Jacob Merritt '25 Recruiting Profile

Good Day Coaches and Assistant Coaches My name is Jacob Merritt I have competed in Distance since i was Just a Boy being the Youngest Nephew to Two OHSAA  finalists in the 5K i learned there techniques since i was a kid and turned into a sprinter before making the move to distance in middle school. My goals for college is to get my college degree and compete for my family and get my small school known in the running world. Our school has a great history of distance runners but we haven't been lucky as of recently our last confrence title was 2014 and my goal was to bring us another but its tougher said than done we barely were able to field a team this year but i was happy to at least have a team we finished second to last this year but i as a bright spot i was top 35 in the confrence was our first Junior individual to qualify in three years and received two awards this summer before this i was a nobody i was a great prospect in the JV team but nobody had heard the name even in the confrence. But now I have to say my team first mentality makes me a good teammate i'm great at teaching people even when they don't want to learn i spend my time helping them and giving them film i take to help them learn what changes they need to make and my character is kind and loyal i get along with most my teammates but they hate that i stretch on my own because i have a specific stretching regiment thatch different from the teams regiment i was told i could do and that the only thing we argued about and they loved my kindness to them there like my second set of brothers and sister i treat them like family and they treat me like family and we work and get stronger even though we argue at times we get along in the end. it goes academics before athletics in my family and i am a Honors student have about 2,500 hours of volunteer hours and was a decent academic in the honors program with a 3.5 weighted GPA I havent won a academic award because i treat my academics well im very on top of my work and a great guy in the workout set and everyone says if there's someone nice at north harrison there ether there friends or Jacob Merritt. Beyond that thank you for your time and have a great rest of your Day Coaches! -Jacob M