Meghan Carroll

Class:
Senior
High School:
Saint Viator
Hometown:
Palatine, Ill.

Personal-bests (As of June 2018):
Indoor-
600: 1:37.28
800: 2:11.82
1,000: 2:50.60
Mile: 4:57.90
3,000: 9:59.90

Outdoor-
800: 2:10.37
1,500: 4:29.51
5,000: 17:10.18

TFRRS Profile

2017-18:
All-BIG EAST (Outdoor-4x800 relay)
Indoor (Sr.): Competed in the John Tierney Classic (Jan. 20) in the 3,000-meter contest, achieving a personal best time of 9:59.85 and placing second ... Placed third at the Jack Johnson Classic (Jan. 26/27) in the mile (4:59.60) ... Set a personal best in the mile (4:57.90) at the 2018 Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2-3) ... With a time of 2:11.82, a personal best, placed eighth in the 800-meter at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 9).
Outdoor (Sr.): Finished the 4x800 relay in third place (8:55.64) and the 1,500-meter race in sixth (4:30.39) at the BIG EAST Championships ... Placed fourth with her 4x800 relay team at the Drake Relays after finishing in 8:53.13 ... Brought home silver in both the 800 (2:10.69) and the 4x400 (4:02.33) from the Illinois Twilight meet ... Finished second in the 5,000-meter race at the Wash U Invite to open the outdoor season with a 17:10.18 mark.
Cross Country (Jr.): Finished in Marquette's top-seven in six of the seven races she participated in ... Came in 33rd overall and sixth for Marquette at the National Catholic Invitational for a 18:57.2 time in the 5k ... Finished the BIG EAST Championships course in 22:13.6, placing her 37th throughout all competition and sixth in a Marquette uniform ... Placed third for Marquette and 77th out of all runners at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional race for finishing the 6k in 22:07.5.

2016-17:
All-BIG EAST (4x800 relay - Indoor & Outdoor-3,200 relay)
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (Jr.): Competed in four meets during her junior indoor season ... All-BIG EAST as lead leg on the 4x800 relay that finished in third place with a time of 9:00.46 (No. 4 all-time at MU) ... Also ran lead leg on the fifth-place finishing DMR team that took fifth at BIG EAST ... Set a personal-best in the 600-meters with a time of 1:37.28, which was good for second place at the UWM John Tierney Classic (Jan. 21) ... Took home the win in the 800-meters at the UW-Parkside Classic (Feb. 4) with a time of 2:17.79.
Outdoor (Jr.): Competed at six meets and set PRs in both the 800-meters and 1,500-meters ... And All-BIG EAST honoree in the 4x800 relay where she ran the lead leg en route to the team's third place finish ... Also placed 11th in the 800-meters at the BIG EAST Championships with a time of 2:16.48 ... Set a PR in the 800 at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (May 5), taking 15th place with a time of 2:13.43.
Cross Country (So.): Finished in Marquette's top-seven in all meets ... Completed the UW-Parkside Open 4k in 19:05.4, landing her 11th place overall and fifth for MU ... Placed 38th out of all the competitors and fourth for Marquette once Carroll crossed the finish line at a 6k time of 21:57.8 at the BIG EAST Championships ... At the NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet finished in 22:24.3 to take 115th overall and seventh Marquette runner to cross the line.

2015-16:
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (So): Placed in the top-five on four occasions during her indoor season ... Her second place finish, her highest finishing of the season, came in the mile race at the Wisconsin open with a time of 5:14.67.
Outdoor (So.): At the BIG EAST Championships, her relay team captured a fourth place finish with aÂ time of 9:08.18 ... Took eighth place, individually, in the 800-meters at the Drury Hotels Joey Haines Invite withÂ a time of 2:18.61.
Cross Country (So.): Did not compete.

2014-15:
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (Fr.): Participated in the mile, DMR, 800-meter and 1,000-meter at five different meets ... Took home sixth place for DMR (11:52.88) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships (Feb. 28), as well as seventh place for the 1,000-meter (2:54.90) ... Topped the competition at the Panther TuneUp (Feb. 20) with a first place time of 2:14.85 in the 800-meter.
Outdoor (Fr.): Competed in two meets during the outdoor season ... At the SIU Bill Cornell Spring Classic (March 27), Carroll took 10th place in the 1,500-meter (4:47.29) ... Was able to capture third place in the 4x800 relay with a time of 9:17.60.
Cross Country (Fr.): Ran five meets in her first collegiate season ... Placed 50th in the BIG EAST Conference Cross Country Championships (Oct. 31) as MU women took fifth place ... Took 19th, her highest placing, at National Catholic Cross Country Invitational (Sept. 19) by running the 5k at a time of 18:53.8 ... Got 20th place by running a 4k in 14:52.0 at the Badger Open on Sept. 5, her first meet with Marquette.

Prior to Marquette: Carroll earned four letters in cross country and three in track and field at Saint Viator High School ... Served as captain of both the girls cross country and track and field squads as a senior (2013-14) ... Earned all-state honors in cross country as both a junior and senior, while also garnering all-section accolades as a freshman, junior and senior ... All-state performer as a senior in track and field in three events: the 800-meter run (ninth place), the 1,600 (third place) and the 3,200 (sixth place) ... Also claimed all-section honors in all three events as a senior ... Four-time all-conference performer in cross country and a three-year all-conference honoree in track and field ... Helped the Lions to regional and sectional crowns as a junior and an 11th-place finish at the state meet ... Holds school records in the 800 meters (2:16.14), 1,600 meters (5:06.98) and 3,200 meters (11:05.11) ... Named conference runner of the year as a freshman.

Personal: Carroll was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois and is the older of two children to Kelly and Matt Carroll ... Has a younger brother, Ryan ... Plans to major in business.

Championships History:
BIG EAST Indoor Championships:
2018-
800: 11th (2:14.84)
4x800 relay: 4th (9:03.06 - 1st leg)
2017-
DMR: 5th (11:59.97 - 1st leg)
4x800 relay: 3rd (9:00.46 - 1st leg) No. 4 all-time at MU

BIG EAST Outdoor Championships:
2018-
1,500: 6th (4:30.39; prelim - 5th 4:30.33)
4x800 relay: 3rd (8:55.64; Anchor leg)
2017-
800: 11th (2:16.48)
4x800 relay: 3rd (9:04.97; 1st leg)

Cross Country:
BIG EAST Championships (6k):
2017- 41st (22:13.6; 6th on MU)
2016 - 36th (23:02.1; 4th on MU)
2015 - N/A
2014 - 50th (23:03.6; 8th on MU)