College of Saint Benedict

2020-21: Did not compete as the official 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID19 pandemic and condensed into a short season in March 2021.

2019: Named the team's Most Improved runner ... competed in seven races as a junior ... moved into the top 50 in CSB's all-time 6K list at the MIAC Championships with a career-best time of 23:58 ... took 41st at MIACs and finished 21st at the Twin Cities Twilight ... finished in the top 10 at the UW-River Falls Invite.  

2018: Competed in six meets in her first year with the cross country team ... finished second at the Fall Finale in 20:01 ... ran a career-best 6K time of 25:14.9 at the Eau Claire Invite ... also finished top 65 at the Twin Cities Twilight and Colorado Invite.

2017-18: Competed with the CSB basketball team and during the outdoor track and field season ... did not compete in cross country.

High School: Merten is a 2017 graduate of Holdingford High School. She swam for one year, ran five years of track and cross country, and played four years of basketball. She received all-conference awards in basketball (2016, 2017), cross country (2011-15 and 2017), and track (2012 and 2014-17). In basketball she also received all-section (2016) and all-section honorable mention (2017). Her proudest moment in basketball was when she made a winning shot under pressure and her team stormed the court.

Personal: Johanna is the daughter of Ileana and Kelly. Being a collegiate student-athlete, she says, pushes her to work harder to achieve her full potential. She is undecided on her major.
 

DATE	MEET	LOCATION	DISTANCE	TIME	PLACE
8/30/19	Twin Cities Twilight	Blaine, Minn.	3 Miles	19:30.6	21
9/6/19	UW-River Falls Invite	River Falls, Wis.	6K	24:53.2	6
9/20/19	National Catholic Invite	South Bend, Ind.	5K	20:54.30	82
10/4/19	Eau Claire Invite	Eau Claire, Wis.	6K	24:15.7	80
10/19/19	Pre-Nationals	Winneconne, Wis.	6K	24:28.7	106
11/2/19	MIAC Championships	Northfield, Minn.	6K	23:58.8	41
11/16/19	NCAA Central Regional	Waverly, Iowa	6K	25:13.0	93

 

DATE	MEET	LOCATION	DISTANCE	TIME	PLACE
8/31/18	Twin Cities Twilight	Blaine, Minn.	3 Miles	21:06.9	43
9/8/18	Colorado Invite	Colorado Springs, Colo.	6K	27:41	64
915/18	Auggie Invite	Minneapolis, Minn.	6K	28:42.3	177
9/28/18	Eau Claire Invite	Eau Claire, Wis.	6K	25:14.9	161
10/27/18	MIAC Championships	Northfield, Minn.	6K	26:07.9	111
11/2/18	Fall Finale	Collegeville, Minn.	5K	20:01	2