2000-01: Placed fourth in the 100 (55.11) and 200 (2:00.81) butterfly at Big Ten Championships ... Finished sixth in 200 IM (2:03.39) at Big Ten Championships ... Member of 200 and 400 medley relay and 200 free relay teams ... Finished first at five duals in 100 butterfly … Swam at 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 butterfly.
1999-00: Member of NU’s All-America 200 medley relay team (1:40.02) and 400 medley relay team (3:37.99) that set school records at 2000 NCAA Championships … Honorable mention All-America in 100 butterfly … Also competed in 200 butterfly at NCAAs … Big Ten champion in 200 butterfly and 200 medley relay … Also scored in 100 butterfly (6th) and 200 IM (12th) at Big Tens.
1998-99: Competed in the 100 and 200 butterfly and 200 and 400 individual medley …Finished eighth at Big Tens in the 200 fly in a team-best 2:01.72 … Posted season-best times of 56.32 in the 100 fly, 2:06.49 in the 200 IM and 4:32.52 in the 400 IM.
High School: Lettered in swimming and cross-country … All-state … Top 16 All-American … Team MVP … State champion and Georgia record holder in the 200 fly … Member of the Headmaster’s List and the Scholar’s List … Three-time Academic All-American
Personal: Born Merritt Elizabeth Adams on 10/7/79 … Daughter of Brent and Karen Adams … Environmental sciences and pre-med major … Father played professional football for the Atlanta Falcons and the Los Angeles Rams.
Adams' Personal Bests
100 Fly - 54.80
200 Fly - 2:00.16
200 IM - 2:03.20
400 IM - 4:29.86
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