Eastern Michigan Athletics
2006 Women's Track Roster
Roster
Melissa Green
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Brecksville
- High School:
- Broadview Heights
EMU: 2008 XC: The Eagles’ top finisher at the Pre-NCAA meet (Oct. 19) finishing 188th with a time of 22:46...Finished 39th at the MAC Championship (Nov. 1) with a time of 18:21.9...2008: Outdoor: Academic All-MAC...NCAA Regional qualifier in the steeplechase...Finished third in the steeplechase (10:58.31) and fifth in the 5,000 meters (17:49.07) at the Outdoor MAC Championship...Indoor: Indoor Academic All-MAC...Set a season best time of 5:05.79 in the mile at the EMU Classic (Feb. 16)...2007 XC: Top EMU runner at the MAC Championships (Oct. 27) where she finished 12th to earn second team All-MAC honors for the first time in her career...Ran a career-best at the Falcon Invitational on Oct. 13 (18:17), finishing 11th, breaking her previous best by eight seconds and improving by a total of 13 seconds during the season...Finished 55th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship (Nov. 10)...Highest finish came at the Detroit Run Fit Invitational (Sept.8) where she placed fourth...Finished eighth at the Central Collegiate Championship (Sept. 21), 12th at Loyola Lakefront Invitational (Sept. 29) and 15th at the Michigan Open (Aug. 31)...2007: Set the EMU record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Penn Relays with a time of 11:03.11 and then broke it two weeks later at the MAC Championship with a time of 11:00.67...Finished fifth in the 5,000meters and sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2007 Outdoor MAC Championship...Sixth in the 1,500 meters at the Len Paddock Invite...Won the steeplechase at the EMU Twilight...Finished 13th in the 5,000 meters at the prestigious Stanford Invite...Third in the 3,000 meters at the Simmons-Harvey Invite (10:19.52)...Fifth in the 5,000 meters at the Bowling Green Invite (17:58.99)...2006: Fifth in the mile at the EMU Classic (5:22.24)...High School: Conference MVP, District champion and state qualifier her junior and senior years...Finished 10th at States in the 3,200 meters her junior year...Conference champ, District and Regional runner-up and All-Ohio at States her sophomore year...Also a member of the cross country and swimming teams throughout her high school career, winning many awards in those events as well...Personal: Full name: Melissa Karrie Green...Daughter of Trevor and Shanon Green...Has three sisters, Alicia, Candice and Tataiana...Born: 5-8-87...Major: Chemistry.
