Megan Elizabeth Wright (née Metcalfe; born 27 January 1982) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. Metcalfe attended

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State Coll ...

, where she won the 2005 NCAA outdoor title in the 5000m. She was born in

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, Alberta. She was the NACAC Cross Country Champion in 2006.

Achievements

Megan Metcalfe Sports Reference profile for 2008 Olympics
Sports Reference December 25, 2017

Personal bests

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

- 4:10.28 min (2010) *

Mile run The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to ...

4:39.12 min (2007), indoor - 4:31.91 min (2006) * 3000 metres - 8:44.29 min (2010), indoor - 8:48.56 min (2008) * 5000 metres - 15:11.23 min (2008), indoor - 15:25.15 (2011) * 10000 metres - 32:40.40 min (2011)

References

External links

* *Official website for Megan Metcalf

1982 births Living people Canadian female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Edmonton Competitors at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub