide Invitational) … 2014 (Freshman): Competed in six meets in the 400m hurdles … Ran a personal-best 1:05.42 in the 400m hurdles at Arkansas State’s Rec Wolf Open … Notched three top-10 finishes in the 400m hurdles at the Ole Miss Open (6^th; 1:07.36), Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational (2^nd; 1:07.46) and Memphis Invitational (4^th; 1:07.68).

Prior To Memphis

Earned four letters in track and field and two letters in cross country at James Bowie High School … Earned Academic All-District honors … Active in Peer Assistance Leadership and Class Officers at James Bowie High School ... Served as the school’s National Honor Society president … Also served as a Saving Sophie Officer.

Personal

Daughter of Phil and Cynthia Christensen ... Birthday is March 13 ... A nursing major.