2011-12 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
2012 INDOOR SEASON: Competed in six events ... Finished 12th overall in the pentathlon at the 2012 America East Indoor Championships with a total of 2898 points ... Had season-best performances in four events at the meet: 800-meter run (2:36.56), 60-meter hurdles (9.90), long jump (4.58 meters), and shot put (9.65) ... Placed fourth in the high jump against Middlebury at home with her best mark of the season (1.50) ... Posted season-best times in the 200-meter (28.75) and 55-meter hurdles (9.13) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games ... Was sixth in the penathlon in her collegiate debut against Hartford with 2698 points.
BEFORE VERMONT: Came to UVM from Burlington High School in Burlington, Mass. ... Two-year member of the indoor track & field team and a three-year member of the outdoor team ... Team captain of both squads as a junior and senior ... League All-Star in indoor track in 2010 & 2011 ... League All-Star in outdoor track from 2009-2011 ... Also a four-year letterwinner in soccer ... Team captain and league All-Star as a senior in 2010 ... Also played one season of basketball in 2008 ... Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Andrew and Karin Merlino ... Father was a member of the cross country and track & field teams at UMass Amherst ... Has an older sister Elizabeth who attends UMass Amherst, and a younger brother Nick ... Born in Winchester, Mass. ... Majoring in exercise movement and science.
