Megal Atias

Class:
Senior
Major:
Political Science & Religion
High School:
Tichon Maccabim Reut
Hometown:
Maccabim-Reut, Israel

Cross Country: Finished seventh with a career-best time (17:50.22) to earn All-SoCon honors and help the team to a third-place finish at the 2006 Southern Conference Championships .... turned in a time of 22:16.35 (6K) to finish 62nd and help the team to a ninth-place finish, the program's first-ever top 10 finish, at the 2006 NCAA Louisville Regional ... placed sixth in a time of 18:51 to help the Wildcats to a first-place finish at the 2006 Winthrop Asics Invitational ... finished 21st (19:39.94) at Appalachian's Covered Bridge Open to help 'Cats to a fourth-place finish in 2006 ... turned in team's third-best time (22:21, 64th) to help Davidson to a ninth-place finish at the Paul Short Run in 2006 ... earned 2005 All-SoCon honors for fifth-place finish in personal-best time of 18:19.78 at SoCon Championships, helping Wildcats to league title ... turned in team’s third best time in five of six races.

Track & Field: School record-holder in 3,000-meters indoor (10:11.60/2006) and outdoor (10:09.22/2006), set at 2006 Indoor SoCon Championships ... member of school-record holding indoor distance medley relay team (2006 SoCon Indoor Championships) ... as a rookie, won the 1500-meters in then-school record time (4:38.28) at Irwin Belk Invitational ... won indoor mile at Clemson with a time of 5:07.9, second-best time in school history ... among top three all-time Wildcat performers in indoor 800-meters, top four in outdoor 800-meters and a Wildcat top-10 performer in the mile ... named team’s most valuable track athlete as a rookie.

Prep Years: Won both 800- and 1500-meters in Israeli high school championships three consecutive years ... holds Israel’s 2,000-meter and cross country records ... represented Israel in international races held in Spain and Scotland.