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Kelly Meyer

Kelly Meyer - Women's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Hometown Roswell, Ga.
Last School Centennial
Year Senior
Event Distance
Kelly Meyer - Women's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2015 Track:
Indoor: Posted a sixth-place finish in the 5,000 meters with a career-best time of 17:01.28 at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Outdoor: Ran a career-best 10,000 meters (34:58.38) for seventh place at the Penn Relays.

2014 Cross Country:
The top finisher for Georgia Tech in four meets … Finished seventh overall at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational with a season-best 5K time of 17:36 … Ran a 17:47 5K and placed 11th overall out of 225 runners at the Crimson Classic … Placed first for the Yellow Jackets at the ACC Championships with a 6K time of 21:25 … Recorded a career-best 6K time of 20:35 at the NCAA South Regional, placing 30th out of 196 finishers.

2014 Track:
Indoor: Had a break out indoor season, running her fastest indoor times in all events she competed in … Placed second in the 3,000 meters at the Orange and Purple Classic with a time of 10:19.23 … Improved that time to a personal-best 10:02.69 for third place at the Southern Miss Cupid Classic … Ran the mile in a personal record 5:02.84 at the Samford Invite … Clocked a time of 17:36.98 in the 5,000 meters at the Vanderbilt Invite. Outdoor: Set PRs in the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters, and ran her first 10,000 meters … Logged a time of 4:43.35 in the 1,500 meters at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Recorded her best 5,000 meters in 17:28.23 at the ACC Championship … Ran the 10,000 meters at the Penn Relays in a time of 36:20.94.

2013 Cross Country:
Recorded a career-best 5K time at the Louisville Classic in 18:41 … Also finished the Furman Classic 6K in a career-best time of 21:49.

2013 Track:
Indoor: Placed third in the 3,000 meters (10:38.99) at the Rod McCravy Invite … Ran the 5,000 meters in 18:31.31 at the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Took ninth in the 1,500 meters (4:59.13) at the Georgia Relays … Ran a season-best 5K in a time of 18:09.39 at the Alabama Relays … Took seventh in the same event (18:26.29) at the Yellow Jacket Invite.

2012 Cross Country:
Raced to a season-best 5K time of 19:17 at the Louisville CC Classic … Finished the VT Invitational 6K in 23:54.2.

2012 Track:
Indoor: Ran a 10:30.81 in her first 3,000-meter race of the season … Shaved 26 seconds off that time to finish the same event in 10:04.68 at the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Did not compete.

2011 Cross Country:
Competed in all six meets … Finished third among Georgia Tech runners in the season-opening UGA Invite with a time of 19:37.64 … Recorded a season-best 5K time of 19:10.61 to finish 100th out of 260 runners at the Charlotte Invite … Had the third-best finish for Tech at the ACC Championships with a time of 22:58.70 … Logged a season-best time at the NCAA South Regionals with a time of 22:58.00.

High School:
A four-year letterwinner under Coach Weigand on the cross country team at Centennial High School … Earned the honor of team captain … Earned a letter on the track team under Coach Higgins … On the 2009 region champion cross country team … The Atlanta Track Club All-Metro Woman Runner of the Year in 2010 … Competed in the Footlocker South Regionals … On the honor roll and a member of Beta Club.

Personal:
Full name is Kelly Marie Meyer … Born on Oct. 23, 1992 in Roswell, Ga. … Parents are Keith and Candace Meyer … Sisters are Nicole and Katie … Brothers are Scott, Chad and Chase …. Hobbies include wakeboarding and disc golf … Biggest influence to start running is her older brother who started the running the same time as her … A business administration major.

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