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Megan Rother

Class: Junior Hometown: Langhorne, Pa. High School: Villa Joseph Marie

Major: Biology

Rother is entering her third year on the team. During the Gamecock's 2009 cross country season, she ran her personal best in the 5K. She also bettered her high school 800m time during the Gamecock's 2010 Indoor season.

During her time at Villa Joseph Marie High School, she was captain of her Cross Country, Indoor, and Outdoor Track teams. Throughout her four years, she qualified in multiple events for both Indoor and Outdoor States. She was an Outdoor State Bronze Medalist her sophomore year after anchoring the 4x400m relay. During her senior year, Megan helped her 4x400m relay team receive a sixth place medal at the Indoor State Championship Meet. This marked the first time that Villa Joseph Marie had a relay team achieve an Indoor State Championship Medal. Also during her senior year, Megan led her team in winning the Outdoor District Championship. During that same season, Megan led off the 4x800m relay and anchored the 4x400m relay and earned two Outdoor State silver medals. She holds Villa Joseph Marie's Indoor records for the 600m, 800m, and 1000m run, as well as the mile.

She was also a member of the school record holding SMR, DMR, 4x800m relay, and 4x400m relay teams. Megan was a four-time competitor at the Penn Relays in the 4x400m relay and a one-time competitor in the 4x800m relay. She was named Athlete of the Week and given Honorable Mention by the Bucks County Courier Times. She was also a four-time member of the Buck County Courier Times' Golden Team for both Indoor and Outdoor Track. In 2009, she was an AAU Junior Olympic Silver Medalist in the 3000m run.

During her four years at Villa Joseph Marie, she was a member of the Latin Club and the Science National Honor Society. She also served as Parliamentarian and Vice-President of the National Honor Society. The Kiwanis Club named her Villa Joseph Marie High School's Scholar Athlete and she graduated in the top ten percent of her class. She was also a three-year starter in field hockey and played with the East Coast National Field Hockey team for three years.