MEMBER PROFILE Megan Melgaard - Click for larger view
MPCS Club Member Megan Melgaard
Hometown Atlanta, GA
MPCS Chapter Georgia
Competing in Modern Pentathlon Since May 2009 
Top Finishes
  • 2009 - US Nationals / NORCECA - 4th place (excluding ride scores)

College 5 Time NCAA All-American in swimming at the University of Florida.  Named to the National Collegiate Honor Society. 

Megan is a World Class competitive swimmer, modern pentathlete and triathlete.  She is a former member of the University of Florida Swim Team as well as the United States National Swim Team, with whom she won many athletic titles.  She continues to race open water competitions, aquathlons, adventure races, in addition to on and off-road triathlons.


RECENT AND SIGNIFICANT RESULTS

1st place - Georgia Games Open Water 3K swim, Atlanta, GA July 2009

1st place Athena Division, St. Anthony's Triathlon, St. Petersburg, Florida, April 2008

1st place Athena Division, Callaway Gardens Triathlon, Callaway Gardens, GA, September 2007

1st place overall, 1st place woman, unofficial, Inaugural Brooklyn Bridge 1 K Open Water Swim, NY, NY, September 2006

"First out of the Water", 3rd Place overall, Playa del Run, Solana Beach, California, August 2006

Silver Medalist, Pan American Games, Swimming, 4x200 Freestyle Relay 1999

1st in age group, First Coast Off-Road Triathlon, July 2005 read more

1st in 25-29 age group, Xterra Off-Road Triathlon East Coast Championships, July 2005 read more

2nd in 20-24 age group, Xterra Off-Road Triathlon World Championships, October, 2004

National Champion, Swimming, 4x200 Freestyle Relay, 1999

1st Overall, 1st woman, 1.2 Open Water Swim Charlotte, NC, August 2005

1st Woman, Dustbuster Duathlon, January 2006