blank   Melanie Hughes Class: Senior Hometown: St. Bruno, Québec, Canada High School: College Saint Lambert Last College: Université de Sherbrooke Height: 5-7 Position: Distance Birthdate: 04/17/1990 Experience: 3L

Personal Bests
Indoor: 1,000m: 2:58.58, Mile: 4:57.29
Outdoor: 800m: 2:15.59, 1,500m: 4:29.55

2011-12: (Indoor) Did not compete . . . (Outdoor) Ran the 1,500 meters at six different meets . . . improved her time in all six races, concluding with a seventh-place effort at the Conference USA Championship . . . finished third in the event at the John Jacobs Invitational (4:47.42).

2010-11: (Indoor) In her first season at TU, Hughes was named to the All-Conference Second Team after she anchored the Distance Medley Relay team to a second-place finish at the Conference USA Championship with a time of 11:55.98 . . . finished fourth in the mile at the C-USA Championship with a personal-best mark of 4:57.29 . . . the mark was also the fourth-fastest time in school history . . . ran in four meets . . . (Outdoor) Competed in five meets . . . finished eighth in the 1,500m at the Conference USA Championship with a personal best of 4:29.55 . . . ran a personal best of 2:15.59 in the 800m at the Tulsa Duels.

Prior to Tulsa: Attended Universite de Sherbrooke for three semesters . . . ran a personal-best of 4:34 in the 1,500 meters and finished 11th at the Canadian Jr. Cross Country Championships in 2009.

Personal: Majoring in exercise and sports science with a teacher's certificate . . . daughter of Paul and Silvia Hughes . . . has one older sister, Alicia.