Megan Kaltenbach
Megan Kaltenbach

Player Profile
Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Aurora, Colo.

High School:
Smoky Hill

Height:
5-7

Junior Year: Consistently one of the top two finishers for the Tar Heels • Finished third overall at Coastal Carolina Classic with a time of 18:00.10 • Earned All-ACC honors as she finished 14th at ACC Championships with a time of 21:45.9 • Finished 37th at NCAA Southeast Regional as she crossed the line in 21:44.30, the second-best Tar Heel time • Took 13th place at Notre Dame Invite • Fastest 6K time came at NCAA Pre-Nationals when she finished in 20:58 for 36th place at the event.

Junior Year (Track)/Sophomore Year (Cross Country): Ran opening leg for the DMR team that claimed the NCAA indoor national championship • Earned All-ACC honors with a 2nd place finish in the 800 at the outdoor ACC championships • Competed as a redshirt-sophomore during 2005 cross country season • Won the 5K Carolina Challenge with a time of 18:07 • Scored at NCAA Pre-Nationals • Earned All-ACC accolades with a 13th-place finish (19:42.20) at the ACC Championships to lead the team • Finished 33rd at the NCAA Southeast Regional in 21.24:60 • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Sophomore Year: Scored in the 800 at the ACC Outdoor Championships, finishing eighth • Finished 10th in the 1,500 at the ACC Outdoor Championships • Member of the distance medley and 3,200-meter relay teams that finished second at the Penn Relays • Redshirted the cross country season during the fall.

Freshman Year: Finished sixth in the mile at the 2004 ACC Indoor Championships • Member of the distance medley relay team that finished 12th at the NCAA Championships • Won the 3,000 at the 2004 Tar Heel Fast Times meet with a time of 9:43.41 • Highest finish during the 2003 cross country season was fifth in the UNC Challenge with a time of 18:07.80 • Redshirted the outdoor season.

Prep: Fifteen-time state champion in high school • Golden West Champion in 2002 • Cross country team champion in 2002 • Nike Indoor Champion in 2001 and 2002 in the 3,200 • Peer counselor.

Personal: Majoring in journalism • Lists Suzie Favor Hamilton as athlete she most admires • Her biggest sports thrill was running the Golden West in 2002 • Her favorite TV show is "One Tree Hill" • Megan Jean Kaltenbach is the daughter of Robert and Kathleen Kaltenbach • Born December 11, 1984 in Seattle, Wash.