Women's Track & Field

MeganMoss

  • position Sprints
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Nassau, Bahamas
  • High school St. Augustine's College
  • Major Kinesiology

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7482133/Kentucky/Megan_Moss.html 

Academic Accolades 

  • CoSIDA Academic All-District Team – 2021 
  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2020 
  • SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll – 2021, 2022 

Career Accolades 

  • 2023 Outdoor USTFCCCA First-Team All-America 4×400 relay
  • 2023 Indoor USTFCCCA First-Team All-America – 4×400 relay
  • Ran for the Bahamas in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Athletics Championships in the 4x400m relay 
  • SEC 4x400m Silver Medalist (2021) 
  • SEC 4x400m & DMR Bronze Medalist (2022) 
  • Second team All-SEC in 4x400m (2021, 2022) 
  • First-team All-American in the 4x400m (2020, 2021) 
  • First-team All-American in the DMR (2022) 
  • Second-team All-American in the 400m (2021, 2022) 

2022-23 (Senior)

Outdoor

  • Placed 5th in the 400 meters with a time of 54.35 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that won with a time of 3:36.37 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite
  • Placed 27th with a time of 53.86 in the 400m at the Tom Jones Memorial
  • Placed 4th in the 400m with a time of 52.55 at the Michael Johnson Invitational
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that won with a season best time of 3:28.21 that ranks at No. 5 on the UK all-time performers list
  • Placed 23rd in the 2oom with a time of 24.09 (2.7) at the Michael Johnson Invitational
  • Placed 2nd in the 400 meters with a time of 53.34 at the Jim Green Invitational
  • Placed 7th in the 200m with a time of 23.98 at the Jim Green Invitational
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that placed 4th with a time of 3:30.03 at the SEC Outdoor Championships
  • Placed 32nd with a time of 52.87 in the 400m at the NCAA East Preliminaires
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships with a time of 3:32.88 in the 4×400 relay at the NCAA East Preliminaries
  • Placed 6th with a season best time of 3:27.47 in the 4×400 relay at the NCAA Championships

Indoor

  • Member of 4×400 that won the Commonwealth College Opener with a time of 3:40.05.
  • Placed 2nd in the 500 meters with a time of 1:13.24 at the Commonwealth College Opener.
  • Placed 6th in the 400 meters with a time of 54.85 at the Rod McCravy Memorial.
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that scored and placed 5th at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 3:29.08

2021-22 (Junior) 

Outdoor 

  • Ran personal best over 400m (51.73) at NCAA Championships to earn second-team All-America honors 
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships in the 400m and 4x400m 
  • Placed second in the 400m at the Joe May Invitational 
  • Earned a personal best in the 200m (23.48) at the Kentucky Invitational 

Indoor 

  • Ran in fifth place DMR (11:02.41) at NCAA Championships 
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships in the 4x400m and DMR  
  • Placed 12th in the 400m (53.19), ran in the bronze medal-winning/third fastest 4x400m (3:25.89) in collegiate history and the bronze/second fastest in school history DMR (11:00.18) at SEC Championships  
  • Ran in the then-school record 4x400m relay (3:27.27) at the Tiger Paw Invitational  
  • Placed second in the 500m (1:13.21) and was a part of the winning 4x400m relay team at the Cardinal Classic 
  • Finished second in the 300m (37.87) and was a member of Kentucky’s winning 4x400m relay at the Jim Green Invitational 

2020-21 (Sophomore)
Indoor

  • First-team All-America in the 4x400m relay as UK finished fifth at the NCAA Championships 
  • Second-team All-America in the 400m with a 13th-place finish 
  • Scored points at the SEC Championships in the 400m dash, 52.32 seconds, a time that ranks No. 3 on the all-time UK indoor list 
  • Silver medalist at the SECs in the 4×400 relay, part of a school-record run of 3:28.82; received second-team All-SEC laurels for that effort 

 Outdoor 

  • Part of eighth-ranked 4x400m relay team at NCAA Championships (3:28.68) and third-fastest in UK history, named first team All-American 
  • Placed 22nd in the 400m at NCAA Championships (53.26), earning honorable mention All-America honors 
  • Member of 13th-ranked 4x100m relay team at NCAA Championships (44.11) 
  • Advanced to the NCAA Championships in three events, the 400m dash and the 4×100 and 4×400 relays 
  • Zipped 52.13 seconds in the 400m at the NCAA East Preliminaries, ranking No. 4 on the all-time UK outdoor list 
  • Helped score points at the SEC Championships as part of the 4×400 relay that placed sixth 
  • Won the 400m dash at the Weems Baskin Relays, 52.94 seconds 

2019-20 (Freshman) 

  • 2020 NCAA Indoor All-American (400m, 4x400m) 
  • SEC 4x400m Silver Medalist (3:30.42) 
  • Member of 4x400m relay team with No. 2 time in the NCAA (3:29.74) 

Personal 

  • Birthday: March 22 
  • Parents: Tito and Nekeva Moss 
  • Siblings: Madison and Morgan 
  • Hobbies: Baking and arts and crafts 
  • Major: Human health sciences 
  • Fun fact: Has a bunny named Mocha 
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