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2025 Women's Outdoor Track and Field Roster

Melina Turner

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • High School:
    Morris Hills
  • Hometown:
    Wharton, N.J.
  • Major:
    Speech Pathology

Summary

Biography

Honors and Awards
2x PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2023-24, 2024-25)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC) (2024)

College Bests - TFRRS Profiles
1500 (OTF): 5:09.87 (Bucknell Team Challenge - 04/20/24)
Mile (OTF): 5:44.09 (LHU Qualifier - 05/03/25)
Mile (ITF): 5:33.46 (26th Annual Bison Open and Multi - 01/31-02/01/2025)
3000 (ITF): 10:57.26 (Fastrack National Invite - 02/07/25)
5000 (OTF): 18:44.87 (Maroon & Gold Invite - 04/27/24)
5000 (ITF): 20:18.97 (Gulden Invitational - 01/20/24)
4K (XC): 16:18.0 (Bloom Dual - 08/31/23)
5K (XC): 19:59.0 (Doug Watts Open - 09/06/25)
6K (XC): 23:17.1 (NCAA DII Atlantic Region Cross Country Championship - 11/09/24)
3.71 Mile (XC): 25:25.0 (Lewis Crossover - 10/12/24)

2025 (XC): Finished 32nd overall in the Doug Watts Open (5K) with a time of 19:59.0 (09/06) ... took 31st overall at the Kutztown DII/DIII Challenge (6K) with a time of 25:16.0 (09/13) ... finished 87th at the LHU XC Open/Invitational (6K) with a time of 23:55.7 (09/27) ... ran a 25:12.0 to finish 275th at the Paul Short Run (6K) (10/03) ... finished 50th at the PSAC Cross Country Championships (6K) with a time of 24:12.8 (10/25) ... took 111th overall at the NCAA DII Atlantic Region Cross Country (6K) with a time of 24:13.2 (11/08).

2025 (OTF): Took fifth overall in the 5000 with a time of 19:47.84 at the Jim Taylor Duals (03/28-29) ... ran a 5:11.74 in the 1500 to finish 20th at the Ursinus Track & FIeld Festival (04/04-05) ... took fourth overall in the 1500 with a time of 5:13.20 at the SU Outdoor River Hawk Multi (04/10-12) ... finished 16th in the 1500 with a time of 5:21.26 at the Bucknell Team Challenge (04/19) ... finished seventh overall in the 5000 with a time of 18:57.27 at the Maroon & Gold Invite (04/25) ... ran a 5:44.09 in the mile to finish fourth at the LHU Qualifier (05/03).

2024-25 (ITF): Finished third overall in the 3000 with a time of 11:15.64 (01/18) ... took 32nd overall in the mile (5:52.97) and helped the 4x800 relay team to a sixth place finish with a time of 10:24.30 at the Gulden Invitational (01/25) ... finished 13th in the mile with a time of 5:33.46 and helped the DMR team to an 11th place finish with a time of 13:28.05 at the Bison Open and Multi (01/31-02/1) ... ran a 10:57.26 in the 3000 to finish 44th at the Fastrack National Invite (02/07) ... finished 13th in the 5000 with a time of 20:49.00 at the YSU Last Chance (02/14) ... took 11th overall in the 3000 at 10:59.46 at the Bucknell Tune Up (02/21).

2024 (XC): Finished 36th overall at the Kutztown DII/DIII Challenge (6K) with a time of 25:24.0 (09/13) ... ran a 25:25.0 to finish 296th at the Lewis Crossover (3.71 miles) (10/12) ... finished 69th overall at the PSAC Cross Country Championships (6K) with a time of 24:40.2 (10/26) ... took 89th overall at the NCAA DII Atlantic Region Cross Country Championship (6K) with a time of 23:17.1 (11/09).

2024 (OTF): Took fifth overall in the 5000 with a time of 20:26.02 at the Mid Week Quad Meet at Bloomsburg (03/27) ... finished second in the 4x1600 with a time of 23:06.74 at the Mid-Week Quad Meet at Lock Haven (03/28) ... at a 5:21.99 in the 1500 at the Jim Taylor Invite (04/05-06) ... finished seventh overall in the 1500 with a time of 5:25.52 at the River Hawk Invite (04/12-13) ... ran a 5:09.87 to take 26th overall at the Bucknell Team Challenge (04/20) ... finished seventh overall with a time of 18:44.87 in the 5000 at the Maroon & Gold Invite (04/27).

2023-24 (ITF): Finished fourth overall in the 3000 with a time of 11:42.57 at the Susquehanna Early Season Multi and Invite (12/08-09) ... took 22nd overall with a time of 11:19.89 at the Spartan Invitational (01/12) ... ran a 20:18.97 to finish seventh in the 5000 at the Gulden Invitational (01/20) ... finished 21st in the mile (5:48.44) and 11th in the DMR (13:32.35) at the Bison Open and Multi (01/26-27) ... took ninth overall with a time of 11:03.00 in the 3000 at the Utica Pioneer Fast Trax Invite (02/03) ... took fifth overall in the 3000 with a time of 11:22.80 at the River Hawk Friday Night Showdown (02/09).

2023 (XC): Finished ninth at the Bloom Dual (4K) with a time of 16:18.0 (08/31) ... ran a 26:32.0 to finish 34th at the Kutztown DII/DIII Challenge (6K) (09/15) ... finished fourth overall at the LHU Invitational/Open (6K) with a time of 23:48.9 (09/23) ... took 41st overall at the Bloomsburg Invitational (6K) with a time of 25:50.4 (10/07) ... finished 91st overall at the PSAC Cross Country Championships (6K) with a time of 26:09.5 (10/21) ... took 16th overall at the Go-Fast River Run (6K) with a time of 25:41.1 (10/28).

BEFORE BLOOM:
High School: Competed in cross country and track & field... Earned 1st-Team All-Conference, All County, and All Academic Awards... Member of High Honor Roll

PERSONAL PROFILE:
Top-Three Favorite Movies of All-Time... How to Train Your Dragon, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, & The Sandlot
Favorite Musician / Band... Conan Gray
Cake or Pie... Cake
If you could be any type of animal, what would you be?... Penguin
Favorite kind of Sandwich... Italian
Fictional Character you wish you could meet... Aled Last from Radio Silence
If you could never eat at a fast food chain again, which one would it be?... Burger King

Last updated 12/30/25

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