Kathleen Merchant

Kathleen Merchant

  • Award
    Field Performer
  • Week Of
    5/24/2021
  • Sport
    Women's Track and Field
  • School
    St. Lawrence University
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Plainfield, N.H.
  • High School
    Lebanon
St. Lawrence University junior Kathleen Merchant won the javelin, was second in the shot put and finished eighth in the discus to score 19 points for the Saints' women's outdoor track and field team at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference Championships last week. She posted a mark of 41.24 meters in the javelin, improved her personal record throw in the shot put by 12 centimeters with a throw of 12.92 meters, and tossed the discus 35.51 meters. Merchant enters this week's NCAA Division III Championships as the top seed in the javelin.