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Honors: 2025 Second Team All-Conference (400 Free Relay)

2024-2025 (Sophomore): Finished third on the team and 35th overall in Conference Carolinas this season with 622.55 points...Competed in seven total meets for the Valkyries this season...At the Conference Carolinas Championships, helped the 400 free relay team to a runner-up finish...Also, helped the 800 free relay team to a fifth place finish at the Championships this season...Individually, Merzthal finished ninth in the 100 free finals, 11th in the 100 breast finals and 12th in 50 free finals....At the Centre Midseason Invitational, finished 14th in the 100 free finals. 

2023-2024 (Freshman): Began the season with a pair of second-place finishes in the 50-yard breast (27.83) and the 50-yard fly (24.36) and helped the 200 free relay team A to a second-place finish… In the second meet of the season against Barton, Merzthal had a first-place finish in the 100-yard breast (1:02.26)PB, a second-place finish in the 100-yard free (48.56), and a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard fly (58.45)... At the second meet against King, Merzthal had a first-place finish in the 100-yard free (48.59), a pair of second-place finishes in the 50-yard breast (28.29) and the 50-yard fly (25.56), and helped the 200 free relay team A to a second-place finish… On day one of the mid-season Invitational, Merzthal helped the 200 free relay team A to a fifth-place finish… On day two of the mid-season Invitational, Merzthal helped the 800 free relay team A to a fourth-place finish and helped the 200 medley relay team A to a ninth-place finish… On the final day of the mid-season Invitational, Merzthal had a pair of sixth-place finishes in the 50-yard free (21.89)PB and the 100-yard free (47.94)PB, had a ninth-place finish in the 100-yard breast (1:00.92)PB, and helped the 400 free relay team A to a fifth-place finish… On day one of the first tri-meet of the season against Lenoir-Rhyne & Wheeling University, Merzthal had a pair of first-place finishes in the 50-yard breast (27.93) and the 100-yard breast (1:01.78), a second-place finish in the 50-yard free (22.33), and helped the 200 free relay team A to a third-place finish... On day two of the first tri-meet of the season against Lenoir-Rhyne & Wheeling University, Merzthal had a pair of first-place finishes in the 100-yard breast (1:02.05) and the 100-yard free (48.87), had a second-place finish in the 50-yard free (22.57), and helped the 400 free relay team A to a second-place finish… In the final home meet of the season, Merzthal had three first-place finishes in the 50-yard back (26.10), the 50-yard fly (24.10)PB, and the 100 IM (54.32)PB, and helped the 200 free relay team A to a second-place finish... On day one of the Conference Carolinas Championships, Merzthal helped the 800 free relay team to a sixth-place finish and helped the 200 medley relay team A to a seventh-place finish… On day two of the Conference Carolinas Championships, Merzthal helped the 200 free relay team A to a sixth-place finish… On day four of the Conference Carolinas Championships, Merzthal had a sixth-place finish in the 100-yard breast (59.05)PB, had an eighth-place finish in the 100-yard free (46.95)PB, and helped the 400 free relay team A to an eighth-place finish…

Prep: Was a tri-sport athlete that competed in swimming, volleyball and table tennis...helped his high school to championships in 2012,2013, 2014 and 2017...Named Best swimmer in ADECORE and school national championship in 2013 and 2019...won the national school championship in the 100 free in 2019...Also swam for La Union Stadium Association (AELU) and Aquatica Sport Center...On the club circuit was champion regional national championship in 2017 and 2018...named best swimmer of the entire school from 2016-2019...Outside of athletics, finished top 10 in his class and was part of the Recoleta escort, which symbolized the best of the entire school.