Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The former West Deptford High School high jumper continues to make a big impression at the collegiate level as she finishes second in the Southern Conference Championships.
Former West Deptford track and field star Megan Kirschling is finishing up her first indoor season with a flourish, as she was named to the All-Freshmen team at the Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships last weekend. Kirschling, who has impressed in her freshman year with Elon University, finished second in the high jump, finishing at 5 feet, 7 inches. Samford senior Chenelle Terry was the only jumper to eclipse Kirschling's mark, winning the competition with a jump of 5 feet, 8.75 inches. Kirchsling's effort earned her team eight points. Elon went on to finish second to Samford at the end of the competition. Despite falling just short of taking first place at the Southern Conference championships, Kirschling still …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
The West Deptford grad notches another record and earns conference honors in the process.
West Deptford grad Megan Kirschling is proving herself a force early in the winter track season at Elon University, racking up another school record and conference honors this week. Kirschling, who broke Elon’s high jump record in her first meet earlier this winter, leaped 5-10 at the Gene Anderson Invitational in Chapel Hill, NC, this weekend, breaking her own school record and earning Southern Conference’s Women’s Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors in the process, the conference announced Wednesday. It was the best mark of the season for Kirschling, and the best mark of any jumper in the conference for 2012-13, and was her second title of the season. Kirschling has jumped 5-8 twice this season, setting the record at the …
Sunday, February 12, 2012
The West Deptford senior will continue her career in Division I next year.
Megan Kirschling spent last spring racking up the accolades. A school record in the high jump. A meet record in the high jump at the Woodbury relays. Gloucester County high jump champion. Group 2 high jump champion. Second-best in the state in the high jump at the Meet of Champions. All-American. Not surprisingly, she had plenty of interest from colleges up and down the East Coast, but Kirschling’s trip to nationals in North Carolina just after the Meet of Champions may have been the clincher on her final call. The West Deptford senior made it official this week, signing with North Carolina’s Elon University on a track scholarship. “Originally, I wanted to stay close to home—I didn’t plan on going more than two hours,” she said. “(Elon) …
jason
7:45 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
GREAT JOB MEGAN!!! more ›