Cara Melgares

Cara Melgares of Kansas State competes in the 2018 Big 12 Cross Country Championships in Ames, Iowa on October 26, 2018.

Height:
5-5
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Manhattan
Hometown:
Manhattan, Kan.

Personal Bests
4km
14:29.5	JK Gold Invite, 2017
5km
18:15.2	Vic Godfrey Open, 2018
6km
21:15.9	NCAA Midwest Regional, 2017

2020 - Redshirt Junior
Competed in two of the four races for K-State after not competing the year before... Recorded a 58th-place performance at the Big 12 Championship, as the Manhattan, Kansas, native posted a time of 23:22.8... Scored a spot at 52nd overall during the OSU Invite in her first race back.

2019
Did not compete in 2019

2018 - Sophomore
Ran in all six meets during her sophomore campaign, scoring in each meet… Placed second at the Vic Godfrey Classic in 18:15.2 (5k)… Placed fifth at the Rim Rock Collegiate Classic, finishing in 21:56.5… Placed 53^rd at the Big 12 Championship in 22:04.6… Closed out her season with a 66^th place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional in 21:44.5.

2017 - Freshman
Ran in all six meets as a freshman... Started the season with a 12th place finish at the JK Gold Classic...Finished 18th at the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invitational...Ran a 22:34.9 at the Cowboy Jamboree...Placed 61st at the Bradley Classic with a time of 22:15.2...Ran a personal best 21:30.2 at the Big 12 Championship where she placed 37th overall...Finished the season with a 52nd place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional.

High School
Ran for local Manhattan high school...Finished in fourth place in the 1600 meter run at the 2016 KSHSAA 6A State Championships where she ran her personal record 5:05.04... Also finished in seventh place in the 3200 meter run.

Personal
Born on March 4, 1999…Daughter of Pat and Susan Melgares…Has two brothers, Chris and Michael…Majoring in Dietetics.