2016 Women's Cross Country Roster
Merritt, Gabrielle
Gabrielle Merritt
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Greensboro Day School
- Hometown:
- Elon, N.C.
Bio
Career Results
Outdoor Personal Bests
1,500m -- 5:02.39 --Â 2017 Bill Webb & Bob Davidson Spring Kick-Off
3,000m Steeplechase -- 11:02.65 -- 2015 ACC Championships
Indoor Personal Bests
Mile -- 5:22.06 --Â 2015 Hilton Garden Innvitational
3,000m -- 10:29.88Â --Â 2015 UCS Invitational
2017 Outdoor
Ran in two meets...Set a career-best time in the 1500m at the Bill Webb & Bob Davidson Spring Kick-Off...Also ran in the 3000m steeplechase at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting, where she finished 10th.
2016-17 Indoor
Did not compete.
2016 Outdoor
Competed in three meets, all in the 3,000m steeplechase ... Best time of the season was 11:23.04 at the Elon Phoenix Invitational, good for a third-place finish.
2015 Outdoor
Competed in five meets ... Posted a 5:07.13 time in the 1,500m at the Wake Forest Open and competed solely in the 3,000m steeplechase in her final four events ... Placed third in her first steeplechase at the High Point Vertklasse before winning the event at the Elon Phoenix Invitational and the Georgia Spec Towns National Team Invitational ... Posted her best 3,000m steeplechase time of the year at the ACC Championships, finishing in 11:02.65.
2014-15 Indoor
Made her Wake Forest track and field debut running the 3,000m in the Wake Forest Invitational ... Had her best time 3,000m time in a 10:29.88 performance at the UCS Invitational ... Ran a 5:22.06 mile at the Hilton Garden Innvitational.
High School
Multi-sport athlete who earned four letters in cross country, four in basketball, four in soccer and one each in indoor and outdoor track and field ... Finished runner-up at the North Carolina 3A state cross country meet as a senior in 2012 ... Named the PACIS conference female MVP for cross country as a senior ... Two-time all-state runner in cross country in 2011 and 2012 ... Named to the Greensbro News and Record All-Area Cross Country Team as a junior and as a senior ... Holds the school record in the 5k for cross country and the 3,200m for track ... Led Greensboro Day to a team runner-up finish at the 3A state meet as a sophomore in 2010 ... Four-time All-PACIS honoree in cross country ... Earned all-conference honors during her one season of track and field ... Placed 12th in the steeplechase at the New Balance Nationals ... Won the Guildford City-County Cross Country Girls Championship race at Hagan Stone Park in 2012 ... Helped Greensboro Day to state runner-up finishes in basketball in 2012 and twice in soccer in 2012 and 2013 ... Received the Bill Lee Memorial Scholarship for basketball as a senior.
Personal
A 2013 graduate of Greensboro Day School in Greensboro, N.C. ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Cum Laude Society ... Received the Outstanding Science Student Award and the Citizenship Award ... Daughter of Jim and Debra Merritt ... Born Nov. 9, 1994 in Burlington, N.C.
Outdoor Personal Bests
1,500m -- 5:02.39 --Â 2017 Bill Webb & Bob Davidson Spring Kick-Off
3,000m Steeplechase -- 11:02.65 -- 2015 ACC Championships
Indoor Personal Bests
Mile -- 5:22.06 --Â 2015 Hilton Garden Innvitational
3,000m -- 10:29.88Â --Â 2015 UCS Invitational
2017 Outdoor
Ran in two meets...Set a career-best time in the 1500m at the Bill Webb & Bob Davidson Spring Kick-Off...Also ran in the 3000m steeplechase at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting, where she finished 10th.
2016-17 Indoor
Did not compete.
2016 Outdoor
Competed in three meets, all in the 3,000m steeplechase ... Best time of the season was 11:23.04 at the Elon Phoenix Invitational, good for a third-place finish.
2015 Outdoor
Competed in five meets ... Posted a 5:07.13 time in the 1,500m at the Wake Forest Open and competed solely in the 3,000m steeplechase in her final four events ... Placed third in her first steeplechase at the High Point Vertklasse before winning the event at the Elon Phoenix Invitational and the Georgia Spec Towns National Team Invitational ... Posted her best 3,000m steeplechase time of the year at the ACC Championships, finishing in 11:02.65.
2014-15 Indoor
Made her Wake Forest track and field debut running the 3,000m in the Wake Forest Invitational ... Had her best time 3,000m time in a 10:29.88 performance at the UCS Invitational ... Ran a 5:22.06 mile at the Hilton Garden Innvitational.
High School
Multi-sport athlete who earned four letters in cross country, four in basketball, four in soccer and one each in indoor and outdoor track and field ... Finished runner-up at the North Carolina 3A state cross country meet as a senior in 2012 ... Named the PACIS conference female MVP for cross country as a senior ... Two-time all-state runner in cross country in 2011 and 2012 ... Named to the Greensbro News and Record All-Area Cross Country Team as a junior and as a senior ... Holds the school record in the 5k for cross country and the 3,200m for track ... Led Greensboro Day to a team runner-up finish at the 3A state meet as a sophomore in 2010 ... Four-time All-PACIS honoree in cross country ... Earned all-conference honors during her one season of track and field ... Placed 12th in the steeplechase at the New Balance Nationals ... Won the Guildford City-County Cross Country Girls Championship race at Hagan Stone Park in 2012 ... Helped Greensboro Day to state runner-up finishes in basketball in 2012 and twice in soccer in 2012 and 2013 ... Received the Bill Lee Memorial Scholarship for basketball as a senior.
Personal
A 2013 graduate of Greensboro Day School in Greensboro, N.C. ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Cum Laude Society ... Received the Outstanding Science Student Award and the Citizenship Award ... Daughter of Jim and Debra Merritt ... Born Nov. 9, 1994 in Burlington, N.C.
Football Media Availability (9/18/25)
Thursday, September 18
Matt Barrie SportsCenter at Wake Forest with Demond Claiborne
Wednesday, September 10
Matt Barrie SportsCenter on Wake Forest Campus (Arnold Palmer Complex)
Wednesday, September 10
Football Media Availability (9/9/25)
Wednesday, September 10
