Indoor	Outdoor
Shot Put - 54' 1.75" (2007)	Shot Put - 53' 10 1/4" (2006)
Weight Throw - 47' 5.75" (2007)	Discus - 142' (2006)
	Hammer - 146' 7" (2006)

2007 Outdoor (Sophomore): Redshirted.

2006-07 Indoor (Sophomore): Placed second in the shot put at the Horizon League Championships (53-11 3/4) ... won the shot put at the Baldwin-Wallace Mid-January Meet with a personal-best mark of 54-1 3/4 ... earned eight top-nine finishes in the shot put ... also placed fifth in the weight throw with a personal-best mark of 47-5 3/4 at Baldwin-Wallace.

2006 Outdoor (Freshman): Named Field Newcomer of the Year at the Horizon League Championship after winning the shot put with a school-record mark of 53-10 1/4...also finished sixth in the hammer (145-6) and seventh in the discus (126-3) at the championship meet...finished 13th in the shot put at the Finish Line USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a mark of 53-11 1/4...the meet featured the top throwers aged 14-19 in the country...placed 22nd in the shot at the NCAA Mideast Regional (50-8 1/4)...posted personal-best marks of 146-7 in the hammer at the Campbell/Wright Open and 142-0 in the discus at the Northeast Ohio Invitational...earned four top-five finishes in the shot put.

2005-06 Indoor (Freshman): Placed third in the shot put at the Horizon League Championship (52-4)...posted a personal-best mark of 52-4 3/4 in the shot at the Central Collegiate Championship to finished third....recorded a personal-best mark of 45-1 3/4 in the weight throw at Robert Morris...earned seven top-10 finishes in the shot put.

High School: Finished second in the shot put at the 2005 Division III Ohio State Track and Field Championships as a senior with a mark of 58-3 1/4…added an eighth-place distance of 160-0 in the discus at State…placed fifth in the state in the shot (56-4 3/4) and seventh in the discus (159-0) as a junior…set the Tri-County Meet record in the shot with a personal-best mark of 60-3 as a senior…that mark ranked 23rd nationally in 2005 according to Dyestat.com…was the Tri-County League champion in the shot put three straight years...was also a standout in football, earning First-Team All-Ohio honors and being named the Division 6 Player of the Year as a senior...also earned All-Quad County, All-Northeast Ohio and All-Columbia County honors...broke 19 school football records and was the first player in TCL history to earn first-team all-conference honors all four years...was named WYTV Channel 33's Male Student-Athlete of the Year.

Personal: Born 4/30/87...son of Larry and Sandy Merrill...has two brothers (Eric and Patrick) and one sister (Emma)...major is criminal justice.