Rebeccca Merritt Takes 3rd at AAU National Championships

(Rebecca Merritt competing in the Lafayette Jefferson Regional last year)

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Action from Day 1 of the AAU National Championships wrapped up just a few hours ago, and we have a performance to highlight from one of Indiana's own. Rebecca Merritt traveled down to Satellite High School in Florida this week to compete in the discus throw. She owns PB of 143-1 in the discus which came in early July at the CMB Outdoor Classic. In the shot-put she boasts a PB of 42-8.75. Merritt threw down a fantastic mark of 135-10, which was good for 3rd place! Take a look at the full results from the 17-19 Women Discus Throw! 

Event 195  Women Discus Throw 1.0 kg 17-18 years old
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    National: N 163-11  7/31/2012   Jessica Woodard, Grand Folks, ND         
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals            H#
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Finals                                                                       
  1 Shelby Frank              02 Grand Forks, ND         49.99m     164-00  2
  2 Leia Williams             03 Midway, GA              42.55m     139-07  2
  3 Rebecca Merritt           01 Greentown, IN           41.41m     135-10  2
  4 Alyssa Thomas             03 Beach City, TX          41.39m     135-09  2
  5 Kailey Roskop             03 Trophy Club, TX         40.95m     134-04  2
  6 Megan Hague               03 Niceville, FL           40.86m     134-01  2
  7 Marissa Rung              01 Niceville, FL           37.94m     124-06  2
  8 Sydney Lake               02 Orlando, FL             37.90m     124-04  2
  9 Morgan Wrublik            02 Lemont, IL              35.13m     115-03  1
 10 Charle Alexander          02 Rockledge, FL           34.07m     111-09  2
 11 Patience Sanders          03 Philadelphia, PA        30.76m     100-11  1
 12 Brenna Noon               03 Oregon, IL              29.46m      96-08  1
 13 Yvonne Colson             03 Cincinnati, OH          27.28m      89-06  2
 14 Shelby Dunn               02 Osawatomie, KS          26.13m      85-09  1
 15 Jada Anderson             03 Hampton, VA             25.86m      84-10  1
 16 Melinda Winters           02 Oxford, FL              25.08m      82-03  1
 17 Jonae Harris              02 Hollywood, FL           23.10m      75-09  1
 18 Abigail Heck              03 Cincinnati, OH          22.65m      74-04  1

Merritt is set to compete for Marshall University, which is a D1 Program located in Huntington, West Virginia. She will be a huge addition to the program and should make an immediate impact.

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