2018-19 Track and Field Roster
Melius, Mckenzie
Mckenzie Melius
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Mountain Lakes
- Hometown:
- Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Bio
| Melius's Career Best Performances | |
| Event | Time (Date) |
| Outdoor | |
| 1500 m | 4:39.97 (4/27/19) |
| 3000 m Steeplechase |
10:27.88 (5/11/19) |
| Indoor | |
| 800 m | 2:28.93 (12/4/15) |
| Mile | 5:05.87 (2/22/19) |
| 3000 m | 10:00.57 (2/22/19) |
| Cross Country | |
| 4k | 14:51.8 (8/30/19) |
| 5k | 18:22.3 (9/16/17) |
| 6k | 21:39.0 (11/10/17) |
As a redshirt senior (2019-20)
Cross Country
- Placed 2nd at the UNO Cross Country Opener (4k) with a time of 14:51.8 (8/30)
- Won the Nicholls Cross Country Invitational (5k) with a time of 18:56.4 (9/21)
- Placed 4th at the LSU Cross Country Invitational (5k) with a time of 18:27.6 (9/27)
- Placed 80th at the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational (6k) with a time of 22:10.9 (10/19)
As a senior (2018-19)
Outdoor Track & Field
- Competed in six regular season meets, earned a 5th place finish at the American Outdoor Championships (5/10) in the 3000 Steeplechase to send her to the NCAA Division I East Regional meet (5/23)
- Set a PR of 10:27.81 in the 3000S at the regional meet, finishing 26th, meanwhile breaking Tulane's all time record with this time
- Finished 1st at the Annual Victor Lopez Classic (3/22) in the 3000S with a time of 10:54.39
- Earned three top-five finishes in the 1500m, and set a personal best of 4:39.97 at the Southern Miss Open (4/27), finishing 5th
- Took home the 1st place trophy in the 1500m at the Cole-Lancon Conference Challenge (4/13) with a time of 4:49.95
Indoor Track & Field
- Competed in four regular-season meets and the American Indoor Championships
- At the AAC Championships (2/22), had personal best times in the mile with a time of 5:05.87 and 3000 with a time of 10:00.57
- Had two top-ten finishes at the Texas Tech Classic (1/24)
- Began the season with a win in the mile at the BSC Panther Indoor Icebreaker (11/30) in a time of 5:08.25
- Competed in three regular-season meets, The American Cross Country Championships and the NCAA South Central Regional
- Claimed her second career win at the Nicholls Cross Country Invitational (4k) with a time of 15:42.1 (9/1)
- Placed 20th at the Texas A&M Invitational (6k) with a time of 22:48.4 (9/22)
- Competed in the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals (6k), finishing 174th (22:33.1, 10/13)
- Finished 28th at The American Championships (6.2k) with a time of 23:57.0 (10/25)
- Placed 53rd at the NCAA South Central Regional (6k) with a time of 22:19.0 (11/9)
As a junior (2017-18)
Outdoor Track & Field
- Competed in seven regular-season meets and the American Outdoor Championships
- Medaled in the 3K steeplechase at the AAC Championship, taking third in 10:33.15 for a new personal best
- Won the 3K steeplechase at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational (4/28) in 10:46.12; also set a PR in the 1500 at that meet, taking seventh in 4:45.61
- Had eight top-10 finishes during the year
Indoor Track & Field
- Competed in four regular-season meets and the American Indoor Championships
- Helped the Green Wave to a sixth-place showing in the DMR with a time of 12:05.12 at the AAC Championship (2/24)
- Came in second in back-to-back meets in the mile, running 5:13.21 at the LSU Twilight (2/16) and 5:13.99 at the LSU Bayou Bengal (2/2)
- Had her indoor personal best in the mile of 5:10.99 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19)
- Began the year with a fourth-place finish in the mile at the LSU Purple Tiger (1/5)
- Participated in all five regular-season meets, The American Cross Country Championships and the NCAA South Central Regional
- Competed in the Temple University Cross Country Invitational at Belmont Plateau (6K), earning a 13th place finish (23:42.7, 9/1)
- Finished 2nd in the Allstate Sugar Bowl XC Festival (5K) (19:03.9, 9/9)
- Ran in LSU XC Invitational (5K), placing 5th (18:22.3, 9/16)
- Finished 125th at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (5K) (18:25.7, 9/29)
- Finished 220th at Pre-Nationals (6K) (22:22.1, 10/14)
- Competed in The American Championships (6K) with a 23rd place finish (22:30.6, 10/28)
- Competed in NCAA South Central Regional (6K) with a 64th place finish (21:39.0, 11/10)
As a sophomore (2016-17)
Outdoor Track & Field
- Competed in seven regular-season meets and the American Outdoor Championships
- Came in ninth in the 3K steeplechase at the AAC Championship (5/12), just missing scoring for Tulane
- Took fourth in the 1500 at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/22) with a time of 4:47.90 for a season best
- Had a season best in the 3K steeplechase at the Penn Relays (4/27) with a time of 10:41.08
- Won the 3K steeplechase in 11:14.37 at the Louisiana Classic (3/17)
- Had six top-10 finishes on the year
- Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club spring 2017
Indoor Track & Field
- Placed 18th in the mile and 34th in the 3K at the AAC Championship (2/24)
- Had a third-place showing in the mile at the LSU Twilight (2/17)
- First Team All-Louisiana
- Placed 1st at All State Sugar Bowl XC Festival (17:31.0, 9/10)
- Competed at LSU XC Invitational with a 12th place finish (18:39.61, 9/17)
- Notched a personal-best time and overall 57th place finish at Stanford XC Invitational 6K (22:40.80, 10/1)
- 6K at ISU Pre-National Invitational with a 244th place finish (22:49.8, 10/15)
- Competed at American Championship with a 40th place finish and personal best 22:28.7 (10/29)
- Placed 68th at NCAA South Central Regional (22:45.6, 11/11)
- Was named to the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
- Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016
- Named to Tulane University's Spring 2017 Dean's List
As a freshman (2015-16)
Outdoor Track & Field
- Competed in five regular-season meets and the American Outdoor Championships
- Posted results in the 1,500 meter run, 2,000 meter steeplechase and 3,000 meter steeplechase
- Personal-best and third place in the 2,000 meter steeplechase at the Longhorn Invitational in (7:13.74, 5/7)
- Personal-best and seventh place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the American Outdoor Championships (10:59.69, 5/14)
- Was named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
- Competed in seven regular-season meets and the American Indoor Championships
- Posted results in the 800 meter run, one mile run, 3,000 meter run and the distance medley
- Third-best mark on the team in the one mile
- Personal best 2:28.93 in the 800 meter at the BSC Panther Icebreaker (12/4)
- Two personal bests at the American Indoor Championships (2/28-29) in the one mile (5:10.95) and the 3,000 meter (10:15.70)
- Event title in the 3,000 meter run at the LSU Twilight (10:15.87, 2/19)
- Notched a time of 13:00.28 in the distance medley at the LSU Purple Tiger (1/8) alongside Jessica Adamson, Madeline Held and Sara Kebede
- Did not compete in the cross country season
- Was named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
Personal: Born in Boonton, N.J. ...Has one younger brother...plans to major in biomedical engineering.
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