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  Megan Sandler
Megan Sandler

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Kingwood

High School:
Kingwood HS

Height:
5-4

Event:
middle distance

Experience:
3L


Sandler in Major Meets:
2005 WAC 3rd-800
2005 WAC Indoor 5th-800
2004 WAC 8th-1500
2004 WAC 33rd-XC
2003 WAC 3rd-1500
2003 WAC Indoor 2nd-Mile
2003 WAC Indoor 6th-800
2003 WAC 28th-XC

Personal Bests:
2:08.78 (2005) 800
4:30.92 (2005) 1500

JUNIOR (2004-05)
Outdoor: Scored for the Owls in another runner-up team finish... Ran 2:09.38 to finish third in the 800 and ran on the third-place 4x400 relay team... Set personal record of 2:08.78 at Mt. SAC Relays... Also ran 4:30.92 for 1500 at LSU and was a regular on the 4x400, 4x800 and sprint medley relay teams.
Indoor: WAC scorer with 2:11.23 for fifth place in 800... Also ran on Rice's distance medley relay team that placed third at WAC meet to help team to runner-up team performance.
Cross Country: Again among Rice's top five runners at WAC and NCAA regional... She placed 33rd at WAC (team was second) and 72nd at regional (team was ninth)... Top individual finish was 17th at Lamar, where she was Owls' top runner.

SOPHOMORE (2003-04) Outdoor: Best outdoor 800 meter time was 2:13.44 at the Mt. SAC Relays... Placed eighth in the 1,500 at the WAC championships... Was sixth in the 1,500 at the RunSport meet with a season-best time of 4:38.18.
Indoor: Ran a 2:13.54 for 800 at the Hilton Memorial at Houston.
Cross Country: The Owls' top finisher in the Lamar Invitational... Finished in Rice's top five at both the WAC championships and the NCAA South Central Region meet... Team placed third at WAC and sixth at regional. Top individual finish was fifth at Rice... Placed 28th at WAC and 55th at regional.

FRESHMAN (2002-03)
Outdoor: Placed second at the Rice Bayou Classic in the 800... Best outdoor time was 2:10.86 at Mt. SAC Relays... Helped the Owls to the WAC title by finishing third in the 1,500.
Indoor: Scored for the Owls at the WAC meet, finishing second in the mile with season-best time of 4:56.07 and posting a sixth-place finish in the 800... Season-best 800 time was 2:11.18 at Iowa State.

PREP/PERSONAL
2002 graduate of Kingwood High School in Kingwood... Four-time letterwinner for coach John Barr and the Mustangs... Member of the 2001 state champion cross country team... State qualifier in the 4x400 relay... Regional qualifier in the 800 and 1,600... Named to the all-state team in 2001... Earned the coaches award in 2000 and 2001... Team captain 2000 and 2001... Also won two letters in tennis... Team MVP and earned the coaches award.
Personal - Full Name: Megan Elizabeth Sandler... Born: Jan. 14, 1984, at Anaheim, Calif. ... Parents: Matthew and Jessica Sandler, Houston (one brother)... Father played tennis for Michigan State; great-grandfather ran track for Michigan State... Rice Majors: history and visual arts... College: Will Rice.

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