Will Merchant

Will Merchant

  • Award
    Field Performer
  • Week Of
    4/2/2018
  • Sport
    Men's Track and Field
  • School
    St. Lawrence University
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Plainfield, N.H.
  • High School
    Lebanon
St. Lawrence University junior William Merchant posted an All-Atlantic Regional Track and Field Conference Championship qualifying mark in the javelin with a throw 53.77 meters. Merchant's throw was 5.75 meters clear of his nearest competitor and he is currently 5.58 meters ahead of his nearest competitor on the Liberty League performance list. Merchant added a fourth-place finish in the discus with a throw of 35.33 meters and was fifth in the shot put with a toss of 11.10 meters. Merchant contributed 16 points to St. Lawrence's team total of 346 points, which gave the team an easy victory in the five-team Saints' Ice Breaker Open.