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She did swim through the end of sections where she won the 100 fly (52.51) and the 100 back (53.12) at the Southern Section Division 2 Championships. She is the section record holder in both of those events.<\/p>\n<p>Her best SCY times are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>200 Back 1:52.20<\/li>\n<li>100 Back 52.26<\/li>\n<li>100 Fly 51.93<\/li>\n<li>100 Free 48.51<\/li>\n<li>50 Free 22.26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This summer Merrell was a member of Team USA at World Junior Championships. At the Arena Pro Series Mesa stop last spring Merrell won the 200 back.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote on social media,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I could not be happier to announce my verbal commitment to swim at the University of Georgia!!! This is a dream come true and I am so excited to be a dawg. I want to thank my coach Todd, my parents &amp; my siblings, and of course everyone involved for helping me make this decision. I am so honored to be given this opportunity &amp; GO DAWGS!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Merrell joins a Bulldog class of 2022 that now includes\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/texas-high-school-record-holder-dakota-luther-gives-verbal-commit-to-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dakota Luther<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/madison-homovich-gives-verbal-commitment-georgia-bulldogs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Homovich<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/georgia-snags-verbal-from-winter-juniors-champ-olivia-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Carter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i am so truly honored&amp;excited to announce my verbal commitment to UGA!!! 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