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2017 Men's Track & Field Roster

JP Merkler

JP Merkler

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 /
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Spring Lake, NJ
  • High School:
    Christian Brothers Academy

Summary

Biography

2017 Outdoors: Placed ninth in the 400 meters (50.37) at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships on April 14…Finished sixth in the 400 (50.09) at the MAAC Outdoor Championships on May 7 after posting the third-best time (49.28) in the heats…Picked up a bronze medal as a member of the Jaspers’ 4x400 meter relay squad at the MAAC Outdoor Championships.

2016-17 Indoors: Grabbed 10th place in the 500 meters (1:10.71) at the Crowell Open on Dec. 3…Captured fifth place in the 500 (1:24.44) at the Seahawk Shootout on Dec. 9…Finished 10th in the 500 (1:08.72) at the Tiger Invitational on Jan. 14…Posted a season-best time of 1:07.28 to place ninth in the 500 at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships on Feb. 2…Ran in the 4x400 meter relay at the Millrose Games on Feb. 11…Took 10th in the 400 meters with a season-best 50.36-second clocking at the MAAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 18.

Before Manhattan: Won a pair of state championships (one indoors, one outdoors) as a senior at Christian Brothers Academy in New Jersey…Captured indoor and outdoor Shore Conference titles during both his junior and senior seasons…Also a state and conference champion in swimming.

Personal: Son of Elizabeth…Has one sister, Grace…Majoring in biology with plans for a career in medicine…Born on August 1, 1998.

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