Meredith Engle

Liberty Track & Field on September 28th, 2023. (Photo by Cassidy Paxton)

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Dillsburg, Pa.
Prev School:
Northern High School

TFRRS Profile

2023 Outdoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• At the ASUN Championship, placed third in the heptathlon, fourth in the triple jump and sixth in the javelin. During the meet, she set a Liberty record for the heptathlon shot put at 40-11.75.
• Broke the 5,000-point barrier for the first time during the Bryan Clay Invitational heptathlon, finishing at 5,205 (No. 5 in program history) to win Group B
• Joined Liberty’s all-time top 10 with an outdoor high jump best of 5-8 at the Virginia Quadrangular
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• VaSID Academic All-State
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2022-23 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• ASUN Women's Most Outstanding Field Performer for the second year in a row after repeating as ASUN pentathlon champion (personal-best 3,973 points, No. 2 in program history), placing fourth in the triple jump (personal-best 38-11.5), tying for sixth in the high jump and taking 10^th in the shot put
• Did not lose to a collegiate competitor in her three pentathlon competitions. Her victory at the Liberty Kickoff (3,960 points) was aided by a 5-8.5 high jump clearance which matched her career best.
• Two-time ASUN Women’s Field Athlete of the Week (Dec. 7 and Jan. 25)
• VaSID First Team All-State (multis)
• ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• ASUN Winter Winner for Life

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Before her season was halted due to injury, she had achieved personal bests in the 200 (25.92 at the Virginia Open), 100 hurdles (14.60 at the Virginia Open), long jump (18-8.5 at the Dr. Jack M. Toms Alumni Invitational) and javelin (131-5 at the Virginia Open)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)
• ASUN Most Valuable Female Performer and ASUN Women's Most Outstanding Field Performer
• Racked up 23 points at the ASUN meet, thanks to a victory in the pentathlon (personal-best 3,896 points), runner-up showing in the high jump and a fourth-place finish in her collegiate triple jump debut (38-8.75)
• High jumped a personal-best 5-8.5 during the ASUN pentathlon to match the meet and facility records and also ran her first sub-9.00 60 hurdles time (8.91)
• VaSID Second Team All-State (multis)

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Placed third in the ASUN heptathlon (personal-best 4,928) and seventh in the javelin
• Broke the ASUN heptathlon javelin record with a personal-best 128-3 heave
• Lynchburg Hornet Open shot put champion
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Aided by a big 5-5 high jump clearance, finished as the ASUN pentathlon runner-up by just three points with a personal-best score of 3,559
• Her ASUN pentathlon score broke the Liberty freshman record which had stood for 19 years.
• Also placed eighth in the ASUN 400 dash
• VaSID State Field Rookie of the Year
• VaSID Second Team All-State (multis)

Prep
• Graduated from Northern High School
• As a junior, long jumped a school-record 18-10.75 for fourth place at the Pennsylvania AAA outdoor state meet
• Also set school records in the 100 hurdles (15.37) and triple jump (36-10.5)

Personal
• Daughter of Philip and Ruth Anne Engle
• Younger sister Allison is a member of the Liberty women's track & field and cross country teams
• Birthday is May 24
• Computer science major