2016-17 Track & Field Roster
Megan Silva
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Carlisle, Pa.
- High School:
- Trinity HS
2016-17 (Freshman)
Indoor Season
- At the Big 12 Championship, she tied for 16th in the pole vault with a mark of 3.48 meters
- Tied for fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.50 meters at the Marshall Invitational
- Placed 10th in the pole vault, marking a season best 3.51 meters at the Penn State Tune-Up
High School
- Ran at Trinity High for coach Michael Conard
- Competed at the New Balance National (NBN) Indoor Championship in 2015 and 2016 and at the NBN Outdoor Championship in 2016
- Two-year district AA champion (2015, 2016)
- Earned a bronze medal at the 2016 outdoor state championships for pole vaulting 11’6 feet
- Placed sixth at the 2014 outdoor state championships and took fifth at the 2015 championships
- Took third in pole vault at the 2016 Indoor State Championships and placed eighth in 2015
- Personal-best mark is 11-foot-9 feet in the pole vault
- Named All-Sentinel First Team
Personal
- Daughter of Kevin and Mary Silva
- Has two brothers and one sister
- Her mother played volleyball and her father played baseball at Gettysburg College
- Her sister, Katie, played tennis at Fordham and brother Matt ran track and field at Duquesne
- Birthday is October 13
- Majoring in occupational therapy
T&F: DMR Team Big 12 Championship Post-Race Interview
Saturday, March 01
Petal Palmer - 2024 Wilma Rudolph Award Recipient
Monday, June 10
A Conversation with Wren Baker
Monday, December 05
Life as a Mountaineer - Haley Jackson
Monday, May 16
