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Melissa Epting
- Event:
- Sprints
- Year:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- St. Johns, Fla.
- High School:
- Creekside High School
Melissa Epting TFRRS Profile
CAREER HONORS
2026 All-ASUN First Team (Indoor: DMR)
2025 All-ASUN Third Team (Outdoor: 4x400m)
2026 ASUN All-Academic Team (Indoor Track and Field)
ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25)
2025-26
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting finished 12th overall in the 400m with a time of 58.31 at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational … Helped North Florida win the distance medley relay with a time of 11:46.87 at the ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championships.
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting finished 10th overall in the 400m with a time of 57.30 at the Hampton Inn River City Relays … Finished 15th overall in the 800m with a time of 2:13.51 at the East Coast Relays.
2024-25
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting opened the indoor season by finishing 14th overall in the 400m with a time of 59.48 at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational … Finished 15th overall in the 400m with a time of 59.52 at the RADD Sports Invitational … Finished 16th overall in the 400m preliminaries with a time of 59.60 at the ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championship.
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting finished fifth overall in the 400m with a time of 57.95 and helped North Florida finish third in the 4x100m relay with a time of 47.90 at the ERAU Running Elements Classic … Set a personal best of 12.71 in the 100m preliminaries at the same meet … Recorded a season-best 200m time of 25.94 at the East Coast Relays … Earned third-team All-ASUN honors in the 4x400m relay with a then-program record time of 3:42.85 at the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championship … Helped North Florida finish fourth in the 4x100m relay with a time of 46.81 and set a personal best of 57.64 in the 400m preliminaries at the same meet.
2023-24
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting made her collegiate debut by finishing ninth overall in the 400m with a time of 1:00.94 and 18th in the 200m with a time of 26.69 at the RADD Track & Field Invitational … Finished ninth overall in the 400m with a season-best time of 59.48 at the Celebration Pointe Classic … Finished seventh overall in the 400m with a time of 59.55 and helped North Florida finish second in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:00.08 at the Florida University Last Chance meet … Finished 16th overall in the 200m with a time of 26.33 and helped North Florida finish sixth in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:51.07 at the ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championship.
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting made her outdoor debut by finishing 15th overall in the 200m with a season-best time of 26.24 and fourth in the 400m with a time of 1:00.35 at the Bob Hayes Invitational … Helped North Florida finish sixth in the 4x100m relay with a time of 48.52 at the same meet … Finished fifth overall in the 400m with a time of 1:00.70 and seventh in the 200m with a time of 27.28 at The V12 Invitational … Finished 59th overall in the 400m with a time of 59.99 and 85th in the 200m with a time of 26.79 at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Helped North Florida finish in the top 20 in the 4x100m relay with a time of 48.27 at the same meet … Recorded top-50 and top-100 finishes in the 400m and 200m with times of 59.65 and 26.51, respectively, at the East Coast Relays … Helped North Florida finish 17th in the 4x100m relay with a time of 48.14 at the same meet … Helped North Florida finish in the top seven in both the 4x100m relay with a time of 47.80 and the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:47.08 at the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
PRIOR TO NORTH FLORIDA
HIGH SCHOOL
Epting competed in cross country and track and field during her final two years at Creekside High School … Helped her team win a Class 4A district title as a senior … Named Creekside’s Sprinter of the Year as a senior … Posted high school bests of 26.46 in the 200m, 59.40 in the 400m and 2:17.37 in the 800m … Also played basketball.
PERSONAL
Epting is the daughter of Jennifer and Russell Epting … Has two siblings, Hope and Anna … Her father, Russell, played baseball and her mother, Jennifer, played softball at Mars Hill … Her sister, Anna, played basketball at Covenant College … Born July 13, 2004.
CAREER HONORS
2026 All-ASUN First Team (Indoor: DMR)
2025 All-ASUN Third Team (Outdoor: 4x400m)
2026 ASUN All-Academic Team (Indoor Track and Field)
ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25)
2025-26
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting finished 12th overall in the 400m with a time of 58.31 at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational … Helped North Florida win the distance medley relay with a time of 11:46.87 at the ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championships.
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting finished 10th overall in the 400m with a time of 57.30 at the Hampton Inn River City Relays … Finished 15th overall in the 800m with a time of 2:13.51 at the East Coast Relays.
2024-25
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting opened the indoor season by finishing 14th overall in the 400m with a time of 59.48 at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational … Finished 15th overall in the 400m with a time of 59.52 at the RADD Sports Invitational … Finished 16th overall in the 400m preliminaries with a time of 59.60 at the ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championship.
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting finished fifth overall in the 400m with a time of 57.95 and helped North Florida finish third in the 4x100m relay with a time of 47.90 at the ERAU Running Elements Classic … Set a personal best of 12.71 in the 100m preliminaries at the same meet … Recorded a season-best 200m time of 25.94 at the East Coast Relays … Earned third-team All-ASUN honors in the 4x400m relay with a then-program record time of 3:42.85 at the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championship … Helped North Florida finish fourth in the 4x100m relay with a time of 46.81 and set a personal best of 57.64 in the 400m preliminaries at the same meet.
2023-24
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting made her collegiate debut by finishing ninth overall in the 400m with a time of 1:00.94 and 18th in the 200m with a time of 26.69 at the RADD Track & Field Invitational … Finished ninth overall in the 400m with a season-best time of 59.48 at the Celebration Pointe Classic … Finished seventh overall in the 400m with a time of 59.55 and helped North Florida finish second in the 4x400m relay with a time of 4:00.08 at the Florida University Last Chance meet … Finished 16th overall in the 200m with a time of 26.33 and helped North Florida finish sixth in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:51.07 at the ASUN Indoor Track & Field Championship.
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Epting made her outdoor debut by finishing 15th overall in the 200m with a season-best time of 26.24 and fourth in the 400m with a time of 1:00.35 at the Bob Hayes Invitational … Helped North Florida finish sixth in the 4x100m relay with a time of 48.52 at the same meet … Finished fifth overall in the 400m with a time of 1:00.70 and seventh in the 200m with a time of 27.28 at The V12 Invitational … Finished 59th overall in the 400m with a time of 59.99 and 85th in the 200m with a time of 26.79 at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Helped North Florida finish in the top 20 in the 4x100m relay with a time of 48.27 at the same meet … Recorded top-50 and top-100 finishes in the 400m and 200m with times of 59.65 and 26.51, respectively, at the East Coast Relays … Helped North Florida finish 17th in the 4x100m relay with a time of 48.14 at the same meet … Helped North Florida finish in the top seven in both the 4x100m relay with a time of 47.80 and the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:47.08 at the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
PRIOR TO NORTH FLORIDA
HIGH SCHOOL
Epting competed in cross country and track and field during her final two years at Creekside High School … Helped her team win a Class 4A district title as a senior … Named Creekside’s Sprinter of the Year as a senior … Posted high school bests of 26.46 in the 200m, 59.40 in the 400m and 2:17.37 in the 800m … Also played basketball.
PERSONAL
Epting is the daughter of Jennifer and Russell Epting … Has two siblings, Hope and Anna … Her father, Russell, played baseball and her mother, Jennifer, played softball at Mars Hill … Her sister, Anna, played basketball at Covenant College … Born July 13, 2004.
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