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University of Illinois Athletics

2015 Women's Cross Country Roster

Twinkle Mehta

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Mahomet, Ill.
  • High School Mahomet Seymour

Biography

2016

Track & Field

Outdoor

  • Ran the 400m at four meets

  • Placed fourth in the 400m at the Illini Open

  • Timed a season-best mark of 58.22 at the Illinois Twilight.

Indoor

  • Competed in the 400m at two meets

  • Placed second in the 3,000m at the Border Battle   

High School

  • Lettered in track all four years
  • Lettered in cross-country sophomore through senior year
  • Named Mahomet Seymour’s female athlete of the year
  • All-State in track all four years
  • Won Cornbelt Conference 200m title
  • Finished 6th at state her senior season in the 800m
  • Member of 4x400m team that placed sixth at state in 2012.

Personal

  • Daughter of Deepak and Neha Mehta
  • Born February 27, 1997
  • Has two siblings, Anish and Anus
  • Illinois State Scholar
  • Credits her athletic career to “Bonnie Moxley because she’s a mom, a coach, and teacher all in one
  • She has perfectly high expectations and she knows how to coach you to live up to them”
  • Majoring in applied mathematics.

Mehta's Personal Bests

Outdoor

400m: 58.22 - Illinois Twilight (4/23/16)

Indoor

400m: 100.80 - Border Battle (1/9/16)

Updated March 2016