| Career Highlights |
| • One-Time USTFCCCA All-Region |
| • One-Time PSAC Champion |
| • One-Time All-PSAC Honoree (T&F) |
| • One-Time All-PSAC Honoree (XC) |
| • Two-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier |
Personal: Daughter of Alicia Merichko ... majoring in Physical Activity and Fitness Management.
2024 (Outdoor): Competed at six meets in the 800-meters and 1,500-meters … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both events, running the 800-meters in a season-best time of 2:23.58 to place ninth and the 1,500-meters in 4:53.73 to take 11th … Top 1,500-meter time of outdoor campaign was 4:51.51 in season-opener at the 49er Classic, resulting in a 37th-place finish in a field of 110 runners … Produced an eighth-place showing in the 800-meters at the Bison Classic in 2:24.84 … A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
2024 (Indoor): Competed at five meets, primarily in the mile and 800-meters … A USTFCCCA All-Region honoree as a member of The Rock’s distance medley relay team … Ran the 800-meter leg for SRU’s DMR team which won a conference title at the PSAC Championships with a time of 12:19.93 … Recorded season-best times in the 800-meters (2:22.25 / 17th) and the mile (5:13.60 / 10th) at the SPIRE Indoor Games … Helped SRU to a DMR victory at the YSU Mid-Major Invite (12:51.11) … Opened year by finishing ninth in the mile (5:21.69) at the Jud Logan Memorial followed by posting a 10th-place finish in the 800-meters (2:23.79) as well as an 11th-place performance in the mile (5:17.46) at the Ashland Invitational.
2023 (XC): Competed in five of seven races … Served as The Rock’s No. 5 finisher on four occasions … Began season at the Panther Opener, running the 5,000-meter course in 19:06.6 to finish in 31st place … Helped SRU to a team victory at the Bill Lennox Invitational (6k) by posting a season-best overall finish of 18th place in a field of 150 runners with a time of 23:37 … Clocked a season-best 6,000-meter race time of 22:38.7 to take 41st overall and push SRU to a fifth-place showing at the Atlantic Region Championships … Ended year as The Rock’s fifth finisher at the National Championships (24:14.1).
2023 (Outdoor): Competed at two meets … Opened year by helping The Rock’s 4x800-meter relay team to a fifth-place finish at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge in 10:30.54 … Completed the mile in 5:30.84 to finish 21st at the Shamrock Invitational.
2022 (XC): Competed at six meets … Was one of The Rock’s top five finishers in five races … Placed 28th, and was SRU’s No. 2 finisher, in a field of 200 runners with a season-best time of 22:31 in the “Crimson” race at the LHU Invitational … Finished 12th at the Bill Lennox Invitational following a time of 23:47 … Finished season strong by shaving over two minutes off PSAC Championship race time (25:49.2 / 94th) by navigating the course at the NCAA Atlantic Region Championships in 23:47.6 to come in 49th place out of 157 runners … Also posted top-10 finishes at the Doug Watts Open (fifth / 23:54) and the Carnegie Mellon Invitational (ninth / 19:13 / 5k) ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
2022 (Indoor): Ran the mile at four meets … Clocked a season-best time of 5:28.68 to finish 17th at the YSU Mid-Major Invite … Also broke the 5:30.0 mark at the Doug Raymond Qualifier (5:29.54 / 21st) and the YSU Icebreaker (5:29.98 / eighth).
2021 (XC): Was one of The Rock’s top five finishers at all six meets … Earned All-PSAC honors by placing 25th at the conference championships in 24:07.0 … Posted top time of the season of 22:58.9 at the NCAA Atlantic Region Championships to place 42nd overall … Second-best time of year came at the LHU Open, placing 43rd at 23:09.4 … Posted top-15 showings at both the Bill Lennox Invitational (fifth / 23:29.3) and the Doug Watts Open (12th / 24:12.4) … Opened season by completing the Marty Uher Invitational (4.73k) in 19:35.1 to place fifth overall.
2021 (Outdoor): Competed at four meets, taking part in the 800-meters and 1,500-meters throughout the year … Opened season by placing seventh with a season-best time of 5:19.39 in the 1,500-meters at the LHU Earlybird Invite … Recorded personal-best 800-meter time of the season of 2:38.81 at the Dave Labor Invitational … Concluded year by finishing fourth in the 1,500-meters with a time of 5:29.48 at the SRU Invitational ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.
2020-21 (XC): Competed for The Rock at the PSAC Championships, placing 60th on the 5,000-meter course in 6:38.9.
Before The Rock: Attended Shippensburg University for one year ... ran for the Raiders in 2019-20, competing in cross country and indoor track and field ... placed fifth at PSAC Indoor Championships as a member of the 4x800m relay team ... clocked a season-best time of 2:27.67 in the 800m.
High School: Lettered four times in track and field and three times in cross country at Greensburg Salem High School ... won WPIAL title as a member of 4x800m relay in 2019 ... placed sixth at 2019 PIAA state meet indoors in 4x800m ... qualified for 2018 state XC championship meet ... three-time district qualifier in the 800m.
