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Erin Merke

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Eagleville, Pa.
High School:
Germantown Academy

HONORS AND AWARDS
2021-22 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2022 All-BIG EAST Team
2021-22 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Freestyle Relay Silver Medalist
2020-21 All-BIG EAST Team
2020-21 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Free Relay Bronze Medalist
2019-20 All-BIG EAST Team
2019-20 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Free Relay Gold Medalist
2019-20 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Free Relay Gold Medalist
2019-20 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2021-22: Took part in three individual events the BIG EAST Championships, advancing the finals in all three…Set a season-best time in the B-Finals of the 50 free, 23.81, finishing 16^th overall…Set a season-best time in the 51.95 in the 200 free C-Final, taking the top spot in the heat…Set a season-best time of 58.66 in the prelims of the 100 back, earning a spot in the C-Final where she finished 22^nd overall…Earned a silver medal and All-BIG EAST honors as part of the 200 free relay, finishing the third leg in 23.38.

2020-21: Took part in three individual events at the 2021 BIG EAST Championships...Earned a spot in the B-Final of the 50 free, finishing 11th overall with a season-best time of 24.05...Set a season-best time of 52.66 in the prelims of the 100 free to earn a spot in the B-Final, placing 13th in the finals...Earned a spot in the B-final of the 100 back where she scored in 16th place with a season time of 58.11...Won a bronze medal as part of the 400 free relay that finished in 3:25.73...Also took part in the 200 free relay that finished fourth with a time of 1:35.02.

2019-20: Took part in three individual events and a pair of relays at the 2020 BIG EAST Championships, winning conference titles and earning All-BIG EAST for both relay performances...Earned a spot in the Championship final of the 50 free with a season-best time of 23.47, then finished sixth in the championships final...Finished runner-up in the 100 free B-Final with a personal-best time of 51.57...Earned a spot in the B-Final of the 100 back with a personal-best time of 57.57...Set a leg of 23.22 in the second leg of the 200 free relay to help the Musketeers claim the BIG EAST Championship in the event with a time of 1:31.95...Helped set a school record time of 3:21.62 and tie for the conference title in the 400 free with a 50.95 split.

PRIOR TO XAVIER: Attended Germantown Academy and competed with the Phoenixville Branch YMCA, excelling in freestyle sprints...A four-time finalist at the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming Championships, coming away as the 50 free individual champion in 2018...Also collected top-10 finishes in the event in the 100 free, 100 fly and 100 back during her high school career...Earned all-conference each year of high school, and earned All-America honors in 400 free relay and the 200 medley relay during her high school career.

PERSONAL: Plans to major in Actuarial Science at Xavier...Daughter of Tracey Arnold-Merke and Sess Merke... Her mother was a member of the swim team at Rider University...Has an older brother, Darius.