
Year: | Freshman |
Hometown: | Santa Rosa, CA |
High School: | El Dorado High School |
Position: | Distance Free, Fly |
2013-14: Competed at the 2014 Ivy League Championships, placing in the 500 free (18th), 1,000 free (15th), and 1,650 free (18th) … Competed in the 200 yard fly against Harvard, placing eighth.
Before Brown: A four-year letterwinner at El Dorado High School and Santa Rosa High School … three-time USA Swimming Academic All-American … named an All-American as a senior … team captain … team MVP … eight-time section finalist … undefeated in 200 and 500 freestyle at league championships … Sacramento Metro All-City selection as a sophomore … First Team All-Empire as a junior and senior … North Bay League meet record in the 500 freestyle … El Dorado school record holder in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 100 breaststroke … Santa Rose school record holder in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 100 butterfly … California Scholarship Federation and National Merit Scholar … Bay State Representative … also competed for Aquasol Swim Team and the Santa Rosa Neptunes.
Personal: Born on December 19, 1994 … son of Stacy and Bob Mertz … has one sister, Caroline and one brother, David … plans to concentrate in either math or biology … hobbies include surfing, football and hiking.
Personal Records | ||
Event | Time | Date |
50 Free | 23.12 | 11/9/2013 |
100 Free | 48.45 | 11/16/2013 |
200 Free | 1:41.61 | 12/7/2013 |
500 Free | 4:29.81 | 2/27/2014 |
1000 Free | 9:20.96 | 2/28/2014 |
1650 Free | 15:40.19 | 3/1/2014 |