Megan Mooney

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Distance
Hometown:
Broomfield, Colo.
High School:
Horizon HS
Prev School:
Florida State

Collegiate Personal Bests
Cross Country
- 5K – 16:34
Indoor
- Mile – 4:41.24" (1st in CSU history)
- 3,000m – 9:29.91
Outdoor
- 1,500m – 4:21.30 at FSU (4:23.22 at CSU, 2nd in CSU History)
- 5,000m – 16:34.23 at FSU
- 800m - 2:12.77 (15th in CSU History)

Records
- 4:41.24, Mile (2022 indoor, all-time CSU record)

Mooney at the NCAA Cross Country Championships
2019
- 154th place, 6k (Cross Country)
2018
- 236th place, 6k (Cross Country)

Mooney at the NCAA South Cross Country Championships
2019
- 30th place, 6k (Cross Country)
2018
- 18th place, 6k (Cross Country)
2017
- 31st place, 6k (Cross Country)
2016
- 64th place, 6k (Cross Country)

Mooney at the NCAA East Preliminary
2019
- 44th place, 1,500m (Outdoor)

Mooney at the Mountain West Championships
2022
- 2nd place, Mile (Indoor)
- 2nd place, DMR (Indoor)

Mooney at the Atlantic Coast Championships
2020
- 10th place, distance medley relay (Indoor)
- 26th place, mile (prelims) (Indoor)
2019
- 17th place, 3,000m (Indoor)
- 20th place, mile (prelims) (Indoor)
- 12th place, 1,500m (Outdoor)
- 29th place, 6K (Cross Country)
2018
- 44th place, 6K (Cross Country)
2017
- 98th place, 6K (Cross Country)
2016
- 49th place, 6K (Cross Country)

COLORADO STATE
Graduate (2021-22)
(Indoor): Competed in four meets including the Mountain West Championships...Placed second in the mile at the MW meet with a time of 4:46.66, adding eight points to the team score en route to the team's Championship...Also was a part of the second-place DMR team that contributed eight points to the team score...Obtained the CSU record in the mile with a time of 4:41.24, a personal record made at the Iowa State Classic.
(Outdoor):

Graduate (2020-21)
(Indoor): Did not compete
(Outdoor): Competed in two meets...Made CSU debut at Jack Christiansen Invite for fifth place at 4:36.13 in the 1500m..Ran the second-best time in school history for the 1500 at the West Coast Relays with a time of 4:23.22 for eighth place.

BEFORE COLORADO STATE
Florida State (2016-20)
Senior (2019-20)
Cross Country: Rock-steady performer as the lone senior on FSU’s 12th-place NCAA Championship team…Opened year with a career-best fifth-place finish at the Covered Bridge Open…Was 63rd at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (17:13.6)…Was No. 4 finisher on the Noles’ fifth-place Under Armour Pre-Nationals squad in 20:59.9…Contributed a career-best 29th-place finish at the ACC Championships (21:38.7) as the Noles placed second…Ran 21:04 at the NCAA South Region Championships to finish 30th overall as the Noles won their second straight team title…Finished 154th at the NCAA Championships in 21:38.8.
Indoor: Competed in four meets including the ACC Championships…Ran in the mile preliminary round and the distance medley relay at conference…Notched a 3000m PR at BU David Hemery Valentine Invite with a time of 9:29.91…Recorded a PR in mile at Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational with a time of 4:50.47 to place sixth…Finished sixth in the 3000m at Vanderbilt Invitational to start the season.

Junior (2018-19)
Cross Country: Competed in seven meets and finished in the Nos. 4 or 5 positions six times…Posted a career-best third-place finish at Boston University…Ran 17.28.4 at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational for 28th overall as the Noles finished third in their breakout performance…At ACC Championships, placed 44th (21:37) as the Noles were fourth…Mooney was the biggest mover over the final kilometer at the South Region Championships, rallying the team from third to first when she passed nine runners in the closing stretch…Finishing 18th, she earned All-Region honors for the first time as the Noles advanced to the NCAA Championships.
Indoor: Enjoyed her finest winter season to date, establishing two new PBs in four meets…Opened with a personal-best 4:52.28 mile at the Clemson Orange & Purple Elite…Competed in her first ACC Indoor Championships, racing in the mile and the 3000, where she logged a PB of 9:42.80.
Outdoor: Continued to build on her successful seasons…Dropped a 58-second PB in the 5000 at the Raleigh Relays (16:34.23)…Improved her lifetime-best in each of her first three 1500m races…Turned in a stunning seven-second best at the ACC Outdoor Championships, advancing to the finals in 4:21.30…That time earned her a spot at the NCAA East Preliminary.

Sophomore (2017-18)
Cross Country: Enjoyed her finest season as a fixture in the Seminoles’ top five…Opened year with back-to-back third-place finished at the Covered Bridge Open and Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational…Was 35th overall – and No. 1 for the Noles – at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational with a 5k PB 17:07.8…Rebounded from a sub-par ACC Championships performance to place 31st at the NCAA South Region Championships in a 6k PB (20:51.5).
Indoor: Sat out due to injury.
Outdoor: Season cut short due to injury, limiting her to a 1500 at the opening Yellow Jacket Invitational – which she won – and a 2000m steeplechase effort at the FSU Invitational.

Freshman (2016-17)
Cross Country: Was a major contributor in her freshman season, never scoring lower than fourth for the Noles with an average team finish of 2.8…earned ACC Freshman of the Week honors (Oct. 11) following her sixth place overall finish at the FSU Invitational; the second of three consecutive finishes in the No. 2 spot for the team…Ran 17:57.9 for 15th overall in her 5k debut at the adidas XC Challenge…Was even faster at the Notre Dame Invitational (17:23.3) over the same distance…Was 49th overall and the 13th freshman at the ACC Championships with a 6k season-best 21:23.8…Finished fourth on the team for the second consecutive meet at the NCAA South Region (21:37.3).
Indoors: Competed in just two meets, opening up with SB 3000 (10:24.34) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational…Ran a 5:10.50 mile at Bob Pollock Invitational.
Outdoors: Lined up for six meets…Posted PB of 17:32.58 (5000) in a third-place finish at the Yellow Jacket Invitational…Her fourth 1500 of the season produced a new PB (4:32.51) at the Seminole Twilight; her final meet of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Attended Horizon HS in Broomfield, Colo...2016 Colorado 5A 3200 state runner-up, 2014 All-State cross country and 2014 5A 1600 bronze…Had PRs of 2:15.19 (800), 4:33.94 (1500), 4:51.60 (1600), 4:46.59 (mile) and 10:53.70 (3200), a 17:33 5k cross country PB…2014 USATF Junior Olympic national champion at 3000 meters (10:34.22)…Three-year member of the National Honor Society and winner of the John Lynch Award…Earned a degree in Hospitality and Tourism at FSU…Mother Carrie Mooney (Boyd) enjoyed a standout distance career at FSU, including a Metro Conference cross country title, and father Chris Mooney also ran on the cross country and track teams for the Noles…Brother, Michael, is also on the CSU track team, while sister, Mallory, plays soccer at Auburn and Madison is on the Wisconsin track and field team...Born Dec. 4, 1997.