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Occidental College

2017 Women's Track and Field

Mel Devoney

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Amherst Regional HS
  • Hometown Amherst, MA

Biography

Personal Records

800M: 2:25.98 (03/29/2014 Quad Meet)

1500M: 4:53.14 (03/29/2014 Quad Meet)

5000M: 17:58.27 (04/04-05/2014 Cal-Nevada)

10000M: 37:47.54 (04/29-30/2016 SCIAC Championships)

 

2017: Senior Co-Captain...

2016: Junior Co-Captain... Placed 2nd in the 10K at the SCIAC Championships with a PR of 37:47.54...

2015: Placed 4th in the 10K at the SCIAC Championships with a time of 39:12.72... Won the 3,000m with a time of 11:16.12 in dual meet at Pomona-Pitzer on Feb. 14.

2014: Performed very well at the Cal-Nevada Championships with a personal best time of 18:02.00 and a 7th place finish in the 5000m... Improved on her times in both the 800m and 1500m from the first SCIAC Multi-Dual with times of 2:25.98 and 4:53.14, respectively at the SCIAC Multi-Dual 2... Placed 5th in the 800M with a time 2:28.38 and finished with a time of 5:01.83 in the 1500M at the SCIAC Multi-DUal 1... Ran a personal best time of 18:13.74 in the 5000M at the annual Oxy Distance Carnval...

2013: Mel also runs for Oxy's cross country team

High School: 2012 MIAA Western Mass D1 XC Champion ... 6th place 2012 MIAA All State XC Championship ... 2013 PVIAC D1 1 Mile Champion ... 2013 Central/Western MA D1 2 mile Champion ... 10th place Massachusetts All-State 2013 Championship 2 Mile ... 30th place in 2013 New Balance Nationals 5k ... was a member of the National Honors Society

Personal: Mel was born in Belchertown, MA ... daughter of Elise Lennon and Tony Devoney ... has a twin sister Greta,and older sister Cami ... "Shoutout to the Shutesbury Coffee Cake Club for inspiring me toward a lifetime of running and serving as a reminder of what I truely love about this sport!"

Historical Player Information

  • 2014First Year

    5'5"
  • 2015Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2016Junior

    5'5"
  • 2017Senior

    5'5"