Megan James

Class: Senior Hometown: Kansas City, Mo. High School: North KC HS

Height: 5-7 Event: Distance

2008 CROSS COUNTRY: Recorded two top-15 finishes ... Placed sixth at the Bob Timmons Classic with a 5K personal-best time of 19:32.4 ... Finished 14th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a 5K time of 20:12.46 ... Ran a personal-best 6K time of 22:19.6 to finish in 146th place at the ISU Pre-Nationals ... Posted a 6K time of 22:52.70 to finish 57th at the Big 12 Championships ... Placed 61st at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree in a 6K time of 22:59 ... Finished 85th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a 6K time of 22:50.60 ... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2008 OUTDOOR: Finished in second place in the 1,500 meters at the ESU Twilight, running a time of 4:54.82 ... Placed 15th in the 3,000 meters at the Missouri Relays with a time of 10:40.24.

2008 INDOOR: Ran the 3,000 meters five times, including a time of 10:33.84 at the Husker Invitational (sixth place) ... Ran the mile in a time of 5:19.18 at the Jayhawk Classic and finished sixth ... Competed in the 1,000 meters at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 3:09.60 (finished fourth).

2007 CROSS COUNTRY: Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... A reliable scorer, consistently finishing seventh on the team ... Placed 13th at the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel with a 5K time of 20:08 ... Ran a time of 23:03 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals and placed 63rd ... Competed at the Big 12 Championships and placed 81st with a time of 23:42 ... Ran a personal best 6K time of 22:39 at the Midwest Regionals.

2007 OUTDOOR: Utilized her redshirt season.

2007 INDOOR: Competed in the mile and the 1,000-meter run ... Ran a season-best time of 5:16.97 in the mile at the ISU Classic ... Competed in the 1,000-meter run at the Husker Invitational in a time of 3:07.03. 2006 CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in four races for Kansas ... Broke 20 minutes in the 5K for the first time at the KSU Wildcat Invitational (19:59.0) ... Competed at the Roy Griak Invitational and placed 198th ... Ran the best 6K time of her career, at that time, in her final meet of the season at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, finishing 130th (23:15.9).

2005 CROSS COUNTRY: Ran a 24:45.7 at NCAA Pre-Nationals ... Finished in a time of 25:21 at the Roy Griak Invitational ... Finished 22nd overall at the Bob Timmons Classic in a time of 20:41.45.

HIGH SCHOOL: In cross country, was an all-conference performer all four years ... All-district selection her sophomore through senior years ... State qualifier her junior and senior seasons ... Nominated for the Greater Kansas City Cross Country Coaches Association honorable mention team ... In track, was named all-district all four years ... Ran a 5:08 in the 1,600-meter run and an 11:32 in the 3,200-meter run ... All-conference, all-sectional and a state qualifier her junior and senior years ... All-state her senior year ... Kansas City Star all-metro second team her senior year ... Tied her school record in the mile her senior year with a time of 5:08.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Teri James ... Born in Leavenworth, Kan. ... Majoring in exercise science.