Meg Darmofal

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Leslie, Mich.
High School:
Mason
Major:
Management

Last Updated: June 3, 2021

At Michigan
• USTFCCCA First-Team All-American (2019 indoor distance medley relay)
• USTFCCCA All-American (2020 indoor distance medley relay)
• Big Ten Champion - Distance Medley Relay (2020)
• Member of the 2018 Big Ten Cross Country Championship Team
• Member of the 2016 Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championship Teams
• Academic All-Big Ten (2016)
• U-M Academic Athletic Achievement Award (2016)

Graduate Student (2020-21)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 4:27.61 in the 1500 meter run for 39th at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 27 & 29)
• Ran 4:25.33 in the 1500 meter run for 10th in the prelims at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 14-16)
• Ran 4:23.43 in the 1500 meter run for 9th at the B1G Billy Hayes Invitational (April 30-May 1)
• Ran 4:21.14 in the 1500 meter run for 5th at the B1G Indiana Invitational #3 (April 16)
• Ran 4:25.43 in the 1500 meter run for 14th at the B1G Indiana Invitational #2 (April 9)
• Ran 2:12.89 in the 800 meter run for 9th at the B1G North Florida Invitational (April 2-3)

Indoor Track & Field
• No remaining eligibility

Cross Country
• Did not compete

Graduate Student (2019-20)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help prevent the spread of the virus, the University of Michigan suspended all athletic activities, including practices, effective March 12.

Indoor Track & Field
• Qualified to compete in the distance medley relay at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 13-14). Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the championships were not contested.
• Won the silver medal by running 4:44.05 in the mile for 2nd at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28-29), and ran the anchor leg of the gold-medal distance medley relay team. Scored 10.5 points for the Wolverines.
• Ran a career-best 4:39.18 in the mile for the win at the Vanderbilt Music City Challenge (Feb. 14-15)
• Ran a career-best 4:39.19 in the mile for 3rd at the Power Five Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)
• Ran 4:46.78 in the mile for the win at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 18)
• Ran a career-best 2:08.24 in the 800 meter run for 2nd at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 11)

Cross Country
• Did not compete

Senior (2018-19)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 4:21.08 in the 1500 meter run for 8th at the Speed River Inferno (June 7)
• Ran 4:20.88 in the 1500 meter run for 13th at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 23-25), just missing a berth to the NCAA Championships by a single spot. She also ran 4:20.97 in the first round.
• Ran 4:22.05 in the 1500 meter run for 8th at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12), scoring a team point for the Wolverines.
• Ran a career-best 2:09.51 in the 800 meter run for 3rd at the Len Paddock Open (May 3)
• Ran 4:21.40 in the 1500 meter run for 6th at the Cardinal Classic (April 19-20) in the invitational section.
• Ran a career-best 9:28.50 in the 3000 meter run for 3rd at the Louisville Invitational (April 12-13)
• Ran a career-best 4:20.49 in the 1500 meter run for 2nd at the Stanford Invitational (March 29-30) in section three, and ran a career-best 2:11.22 over 800 meters to finish 38th.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran the 1,600-meter leg of the sixth-place distance medley relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 8-9) that clocked 11:08.55 to earn First-Team All-America honors. Her split was 4:40.67.
• Ran 4:43.26 in the mile for 5th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 22-23) after running 4:48.73 in the prelims.
• Ran a career-best 2:08.58 in the 800 meter run for 8th at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 16)
• Ran a career-best 4:43.13 in the mile for 3rd at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 8-9)
• Ran 4:51.30 in the mile for 7th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 1-2)
• Ran 2:10.5 in the 800 meter run for 4th at the Simmons-Harvey Big Ten Invitational (Jan. 19)
• Ran a career-best 4:49.66 in the mile for 6th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 12)

Cross Country
• Ran 22:14.1 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 23rd at the Nebraska Greeno-Dirksen Invitational (Sept. 15)
• Ran 18:18.3 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 10th at the Michigan Open (Aug. 31)

Junior (2017-18)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 17:27.74 in the 5000 meter run to finish 17th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 11-13)
• Ran a career-best 16:53.09 in the 5000 meter run to finish 3rd at the National Relay Championships (April 27-28)
• Ran a career-best 4:27.78 in the 1500 meter run to finish 4th at the Battle of the Blues (April 6) , while also running a career-best 9:47.58 in the 3000 meter run to finish 8th
• Ran a career-best 4:31.57 in the 1500 meter run to finish 10th at the Pac 12 vs Big Ten Challenge (March 23-24) , after also running a career-best 2:14.52 in the 800 meters to finish 16th

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 9:54.22 in the 3000 meter run to finish 14th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24)
• Ran 4:54.73 in the Mile to finish 4th at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 16)
• Ran 9:51.71 in the 3000 meter run to finish 4th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 2-3)
• Ran 5:00.88 in the Mile to finish 12th at the Simmons-Harvey Quad (Jan. 20)
• Ran 4:59.85 in the Mile to finish 9th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)

Cross Country
• Did not compete

Sophomore (2016-17)

Outdoor
• Ran 9:53.02 in the 3000 meter run to finish 3rd at the Battle of the Blues (Apr. 1)
• Ran 4:34.78 in the 1500 meter run to finish 7th at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge (Mar. 24-25)

Indoor
• Ran a career-best 9:36.90 in the 3000 meter run to finish 12th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
• Ran 9:42.95 in the 3000 meter run to finish 4th at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 18)
• Ran a career-best 4:51.70 in the Mile to finish 7th at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 10-11)

Cross Country
• Finished 167th in 18:35.40 to help Michigan win the 5,000-meter Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 1)
• Ran 19:32.8 to finish 27th overall and help U-M win the 5,000-meter Sycamore Invitational (Sept. 10)
• Finished 22nd at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Sept. 2) in her U-M debut, running 19:34.9

Freshman (2015-16)

Outdoor
• Redshirted

Indoor
• Redshirted

Cross Country
• Redshirted

Prep

• Graduated from Mason High School (2015) with Honors
• Valedictorian
• National Honor Society
• Academic All-State and Conference (2015)
• MHSAA Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar Athlete Award Finalist (2015)
• Conference Senior Scholar Athlete (2015)

Cross Country
• Competed at the Footlocker Midwest Championships (2013), finishing 13th individually
• Named second team All-Midwest (2015)
• Lansing State Journal Cross Country Runner of the Year (2012-13)
• Three-time All-State (2011-13)

Track and Field
• Team Captain (2015)
• Set school records in the 800m (2:16.19), 1,600m (4:55.15) and 3,200m (10:43.00)
• State Champion at 3,200m (2013)
• Three-time All-State in 800m (2015) and 3,200m (2012-13)

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology
• Undeclared Major
• Born January 29, 1997
• Daughter of Gary and Ellen Darmofal

Career-Best Performances (College)

Event	Time	Date
800m (I)	2:08.24	1-11-20
800m (O)	2:09.51	5-3-19
1500m (O)	4:20.49	3-29-19
Mile (I)	4:39.18	2-15-20
3000m (I)	9:36.90	2-24-17
3000m (O)	9:28.50	4-13-19
5000m (O)	16:53.09	4-27-18