Indoor Track & Field –
2012 – Competed
in 200 and 600 meters, and pentathlon … tied career best with 2,966 points in
pentathlon at EIU Early Bird … placed 10th at MVC Indoors in pentathlon with
2,952 points … established career bests of 27.89 in 200 meters at Illinois
State dual meet, 1:40.37 in 600 meters at Edmonds Cup, 16’-7” (5.05 meters) in
long jump and 2:25.56 in 800 meters during MVC Indoors pentathlon … had season
bests of 10.15 in 60 meter hurdles during EIU Early Bird pentathlon, 4’-7.75:
(1.42 meters) in high jump during MVC
Indoors pentathlon, and 29’-6.5” (9.00 meters) in shot put at ISU Open.
2011 –Competed
in 400, 600, and 800 meters, and Pentathlon … ran personal bests of 1:01.83 in
400 meters at Wisconsin Women’s Invitational, 1:40.88 in 600 meters at Edmonds
Cup, 2:25.89 in 800 meters at Terre Haute Double Dual, and 9.62 in 55 meter
hurdles at Tiger Invitational … scored 2,642 points in Pentathlon at Grand
Valley Big Meet with a second place finish in the 800 meters (2:26.79) … placed
15th in Pentathlon at MVC Indoor Championships establishing a personal best
10.14 in 60 meter hurdles.
2010 – Competed
in 55, 200, 400, and 600 meters … had season bests of 7.90 in 55 meters, 28.20
in 200 meters, 1:02.51 in 400 meters, and 1:43.04 in 600 meters.
2009 – Red
Shirt.
Outdoor Track & Field –
2012 – Competed
in 200 meters, 100 meter hurdles, high jump, long jump, javelin and heptathlon
… recorded the seventh most heptathlon
points in school history in scoring 4,209 to finish seventh at MVC Outdoors …
established several career bests in heptathlon at MVC Outdoors including 100
hurdles (16.65), 800 meters (2:21.97), high jump (4’-9”), and javelin (95’-7”)
… also set career best in long jump at 17’-04.25” during EIU Tuesday Tweener …
had season best time of 27.00 in 200 meters at Billy Hayes Invitational …
placed 16th in long jump at MVC Outdoors (16’-2.5”) … named to MVC Track &
Field Scholar Athlete Team.
2011 –
Competed in the heptathlon, 100 and 200 meters during season … scored personal
best 3,602 points in the heptathlon at the Big Blue Classic … placed 10th in
the heptathlon at the MVC Outdoor Championships with 2,923 points … ran
personal best 13.06 in 100 meters and 26.58 in the 200 meters at Tom Botts
Invitational.
2010 –
Competed in 400 meters … ran season best 1:03.24 at EIU Quadrangular.
2009 – Red
Shirt.
Before ISU –
Lettered all four years in
track & field, basketball, and soccer at Marquette High School … named
track & Field MVP as sophomore, junior, and senior … named Most Improved as
freshman … named Player of Year in each sport as a senior … was First Team
All-Conference all four years … conference champion in 2004.
Personal –
Patricia Eileen Merrion
was born on May 16, 1990, in Michigan City, Ind., the daughter of Fran and Ed
Merrion … majoring in Psychology at Indiana State with minor in Sociology …
interests include reading, hiking, and swimming … sister, T.J., competed in
track & field at Ithica College, N.Y. from 2002-2006.
