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  Merry Placer
Merry Placer

Player Profile
Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Flagstaff, Ariz.

High School:
Flagstaff

2008:
Scored for the Demon Deacons in all six meets competed ... Placed first on the team and second overall at the 5K North Carolina Challenge with a time of 18:29 ... Also finished second on the team and second overall at the Wake Forest Relays, recording a 17:59 time in the two 2.5-kilometer legs ... Finished fifth on the team and in the top-50 overall at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, the Penn State Invitational and the ACC Championships ... Placed fourth on the team and 48th overall at the NCAA Southeast Regionals with a time of 22:13.4.

2007:
Competed in six of seven races during the season ... Finished seventh overall and third on the team at the Wake Forest Relays with a final time of 17:48 ... Posted an 18:42 at the Boston College Invitational with a fifth-place finish on the team and 40th overall ... Placed fifth on the team and 57th overall at the Bill Dellinger Invitational with a time of 21:34 ... Posted a 22:17 time at the Penn State Invitational and placed 49th overall and fifth on the team ... Finished fifth on the team and 37th overall with a time of 22:37.2 at the ACC Championships ... Completed the season at the NCAA Southeast Regionals with a final time of 21:37.4, placing second on the team and 41st overall.

2006:
Ran in five meets on the year ... Began the season with a time of 18:28 at the Wake Forest Relays, finishing 13th overall and third on the team ... Finished 29th overall at the Pre-ACC Invitational with a time of 19:47 ... Ran a 22:40.77 at the Oregon Invitational ... Posted a time of 22:45 at the Pre-NCAA Invitational ... Wrapped up the season at the NCAA Championships with a time of 23:46.2.

2005:
Participated in three events ... Best finish was a seventh place at the Raleigh Invitational with a time of 18:59 ... Finished 14th and 172nd at the Wake Forest Relays and Notre Dame Invitational respectively.

2004:
Redshirted the season.

Background:
Placed third in the Arizona 4A cross country championships ... Finished third in the 4A 800-meter, 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter runs ... Part of the team that captured three state titles and broke the 4x800-meter relay state record ... three-year letterwinner in cross country at Flagstaff High School ... Member of the National Honor Society and honor roll student ... Majored in French and sociology ... Earning a master's degree in liberal studies ... Born June 8, 1986 ... Daughter of John and Carol Placer.