2008-09 Women's Track & Field Roster

Richard Formica/Creative Focus
Richard Formica/Creative Focus

Mercedes Hicks

  • Position Shot Put/Weight Throw
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Atlantic City
  • Hometown Millville, NJ

Biography

2009 Highlights:  (4/4 at the Osprey Open hosted by Richard Stockton College in Pomona, NJ):  Crushed two school records in the shot put and discus...In the shot put, threw 12.72 meters (41-8.75), easily surpassing the ECAC standard of 11.60 meters and just missing the NCAA mark of 12.90 meters...She obliterated the 10-year old school record in the event...In the discus she finished first among 19 athletes with a hurl of 38.39 meters (125-11.50) to exceed the ECAC standard of 35.25...She crushed the NJCU school record by 15 feet...(4/7):  Named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week for week three of the 2009 spring season after her performance in the Osprey Open...