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2025 Women's Track and Field Roster

Meri Ellen Johnson

  • Position distance
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Sophomore
  • Major Business
  • Highschool Laurence Manning Academy
  • Hometown Lynchburg, SC
  • Instagram meri_ellen_johnson

Biography

FMU:  First-year runner at FMU....Conference Carolinas Fall Academic All-Conference Team 2024....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

Historical Player Information

  • 2024Freshman

    distance
    5'3"
  • 2025Sophomore

    distance
    5'3"