Megan Harrington

Position:
All-Around
Class:
Senior
High School:
Normal Community
Hometown:
Bloomington, Ill.

Harrington Accolades
• NCAA Regional Qualifier in All-Around (2012, 2013, 2014)
• Second Team All-MAC (2013, 2014)
• MAC Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 11, 2014)

2014: NCAA Regional qualifier … Second team All-MAC … Earned MAC Gymnast of the Week honors on Feb. 11 after scoring a career-best 39.100 in the all-around at the Chicago Style Meet and following it up with a 39.075 two days later against Central Michigan … Scored a career-high 9.850 on balance beam in three separate meets, doing so against Central Michigan and then twice in the postseason – at the MAC Championships and the NCAA Regionals … Posted three of the team’s six highest scores on floor, including a 9.900 at Kent State … Added a pair of 9.875 scores on floor, doing so against Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois … Won the floor exercise twice and balance beam twice during the regular season … Had a pair of second-place finishes in the all-around … Added 16 top-three finishes on events or all-around during the season … Ended third on the floor at the MAC Championships.

2013: Qualified to NCAA Regionals as an all-arounder, finishing 12th overall ... named to the All-MAC Second Team ... scored a career-high 9.9 to finish second on floor at MAC Championships, along with a fourth-place all around finish ... named Pizza Hut Athlete of the Week for two consecutive weeks ... won the all-around in three meets during the season ... won four individual event titles (one on vault, two on beam and one on floor) ... placed third all-around at the Sweetheart Invitational and finished third on floor exercise out of 36 athletes ... recorded career-high scores on every event this year - 9.85 on vault, 9.775 on bars, 9.825 on beam (twice), 9.9 on floor (twice) and 39.025 all-around (twice) ... scored above 39.0 in the all around three times ... ended the season ranked fifth in the MAC all-around ... competed a full-twisting Yurchenko for the first time in her career against Northern Illinois, scoring a career-best 9.85 and the event title.

2012: Advanced to Regionals in the all-around, finishing 18th ... competed in the all-around in all 12 meets ... recorded a season-best 38.750 at Missouri and added a 38.650 at the MAC Championships ... had a season-best 9.600 on vault at the MAC Championships ... scored a pair of 9.650’s on bars versus Eastern Michigan and Missouri ... in that same meet versus the Tigers she added a 9.800 on balance beam to finish third ... in the same event she finished second at Ball State and fifth at the MAC Championships with a 9.775 ... scored 9.775 three different times on floor against EMU, Maryland and West Virginia.

2011: Competed on bars, beam and floor in all 10 meets for the Falcons ... scored a season-best 9.600 in her first collegiate meet versus Illinois-Chicago on bars to finish second ... won the balance beam in back-to-back meet, scoring a 9.450 at Eastern Michigan and a 9.700 versus Ball State ... finished the year with three straight 9.700’s or higher on floor, including a season-best 9.775 at Kentucky and George Washington.

High School: 2010 graduate of Normal Community High School... honor roll for all four years... competed on Gymnastics Etc... was named 2007 Gymnastics Etc. Most Improved... 2008 Gymnastics Etc. Most Dedicated... 2009 Gymnastics Etc. Team Leader... 2010 Gymnastics Etc. Team Leader and Most Valuable Gymnast.

Personal: Daughter of Brian and Julie Harrington... born October 1, 1992... double majoring in Event Planning/Tourism and Communications.

Career Bests
Vault – 9.850, vs. Northern Illinois (1/19/13)
Bars – 9.775, at Eastern Michigan (1/26/13)
Beam – 9.850, three times
Floor – 9.900, three times
All-Around – 39.100, at Chicago Style Meet (2/7/14)