Cami Merickel Season 2021

Career Performance List

Honors
Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2021, 2022, 2023; Spring 2022, 2023, 2024)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023, 2024)

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.