Dana Mercer

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Sprints/LJ
Height:
5-4
Hometown:
Lynchburg, Va.
Prev School:
Liberty Christian Academy

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
60 - 7.70 (Indoor)
100 - 12.05
200 - 24.84
LJ - 18-11.25 (5.77m) (Indoor)

All-Big South Honors (5)
2015 Outdoor 4 x 100 - 1st
2016 Indoor Long Jump - 2nd
2016 Outdoor 4 x 100 - 1st
2017 Indoor Long Jump - 3rd
2017 Outdoor Long Jump - 3rd

Career
• At the time of her graduation, Mercer was a part of two school-record relay teams, including the outdoor 4 x 100 (45.60) and outdoor 4 x 200 (1:37.33)
• She also ranked No. 2 for the outdoor sprint medley relay (3:55.86), No. 6 for the indoor 200 (24.90), tied for No. 6 in the indoor 60 (7.70), No. 7 for the indoor long jump (18-11.25) and tied for No. 8 in the outdoor long jump (18-10.5)

2017 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Competed in four events at the Big South meet, placing second in the 4 x 100 (season-best 46.52), third in the long jump (outdoor personal-best 18-10.5) and sixth in both the 100 and 200. She also clocked a 200 personal-best time of 24.84 during the prelims.
• Ran the second leg of the Lady Flames' sprint medley relay team which placed ninth at the Penn Relays with the second-fastest time in program history, 3:55.86
• Lowered her 100 personal best to 12.05 seconds at the Virginia Challenge
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Finished third in both the Big South and ECAC long jump competitions, reaching a season-best 18-8.5 both times
• In the 60 dash, placed eighth at the Big South meet and 18^th in the ECAC prelims
• Ninth in the Big South 200 prelims
• Matched her career-best 60 time (7.70) during the Big South prelims

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• For the second straight year, helped Liberty win the Big South 4 x 100 relay in a school-record time (45.60)
• Finished sixth in the Big South long jump (season-best 18-4.5), ninth in the 100 prelims and 14^th in the 200 prelims
• Led off for Liberty's school-record 4 x 200 relay effort (1:37.33) at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
• Clocked a personal-best 100 time of 12.13 at the Texas Relays

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Big South long jump runner-up, along with a fifth-place finish in the 60 and a seventh-place showing in the 200
• Came in 11^th in the ECAC long jump and 17^th in the ECAC 200 dash prelims
• Long jumped a personal-best 18-11.25 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational, marking the longest indoor jump by a Lady Flame since 2007
• Clocked personal bests for the 60 (7.70) and 200 (24.90) during the Big South prelims

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Leadoff runner for the 4 x 100 relay squad which won the Big South title in a school-record time of 45.68 seconds
• Also placed 10^th in the Big South long jump
• Won the long jump at the Virginia Cup with a personal-best mark of 18-9.25 which cracked Liberty's all-time top 10
• Contributed to the fourth fastest 4 x 200 relay time (1:38.72) in Liberty history, at the Texas Relays

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Placed 11^th in the long jump, 12^th in the 200 and 15^th in the 60 at her first Big South Championship
• Won the long jump in her collegiate debut at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
• Eclipsed the 18-foot barrier (18-1.5) in the Hokie Invitational long jump competition

Prep
• Graduated from Liberty Christian Academy
• Won 12 VISAA individual state titles during her high school career, including six in the long jump, four in the triple jump, one in the 55 and one in the 100
• Lynchburg News & Advance Outdoor All-Area Athlete of the Year in 2010 and Indoor All-Area Athlete of the Year in 2012
• Set school records in the 55 (7.40), 100 (12.38), 200 (25.35) and long jump (18-8)
• Also played volleyball and soccer

Personal
• Daughter of Jason and Kelly Mercer
• Father played soccer at Tennessee Temple
• Birthday is Nov. 18
• Graduated with a bachelor's degree in exercise science in 2016
• Currently working toward a master's degree in exercise science - human performance