Senior (2017):
Saw action in four races ... Top 6K effort of the season was a 23:58 at the Furman Classic, ranking 48th overall out of 163 runners ... Scored for the Eagles as their No. 4 finisher and placed 13th overall out of 136 entries at the 5K North Georgia Invitational with a time of 19:44 ... Also took part in the season-opening Georgia DIII Invitational (25:29) and the 5K JSU Foothills Invitational (19:25). 

Junior (2016):
Competed in seven events and ranked as one of Emory's scorers on five occasions ... Credited with a personal-best 6k time of 22:32 at the Inter-Regional Border Battle in New Jersey, good for fifth place on the team and 87th overall out of 386 entries ... Came through with a 22:49 at the Greater Louisville Classic, which tied her second-best 6k effort, and that was third on the team and 30th overall out of 333 runners ... Tied the 22:49 at the NCAA D-III Championships ... Raced to all-region acclaim after placing second on the team and 14th in the 213-runner field with a mark of 23:09 at the NCAA South/Southeast Championships ... Part of the Emory pack that competed at the UAA Championships. 

Sophomore (2015):
Scored for the Eagles in two of the five meets she competed in ... Clocked a personal-best 6K time of 23:24 at the AAE Invitational ... Fourth on the team and 24th overall in a field of 107 runners at the Charlotte Invitational with an effort of 23:32 (second-best 6K mark) ... Turned in a 5K time of 18:45 at the JSU Foothills Invitational that ranked fourth on the team and sixth out of 60 runners.

Freshman (2014):
Ran in the team's opening four meets of the season ... Top 6K time came at the Furman Classic where she crossed the finish line in the no. 36 spot out of 152 runners with a time of 24:46 ... Season-best 5K effort was a 19:44 at the JSU Foothills Invitational that ranked 17th out of 50 entries ... Also took part in the season-opening Clara Bowl Invitational (6K, 26:04) and the 5K Gulf Coast Stampede (20:26). 

High School:
Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track at the University School ... Was coached by Eric Pilling ... Team captain of the cross country and track teams her junior and senior seasons ... Best effort in the two-mile event was a 12:17 ... Posted a top 4K mark of 15:55 ... 2014 WIAA Scholar Athlete ... Intel International Science and Engineering Finalist in 2012 and 2013 ... Was named her team's Most Valuable Player as a freshman and junior ... Competed in the 2012 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Midwest Regional Race ... Honors student all four years ... White House Science Fair attendee in 2013.

Personal:
Daughter of Mark and Lisa Waples ... Double major at Emory in Spanish and Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 

Quote:
"I chose Emory because of its academic reputation, the research and volunteer opportunities available to pre-med students and the opportunity to run on a Division III team."

Megan Waples' Top 6K Times