Lakeville South senior Megan Kilbride concluded her high school girls' track career by helping the Cougars win the Class 2A state title this past weekend at Hamline University.
Kilbride was a member of the Cougars' fourth-place 4x800-meter relay team. Here is a closer look at Kilbride:
The best movie I've seen in the last year? "Rudy." After I was accepted at Notre Dame, everyone told me I had to watch it.
Three words or phrases my friends or teammates might use to describe me? Energetic; supportive; hard worker.
How do you balance school and sports throughout your high school career? I had to manage my time really well and plan ahead when I knew I was going to miss school for meets.
How did you get started in the sports you participated in during high school? I started running to train for soccer, but then I fell in love with the cross-country and track teams and I found that I enjoyed running.
At my first varsity practice, I felt ... excited! I was a seventh-grader and I had worked hard over the summer to make the varsity team. I thought it was cool to train with high schoolers.
What were your goals prior to the start of the school year? Our cross-country team wanted to win state. We ended up finishing second, but I'm confident the team will be back stronger than ever next year. In track, our team goals were to win true team sections and true team state.
