2026 Women's Track Roster
Biography
Melissa Epting TFRRS Profile
- 2025 All-ASUN Third Team (Outdoor: 4x400m)
- ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25)
College Indoor PR | 200m: 26.33;
400m: 59.48
College Outdoor PR | 100m: 12.71;
200m: 25.94;
400m: 57.64
High School Track PR | 200m: 26.46;
400m: 59.40;
800m: 2:17.37
2024: Track (Indoor) - Started collegiate career in ninth for 400m (1:00.94) and 18th in the 200m (26.69) at the RADD Track & Field Invitational...placed ninth with season-best time in the 400m at the Celebration Pointe Classic (59.48)...went seventh overall in the 400m (59.55) and runner-up with the 4x400m relay (4:00.08) during Florida University Last Chance...finished 16th in the 200m (26.33) and sixth with the 4x400m relay (3:51.07) at the ASUN Indoor Championship...
Track (Outdoor) - Set season-best 200m mark in her outdoor debut in 15th (26.24), while grabbing fourth in the 400m (1:00.35) and sixth with the 4x100m relay (48.52) at the Bob Hayes Invitational...finished fifth in the 400m (1:00.70) and seventh in the 200m (27.28) at The V12 Invitational...went 59th in the 400m (59.99) and 85th in the 200m (26.79), as well as top-20 with the 4x100m (48.27) at the Georgia Tech Invitational...was top 50 in the 400m (59.65), top 100 in the 200m (26.51) and 17th with the 4x100m relay (48.14) at the East Coast Relays...finished top seven with both the 4x100m (47.80) and 4x400m (3:47.08) relays teams at the ASUN Outdoor Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL
Competed in cross country and track & field during final two years at Creekside HS...primary events are 200m, 400m and 800m...was 4A District Champions with the track team as a senior...set personal-best time of 59.40 in 400m at the JAC Summer Open in 2023...lifetime best of 2:17.37 in 800m at FHSAA 4A District meet in 2023...also recorded time of 26.46 in 200m at Sprint and Field Event Carnival in 2023...was Creekside HS Sprinter of the Year as a senior...also played baskeball during high school.
PERSONAL
Born on Jul. 13, 2004...daughter of Russell and Jennifer Epting...has two siblings, Hope (25) and Anna (23)...father played baseball at Mars Hill, mother played softball at Mars Hill, and sister, Anna, played basketball at Covenant College...plans to major in public health.
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