Maria Meredith

Photo by: Brad Phalin, BGSU Marketing and Communications

Position:
Mid-Distance
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Kettering Fairmont
Hometown:
Kettering, Ohio

2014-15: (Cross Country) Academic All-MAC ... Competed in all team meets aside from regionals ...At the Toledo season opener, her 19:34 was good for fifth place on the team ... Stayed consistent with her 5K times, running a 19:23 at the Mel Brodt and 19:17 at Louisville ... Set a personal best time at MAC Championships of 22:53. (Indoor) Academic All-MAC … Ran the mile, representing the Falcons at the MAC Championships … Had a season-best time of 5:05.72 at the Akron Invitational … Finished 14^th in the MAC Championships by running 5:06.23 … Won the mile at the Tom Wright Classic in 5:08.80. (Outdoor) Academic All-MAC … Team’s top 800 and 1500 runner, qualifying for the MAC Championships in the 1500 … Surprised the field by making the finals in the 1500 at the MAC Championships with the 12th and final spot and then climbed to ninth place the next day with a personal best time of 4:35.76 … Ran the top five times on the team in the 1500 this year … Ran the 800 at the Toledo Dual with a personal best time of 2:17.94.

2013-14: (Cross Country) Academic All-MAC ... One of three runners to compete in all six races during the season … Was the team’s third finisher at the season-opening EMU Open, running the 5K course in 19:19.90 … Improved her personal best to 19:02.43 at the Mel Brodt Invitational … Set a personal best time of 23:07.68 at the Indiana State Pre-National Meet … Almost equaled that time with a race of 23:08 in the NCAA Regional Championships … Ran leadoff leg of the DMR that placed ninth at the MAC Championships in 12:00.70. (Indoor) Academic All-MAC honorable mention ... Competed in the 800, mile and distance medley relay during the season, representing the Falcons at the MAC Championships in the mile and the DMR … Set a personal best with a time of 2:20.75 in the 800 at the Akron Invitational … Placed fourth in the mile early in the season at the Tom Wright Open with a converted time of 5:04.71 … Set a personal best and finished 15th at the MAC Championships with a time of 5:04.52 in the mile. (Outdoor) Ran the 1500 for Bowling Green … Posted the top 1500 time of the season for the Falcons, running 4:43.92 at the Raleigh Relays, almost seven seconds faster than any other BGSU runner this year.

2012-13: (Cross Country) Competed in two meets during the season ... Placed 15th with a time of 19:28.26 at the All-Ohio Championships Open Division, setting a personal best in the 5K ... Finished with a time of 24:10.7 at her first MAC Championship (6K). (Indoor) Academic All-MAC honorable mention … Ran the 800 and the mile during the season as well as competing on a leg of the distance medley relay at the MAC Championship … Time of 12:20.38 in the DMR at the MAC Championship was good for 12th place … Established her collegiate personal best in the 800 at the Tom Wright Classic with a time of 2:21.52 … Opened the season with a time of 5:13.32 in the mile at the Bowling Green Opener … Improved to 5:07.76 in the mile at the Tom Wright Classic and then pushed her PR to 5:06.31 at the GVSU Big Meet. (Outdoor) Academic All-MAC honorable mention … Ran the 800 and the 1500 … Finished second at the Toledo Dual meet in the 800 with a time of 2:28.68 … Set a personal best in the 1500 at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 4:42.42 … Qualified for the MAC Championships in the 1500 and placed 16th with a time of 4:44.47.

2011-12: Redshirted the cross country season as well as both the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons.

High school: Four-year letter winner in cross country and track and field … Member of the 3200 relay team that set the Fairmont school record … Personal best times of 2:17 in the 800 and 5:12 in the 1600 … Member of first-team All-GWOC in the 800 and 1600 from 2008-2010 … In 2008, member of 3200 relay team that placed seventh at state meet … Team captain in cross country and track … Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Full name - Maria Catherine Meredith ... Born on May 25, 1992 ... Daughter of Steve and Ann Meredith ... Has a brother, Ben, and a sister, Rachel ... Undecided on a major.

PERSONAL BESTS
Cross Country
5K: 19:02.43, Mel Brodt Invitational (9/13/13)
6K: 23:07.68, Indiana State Pre-National Meet (10/19/13)
Indoor Track and Field
800: 2:20.75, Akron Invitational (2/8/14)
Mile: 5:04.52, MAC Championships (3/1/14)
Outdoor Track and Field
800: 2:17.94, Toledo Dual (4/3/15)
1500: 4:35.76, MAC Championships (5/16/15)