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2019 Women's Cross Country Roster

Mercy Yermo

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Bandera, Texas
  • Prev School Bandera HS

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Honors

24 Strong Teammate of the Year (3): 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20

Academic Awards

LSC All-Academic Team (1): 2018
MSU President's Honor Roll (3): 2020 (S), 2019 (S), 2017 (F)
MSU Provost's Honor Roll (3): 2019 (F), 2018 (F), 2018 (S)
Mustang Scholar Award (3): 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (9): 2016 (F), 2017 (S), 2017 (F), 2018 (S), 2018 (F), 2019 (S), 2019 (F), 2020 (S), 2020 (F)

Cross Country Personal Bests

6,000 Meters: 24:24.60 -- Lone Star Conference Championship (11/3/18)
5,000 Meters: 20:07.90 -- UCCS Rustbuster Invitational (9/1/18)

Junior (2019)

competed in each of MSU's six meets... posted team countable performances at four meets... finished 40th overall in the Lone Star Conference Championship finishing the 6K course at the WNMU Golf Course at Scott Park in 24:47.33 (10/29)... placed 124th overall in the NCAA II South Central Championship at The Range in Canyon with a 6K time of 25:01.58 (11/9)... recorded season-best 5K time of 20:35.00 to take 38th in the Gerald Richey UTA Invitational at the Jesse Owens Memorial Athletic Complex (9/14)... posted a pair of Top 10 finishes -- both at the 5K distance -- in the Endurance House Stampede at the Wee-Chi-Tah Off-Road Trail (21:55.50) (9/5) and the Red River Cross Country Shootout (20:41.30) (10/10)...

Sophomore (2018)

competed in seven meets... delivered two team countable performances... placed 23rd in the Lone Star Conference Championship with a 6K time of 24:24.60 at The Range on the campus of West Texas A&M (11/3)... placed 10th in the 5K Red River Cross Country Shootout with a countable time of 20:48.67 at Camp Perkins (9/28)... posted a countable finish at 29th at the season opening UCCS Rustbuster in Colorado Springs with a season best 5K time of 20:07.90 (9/1)... placed 15th in the 5K Endurance House Cross Country Stampede with a time of 20:48.20 at the River Creek Golf Course (10/19)... finished 169th overall at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional completing the 6K course at Washington Park in Denver in 26:07.40 (11/17)...

Redshirt Freshman (2017)

competed in five meets... turned in lone team countable performance taking 41st with a 5K time of 21:13.72 at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational (10/7)... finished 44th overall in the Lone Star Conference Championship with personal best 6K time of 25:57.56 at L.E. Ramey Golf Course in Kingsville (10/21)... paced 5K personal best time of 20:17.41 to finish 177th at the Missouri Southern Stampede (9/16)...

Freshman (2016)

served redshirt season...

At Bandera High School

a four-year standout in track and cross country for coach Steve Golemon at Bandera (Texas) High School... led Bulldogs to back-to-back Texas Class 4A state championships in 2014 and 2015 in cross country... key part of a BHS run to four consecutive district cross country titles during her prep career including a regional championship in 2012... highly decorated athlete earning Bandera High's Athlete of the Year as a senior and was also All-Legacy... earned all-district honors and academic all-district acclaim in each of her four years of high school... a four-time all-state and all-area honoree claiming individual district and regional championships as a senior in cross country... qualified for state in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs as a sophomore, junior and senior and was a medalist in 2014 and 2015... school record holder at the 1,600-meter (5:13) and 3,200-meter (11:30) distances... very active in academics serving as class president and National Honor Society vice president as well as secretary for the BHS Student Council and Business Professionals of America (BPA)...

Personal

daughter of Enrique and Sonia Arteaga...

Cross Country Career Performances

Date Meet Distance Time Overall/Team
9/25/20 Orville Rogers DBU XC Opener 5K 20:35.9 21 / 2
Senior (2020)
Date Meet Distance Time Overall/Team
9/5/19 Endurance House Stampede 5K 21:55.50 8 / 3
9/14/19 Gerald Richey UTA Invitational 5K 20:35.00 38 / 7
9/21/19 Texas Tech Open 5K 21:27.80 54 / 7
10/10/19 Red River Cross Country Shootout 5K 20:41.30 8 / 5
10/29/19 Lone Star Conference Championship 6K 24:47.33 40 / 3
11/9/19 NCAA II South Central Championship 6K 25:01.58 124 / 5
Junior (2019)
Date Meet Distance Time Overall/Team
9/1/18 UCCS Rustbuster 5K 20:07.90 29 / 3
9/15/18 Missouri Southern Stampede 5K 20:08.10 147 / 9
9/28/18 Red River Cross Country Shootout 5K 20:48.67 10 / 5
10/6/18 Oklahoma Baptist Invitational 5K 20:42.84 46 / 7
10/19/18 Endurance House Cross Country Stampede 5K 20:48.20 15 / 7
11/3/18 Lone Star Conference Championship 6K 24:24.60 23 / 6
11/17/18 NCAA II South Central Championship 6K 26:07.40 169 / 7
Sophomore (2018)
Date Meet Distance Time Overall/Team
9/1/17 Bill Libby Invitational 5K DNR ---
9/9/17 Texas Tech Open 5K 21:06.70 56 / 8
9/30/17 Arkansas Chile Pepper 5K 20:34.70 241 / 6
10/7/17 Oklahoma Baptist Invitational 5K 21:13.72 41 / 2
10/13/17 Southwestern Invitational 5K DNR ---
10/21/17 Lone Star Conference Championship 6K 25:57.56 44 / 7
11/4/17 NCAA II South Central Championship 6K DNR ---
Redshirt Freshman (2017)

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2017Redshirt Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2018Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2019Junior

    5'5"