2025 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
FMU: Returning 2-year letterwinner....Conference Carolinas Fall Academic All-Conference Team 2024....Ran in all four meets in 2024....Top finish was 10th at the Downback Invitational (9-6-24)....Finished 76th at the 2024 Conference Carolinas Meet with a time of 27:49.5....Competed in all 5 meets in 2023....Season-best 5K time of 24:09.10 at Royals Cross Country Challenge (10-6-23)....Finished 71st at 2023 Conference Carolinas Meet....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2023 (fall), 2024 (spring)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2023 (fall), 2024 (spring).
PERSONAL:
- Born in Sumter, SC
- Graduate of Laurence Manning Academy, where she competed for coaches Charlie Poole and Shawn McCord
- Nickname is Mer
PERSONAL FAVORITES:
- As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: A makeup artist
- How you got your nickname: My sister came up with it
- Favorite Fictional Character: Tow Mater
- Favorite Athlete: Kelly Oubre
- Favorite Sports Team: LSU
- Favorite Movie or TV Show: Criminal Minds
- Favorite Food: Crawfish étouffée
- Favorite Vacation Spot: The mountains
- Favorite Musical Artists: Koe Wetzel or the Charlie Daniel’s Band
- Favorite Thing About FMU: The atmosphere
- Favorite Off-Course Activity: Sleeping
- Goals for Upcoming Season: To make it through
- Why you first chose your sport: I chose to run track just to beat my sister
- Biggest mental challenge in your sport: Staying focused while running
- Interesting Notes: I have always been a sprinter and last year one of my teammates signed me up for cross country; Two weeks after my first season ended, I got an offer to run at FMU
| CAREER BESTS |
| Best 5K Time |
23:18.0 at 2024 Royals Cross Country Challenge (Queens Univ. of Charlotte) |
| Best 6K Time |
28:31.8 at 2023 Conference Carolinas Championship Meet |
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