Melanie Vlasic

Class:
Senior
High School:
North Penn HS
Hometown:
Hatfield, Pa.

Career Results

2017: Helped the Panthers post their team best finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (Nov. 10) taking 5th … Placed 56th in the Mid-Atlantic Regional 6K with a time of 21:25.1 … Finished 28th at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational at Penn State (Sept. 8) with a time of 22:29 … Finished a season best 2nd place at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational (Oct. 7) with a time of 18:26.3 … Competed in the ACC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 27), finishing 74th overall and notching a time of 21:58.8.

2016: Took second in the Tommy Evans Invitational with a time of 18:11.8 (5K). Placed 24th at the NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Region Cross Country Championships with a time of 21:15.1 (6K). Came in 30th at the ACC Championships with a time of 20:56.1 (6K). Finished 38th at the Penn State National Open while running a 21:07.3 (6K).

2015: Led the Panthers and finished first overall at the UB Stampede with a time of 17:44.9 ... Placed in her first 6K race of the season, the Roy Griak Invitational, with a final time of 24:29.1 ... Had a 15th place finish at the Princeton Invitational with a time of 21:35.0 ... Placed with a time of 21:45.5 at the ACC Cross Country Championships ... Took 39th place at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships with a final time of 22:03.6.

2014: Named ECAC Division I Cross Country Rookie of the Week on September 18th and again on October 8th ... In her collegiate debut, she finished the SHU Griffin Classic 5K in eighth with a time of 21:42.1 ... Took 24th at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational 6K in 22:07 ... Finished in 36th place at the 5K Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 17:40.1 ... Placed in 23:11.9 at the Pre-Nationals Invitational 6K ... Missed a personal record in the 6K by less than a second at the ACC Championships with an 89th place finish in 22:07.7 ... Placed 70th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals 6K in a time of 22:14 ... Took 38th place at the ECAC Championships with a time of 18:54.9.

HIGH SCHOOL: Qualified for states in the 4x800 meter relay and DMR ... Second Team All-Conference ... Earned the Junior Point Award and was a National Elite Runner.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Suzanne and Michael Vlasic ... Has a sister, Mikaela ... Psychology major.