Cami Merickel Season 2024

Career Performance List

Honors
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024; Spring 2022, 2023, 2024)
Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award (2025)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023, 2024, 2025)

2024
Was in the Huskers’ scoring lineup at both the Big Ten Championships (88th, 20:50.10) and the NCAA Midwest Regional (21:05.32)...Placed ninth at the Augustana Twilight with a 5k time of 17:34.60…Ran a 18:08.15 5k at the Greeno/Dirksen Invitational to place 13th…Earned a 54th-place finish at the Bill Dellinger Invitational with a personal-best 6k time of 21:21.50.

2023
Closed the season at the NCAA Midwest Regional, running a 22:12.3 to place 79th…Finished 66th at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 22:47.5…Ran a career-best 6K time at the Gans Creek Invitational, finishing 36th with a 22:03.2…Took 33rd at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite and 21st at the Augustana Twilight with 5K times of 18:10.9 and 18:32.6.

2022
Competed in four meets for the Huskers…Placed 118th at the Big Ten Championships with a run of 22:37.5…Had a season-best finish of 31st-place with a season-best time of 17:53.6 at the Joe Piane Invite.

2021 
Finished 121st at the Big Ten Championships in a time of 24:23.2... Recorded a personal-best 6K time of 22:52.0 at the Bradley Pink Classic while finishing 138th... Earned a season-best finish of 32nd at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite in a time of 18:33.1.

Before Nebraska
Attended Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona...three-time state qualifier in cross country...placed 13th in 2017, fifth in 2019 and ninth in 2020 at the cross country state championships...posted a personal-best time of 18:29 in the 5K...four-time state qualifier in track...placed fourth in 1,600m and 3,200m...set personal-best times in the 800m (2:21), 1,600m (5:08) and 3,200m (11:03).

Personal
Born October 10, 2002...parents are Jim and Cathy Merickel.