Personal Bests:Â
4K (XC): 15:39.45
5K (XC): 20:07.80
600 (Indoor): 1:35.88
800 (Indoor): 2:14.30
800 (Outdoor): 2:21.24 (aa)
Kaitlyn Mercer's TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
Academic Honors:
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2021 Cross Country:
Made her season debut at the Steve T. Reeder Memorial and clocked in with a time of 21:34.0 ... wrapped up her cross country season with a time of 22:06.7 in the Utah Open 5k race.
2021 Outdoor Track:
Saw action in two meets with three top-20 finishes … member of secondary 4x400m squad that took fourth at the Utah Spring Classic while taking 17th in her outdoor season debut in the 800m … placed 12th in the 800m at the Weber State Twilight Invitational.
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2020-21 Indoor Track:
Did not compete.
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2020 Cross Country:
Did not compete.
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2020 Outdoor Track:Â
Season was
cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2019-20 Indoor Track:Â
Competed in four meets during her freshman campaign ... opened the season placing eighth in both the 600m and 4x400 at the Bronco Invite ... ran a PR (2:14.30) in the 800m at the
MPSF Championships ... finished first in the 800m at Weber State.Â
2019 Cross Country:Â
Saw action in four meets ... captured her best finish at the Color Country Invite placing 24th, while recording a new 4K PR (15:39.45) ... finished in 25th and set a new 5K PR (20:07.80) at the Utah Open ... placed 31st at the CSI Invite.Â
High School:
Was the 2017 Centennial League cross country champion in the 5K, finishing in a time of 19:04.0 … would go onto earn fourth-place in the 5A Region 2 Championships (19:19.6) and then a top-10 finish in the 5A state championships (18:40.1) … this past season as a senior she registered a fourth-place finish in the NXR Southwest Regional Championships with a season-best time in the 5K of 18:36.1 … on the track & field side, she was a Centennial League champion as a junior in the 1600-meters after finishing the event in a personal-best time of 5:06.64 … as a sophomore she took third-place in the state meet in the 800-meters with a personal-best time of 2:12.17 and helped lead her team to a state championship in the 4x400 relay.
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Personal:
Parents are Mark and Brenda Mercer ... has one brother,
Jaxson ... major is nursing.