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2017-18 Track & Field Roster

Whitney Mergens

  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Milford
  • Hometown Milford, Mich.

Biography

2018 Outdoor:
• Placed 10th in SP (8.66m) and 13th in LJ (4.82m) at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold meet (Mar. 23-24) 


2017 Indoor:

? Placed 5th in High Jump(1.63m) at the Horizon League Indoor Championship (Feb 25-26)


2016 Outdoor:
? Placed runner-up at the Horizon League Championships in the long jump setting a PR at 5 ft., 7.25 in.
? Placed eighth at the Horizon League Championships in the triple jump at 36 ft., 3 in.

2016 Indoor:
? Placed second in high jump at the Hillsdale Tune-Up with a mark of 5 ft., 3.75 in.
? Finished third in Long Jump at the Tiffin Dragon Invite with 5.35m
? Posted long jump PR and team-best, 17 ft., 11.5 in, at the 2016 Horizon League Indoor Championships
? Set triple jump PR with mark of 36 ft., 11.75 in. at the HL Indoor Championships to place eighth
? Also set high jump PR at 5 ft., 6 in. at the Mastodon Opener

High School:
? Four-year letterwinner in Track and Field
? Four-year letterwinner in Volleyball
? 2015 All-State and All-Conference Track and Field
? 2015 High Jump state and regional champion

Academic Achievements
? 2015 class Student Athlete Award winner
? Four-year honor roll student

Top Athletic Performance
? 2015 High Jump State Champion

Personal
Full Name: Whitney Lynn Mergens
Birthdate: Oct. 7, 1996
Parents: Daniel and Kathryn Mergens
Siblings: Wesley and Jacob

Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland:
1. Campus
2. Coaches
3. Location
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    High Jump
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Jumps
  • 2017-18Junior

    Jumps/Pentathlon/Heptathlon